History of Horror Genre byLuca Riccio

1890-1920s The first horror film made was Le Manoir dudiable aka The Haunted Castle in 1896. The film maker Georges Mlis was known formaking silent monster movies. Then vampire films came into film in 1922. The Wall street crash in 1929 effected moviemaking and films were put on hold. Early 1930s Hollywood films In 1930s Universal Studios created GothicHorror films. Two famous ones like Dracula andFrankenstein. The Dracula was the first movie with sound. 1931- Frankenstein was one of the greatestmake up monster of all time. In 1930s Warner Brothers did gangster andwaxwork horrors. Late 30s In the late 1930s sadistic films were made. The old dark house was produced by Universalstudios and directed by James whale. James Whale had control of the filmFrankensteins wife. The film Freaks a German film was the first filmwith circus people. In 1939 the Son of Frankenstein was made. 1940s- 1950 Films In the 1940s sequels were popular for earlyhorror films. Val Luton became Head of horror to RKOstudios. In 1942 the film Cat People was made. 1951- Dracula stage play in Broadway. Early 1950s- horror cinema production ceasedafter two decades in Hollywood. Mid-late 1950s In the mid 1950s horror films came to Britain. Many horror films used Bray Film studios whichincluded an atmosphere in 18th century house. In 1957 The Curse of Frankenstein was the firstfilm in colour and used shocking gore and blood. In 1957 the film Might of the Demon was apsychological and supernatural thriller by JackDunure. 1960s Hammer films in 1960s became popular fromBritish film studios. Hollywood started to produce PhysiologicalHorror. 1960s continued Films had to be made cheap. Hammerproductions shared some cast and crewmembers. In 1968 Rosemarys Baby was considered oneof the scariest films. This started to continue in the 1970s. 1970s Early 1970s- occult horror became popular suchas The exorcist (1973). The film The Omen was a popular horror that afew sequels were made. 1970s continued In the early 1970s gore fests films becamepopular such as The Texas chainsaw killerMassacre. More splatter movies followed including Thehills have eyes(1977). Zombie movies would continue into the early1980s. 1980-2000+ 1980s and 90spost modern self aware horrorfrom directors Wes Craven and KevinWilliamson films such asScream(1996). In 1999 a new genre of mockenentary horrorfilms emerged starring with the ground breakingBlair witch project. They made cheap handheld cameras it showeda very realistic style of filming. The End