Searching horror
Using Google Trends, we were able to find out how often horror films are searched. As you can see, there is an upwards trend from 2004 to present, suggesting horror is more popular than it was. It is also interesting to notice many sharp increases in the graph and after closer analysis, we discovered that these were always during October. This is not surprising, as more people will probably want to watch a horror film due to Halloween.
Regional Interest
By looking at the Regional interests we can see what were the top regions for horror worldwide in 2004 to the present day. We can see by looking at this Pakistan is the top region for horror since 2004.
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Looking at sub genres
Paranormal
Paranormal films really took off in September 2009 and by October 2009 Paranormal films had reached its highest where people were interested in paranormal films the most. In the present day 2015 Paranormal films have decreased to what they were in 2005.
Slasher
Slasher films have been up and down in what people have been interested in over the years as we can see from the graph above. We can see it has increased and decreased a lot over a number of years. From the graph we can see that in June 2011 that's when people were most interested in watching slasher movies.
Zombie
Zombie films have become more popular over the years especially in June 2012 where Zombie horror was at its most popular. Over the recent years Zombie horror has decreased but then has increased over the next few months.
We also took a look at top and rising related searches to see if there was any information about what genres are most popular at the moment. At the top is "American horror." This could be down to how the Americans generally celebrate Halloween more than the British as it is an American holiday.
(A.J)