What defines the Weird West genre?
The Weird West genre of writing is defined as a subgenre that combines elements of a western story with elements of another genre, usually horror, occult, fantasy, or science fiction. Traditional Westerns died out in the late 1960s as a result of network changes in demographic targeting along with pressure from parental television groups. Future entries in the genre would incorporate elements from other genera, such as crime drama and mystery whodunit elements.Western films derive from the Wild West shows that began in the 1870s. Originally referred to as Wild West dramas, the shortened term Western came to describe the genre. Although other Western films were made earlier, The Great Train Robbery (1903) is often considered to mark the beginning of the genre.
What is the meaning of weird western?
Weird West is a catch-all term for works of Western fiction with speculative fiction elements: including fantasy, science fiction, science fantasy, supernatural horror, etc. The Western can generally be divided into three different eras by time period: classic Westerns, revisionist Westerns and neo-Westerns.