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October 22, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
November 10, 2006	Good article reassessment	Delisted
December 3, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted

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Section sizes

Section size for Horror film (40 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	2,527	2,527
Characteristics	7,474	14,377
Cinematic techniques	2,261	2,261
Music	896	896
Themes	3,746	3,746
History	82	82
Sub-genres of horror films	243	20,350
Lovecraftian horror	387	387
Body horror	1,059	1,059
Christmas horror	1,725	1,725
Erotic horror	2,521	2,521
Folk horror	1,939	1,939
Found footage horror	988	988
Gothic horror	2,383	2,383
Natural horror	2,537	2,537
Psychological horror	462	462
Religious horror	1,429	1,429
Slasher film	1,638	1,638
Splatter film	491	491
Supernatural horror	418	418
Teen horror	2,130	2,130
Regional horror films	28	11,579
Asian horror films	2,078	2,078
European horror films	1,618	1,618
Oceania	14	4,633
Australia	2,559	2,559
New Zealand	2,060	2,060
North America	22	3,222
Mexico	3,200	3,200
Effects on audiences	25	7,240
Psychological effects	2,787	2,787
Physical effects	4,428	4,428
Reception	17	8,348
In film criticism	5,403	5,403
Censorship	2,928	2,928
References	17	19,893
Notes	25	25
Bibliography	19,851	19,851
Further reading	613	613
External links	477	477
Total	85,486	85,486

Split

As per the above. The section on regional cinema from around the world has gotten long, particularly with European and Asian film productions. I've requested they be split into their own pages. Andrzejbanas (talk) 11:52, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Seems reasonable.★Trekker (talk) 12:53, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Its been nearly a month as there has been little further questions on the topic. @StarTrekker:, do you have any comments or suggestions about what titles I've proposed to move the sections too? Andrzejbanas (talk) 13:46, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Andrzejbanas: They seem perfectly fine to me, Horror cinema of Asia and Horror films of Asia (similar to Horror films of Cambodia and Horror films of Mexico) could also work fine.★Trekker (talk) 16:55, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  @StarTrekker: Yeah. I saw those, but we also have British horror cinema (which is what I as first thinking of). It is probably not a big deal and nobody would be confused, but I guess for consistency we could have them match up (really splitting hairs here, but I figured we'd take a look see.) Andrzejbanas (talk) 17:03, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - - Maybe there would be benefit in standardizing them all, but it's not really a pressing issue. I'm fine with whatever you pick.★Trekker (talk) 17:07, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Fair. If more articles like these can be created, we can standarize them as we go along. I'll prep for moving them tonight or tomorrow. Andrzejbanas (talk) 17:17, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Got kind of cold feet on doing it as its just you and I talking so I decided to ask WP:FILM to weigh in. Andrzejbanas (talk) 23:07, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correct the lede sentence

"The horror film is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes." is more appropriate as only Horror can also refer to Horror fiction. Other genre articles such as Action film, Adventure film and Comedy film also use the title name as the lede word (e.g. The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work). AimanAbir18plus (talk) 14:19, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"The horror film is a film genre" is unnecessary MOS:REDUNDANCY, the sentence reads more naturally as "Horror is a film genre".

The article's title and the sentence's "is a film genre" make it clear that the article is not about fiction in general. Belbury (talk) 14:17, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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