Horror Aficionados discussion

Here they are and which ones do you think occur the most often in horror? Do you think it's any different from other genres?

For our haunted house theme this month, the "ghosts" have to have some reason for being. Like in Sweetheart, Sweetheart, one might argue that it was Lust.

I wonder which one(s) will be in The Haunting of Hill House?

1) Pride
"Also known as hubris (from ancient Greek ὕβρις), or futility, it is identified as dangerously corrupt selfishness, the putting of one's own desires, urges, wants, and whims before the welfare of people... it is irrationally believing that one is essentially and necessarily better, superior, or more important than others"
2) Greed
"like lust and gluttony, a sin of desire. However, greed (as seen by the Church) is applied to an artificial, rapacious desire and pursuit of material possessions."
3) Lust
"lust could also mean simply desire in general; thus, lust for money, power, and other things are sinful."
4) Envy
"an insatiable desire. It can be described as a sad or resentful covetousness towards the traits or possessions of someone else"
5) Gluttony
"the overindulgence and overconsumption of anything to the point of waste. [in addition, it] can be interpreted as selfishness; essentially placing concern with one's own impulses or interests above the well-being or interests of others."
6) Wrath
"uncontrolled feelings of anger, rage, and even hatred, which often reveals itself in the wish to seek vengeance"
7) Sloth
"absence of interest or habitual disinclination to exertion... a failure to do things that one should do. By this definition, evil exists when "good" people fail to act."

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_d...)

I would say they are either more present in horror, or at least more obvious. Horror often does the whole Good vs Evil, morality stuff, even if it's not in your face. You know the lustful and greedy people are more likely to get killed in a slasher movie than the innocent babysitter. The ones who give in to their base desires tend to get punished, the ones who rise above them triumph, (or are just martyrs, I guess).
Also, the starting points for a lot of horror usually involve someone doing something wrong. Dr Frankenstein's pride causes him to create a monster, playing God. Greed creating scientific or occult experiments gone wrong. A lot of ghosts would be wrath.

I would say that Sloth would be the least used, followed by gluttony.

I actually watched a webinar on SEMRush about the Seven Deadly Sins and how they can actually help you market:

https://www.semrush.com/blog/how-to-u...