Encouraged by reflections on the perception of pain, trauma and the unconscious among individuals and wider groups of people and communities, this thesis was written. The goal is to show the alienation and discomfort of the individual and the community through the prism of fear and horror, that is, the horror genre. The thesis of this thesis is to show how horror can be represented in everyday life, without the use of the archetype of "monster" in the corpus of the second half of the 20th century. In the initial chapters of the thesis, the categorization of the film genre and the specifics of the topic are explained; a fabled display that could link a series of films under the horror genre. Furthermore, the theoretical work shows the importance of the relationship between composers and directors in horror films. The importance of the role of film music in staging psychological and emotional images of actors as well as the situational model is emphasized. It will offer to question the sources of violence among individuals through the prism of the nuclear family and the upbringing and portrayal of sexuality. The focus is also on the concept of disgust and changes in the political and cultural structure of the social system in the time of the 20th century, more precisely their representation in the film medium. Taking certain film examples from several decades of the last century, it seeks to offer the broadest possible view of the perception of fear, not only of American cinema, but also of European cinema, thus presenting "modern horror".