THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THRILLERS AND HORRORS?

Horrors normally are negative and play with audiences fears. Plots written within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force,event,or personage,commonly or supernatural origin into everyday world. Themes or elements often prevalent in typical horror films include ghosts torture,gore,werewolves,ancient,curses,satanism,demons,vicious animals,cannibals,haunted houses,zombies and serial killers. Whatever dark, primitive, and revolting traits that simultaneously attract and repel us are featured in the horror genre. Horror films are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens however the fantasy and supernatural genres are not synonymous with the horror genre.

                                

Horror film 

Thriller film

Above are pictures of horror and thriller films just to give you an idea of what the covers look like.
Thriller is a broad genre of tele,film and literature it uses suspense ,tension and excitement as the main elements. Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewers moods giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra heightened expectation and plays on uncertainty and surprise. The aim for a thriller is to keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats. The protagonist in these films is set against a problem to escape or mystery. No matter what sub genre sub genre sub genre sub genre sub genre falls into it will always emphasise the danger that the protagonist faces 

The difference between horrors and thrillers? 

Horror genre involves a protagonist dealing with terrifying situations or entities. It can include, but not limited to, their own psychological fears, creatures, aliens, ghosts, serial killers, inner fears, and more. The protagonist usually endures psychological or physical traumatic experiences that are unusually strange and/or frightening to them. Whereas 

the thriller genre involves excitement and suspense and is often plot driven. You may notice that all of the movies mentioned above may also be considered thrillers since most horror movies are made to be exciting and suspenseful, thrillers were reserved for crime, spy, mystery, or espionage