2. The History Of Horror Films 1890 1920 Georges Melies was the
first person to depict supernatural events in his silent shorts
created in the late 1890s. In 1910, Edison Studios created the
first film version of Frankenstein. Multiple Films were then made
using monsters such as the character Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, or
Quasimodo in multiple film adaptations of the story. 1930 1940
Universal Pictures began a Gothic Horror film Series. This series
included films like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Old Dark House, The
Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, The
Mummy, and The Wolf Man. 1950 1960 The tone of the horror genre
shifted from Gothic to Contemporary Concerns, due to the advances
in technology. Films that featured threats against humanity started
to come into play. Films that included Alien Invasion, Mutations to
people, plants or insects. For example, the Japanese film Godzilla,
mutations from the effects of nuclear radiation was featured.
Filmmakers started to merge elements from the science fiction
genre. The Incredible Shrinking Man was considered a pulp
masterpiece.
3. The History Of Horror Films 1970 1980 In the 1970s, the
author Stephen King began to have his works adapted for the screen.
Films like Carrie, which gained Oscar nominations, and The Shining
which was a sleeper at the box office. Slasher films also became
popular in the early 1980s. This included films like Halloween,
Friday the 13th, A Nightmare On Elm Street and Hellraiser. 1990s In
the 90s, the Horror genre started to become more ironic and
parodic. Films like Braindead took the splatter film to an extreme
for comic effect. And films such as Scream made it so the
characters were aware of the history of horror movies.
4. The History Of horror Films 2000s A major return of the
Zombie genre had come after the 2000s. Films were based of games,
such as the Resident Evil video game franchise. Films like I Am
Legend, Zombieland, Quarantine, and 28 Days Later brought back the
aggressive style Zombie. 2010s In the 2010s, films that were better
known were the remakes of popular films, such as Halloween, Friday
the 13th and Hellraiser. All the Sub- Genres that were made popular
in the earlier decades were brought back with films such as
Sinister, The Cabin In The Woods, Evil Dead, The Purge, The
Conjuring, Annabelle, World War Z.
5. Horror Sub-Genres Action Horror - A subgenre combining the
intrusion of anevilforce, event, orsupernaturalpersonage of horror
movies with the gunfights and frenetic chases of the action genre.
Body Horror -In which the horror is principally derived from the
graphic destruction or degeneration of the body. Comedy Horror -
Combines the elements of comedy and horror fiction. The comedy
horror genre almost always inevitably crosses over with theblack
comedy genre. Gothic Horror - Gothic horror is a type of story that
contains elements of Goth and horror. Natural Horror - A subgenre
of horror films "featuring nature running amok in the form of
mutated beasts, carnivorous insects, and normally harmless animals
or plants turned into cold-blooded killers." Psychological Horror -
Relies on characters' fears, guilt, beliefs, eerie sound effects,
relevant music, emotional instability and at times,
thesupernaturaland ghosts, to build tension and further the plot.
Science Fiction Horror - Often revolves around subjects that
include but are not limited to killer aliens, mad scientists,
and/or experiments gone wrong. Slasher Film - Often revolves around
apsychopathickiller stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a
graphically violent manner, mainly with a cutting tool such as
aknifeoraxe. Splatter Film - These films deliberately focus on
graphic portrayals of gore andgraphic violence. Through the use
ofspecial effectsand excessive blood and guts, they tend to display
an overt interest in the vulnerability of thehuman bodyand the
theatricality of its mutilation. Zombie Film - Zombie films feature
creatures who are usually portrayed as either reanimated corpses or
mindless human beings.
6. Horror Sub-Genres Action Horror - A subgenre combining the
intrusion of anevilforce, event, orsupernaturalpersonage of horror
movies with the gunfights and frenetic chases of the action genre.
Body Horror -In which the horror is principally derived from the
graphic destruction or degeneration of the body. Comedy Horror -
Combines the elements of comedy and horror fiction. The comedy
horror genre almost always inevitably crosses over with theblack
comedy genre. Gothic Horror - Gothic horror is a type of story that
contains elements of Goth and horror. Natural Horror - A subgenre
of horror films "featuring nature running amok in the form of
mutated beasts, carnivorous insects, and normally harmless animals
or plants turned into cold-blooded killers." Psychological Horror -
Relies on characters' fears, guilt, beliefs, eerie sound effects,
relevant music, emotional instability and at times,
thesupernaturaland ghosts, to build tension and further the plot.
Science Fiction Horror - Often revolves around subjects that
include but are not limited to killer aliens, mad scientists,
and/or experiments gone wrong. Slasher Film - Often revolves around
apsychopathickiller stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a
graphically violent manner, mainly with a cutting tool such as
aknifeoraxe. Splatter Film - These films deliberately focus on
graphic portrayals of gore andgraphic violence. Through the use
ofspecial effectsand excessive blood and guts, they tend to display
an overt interest in the vulnerability of thehuman bodyand the
theatricality of its mutilation. Zombie Film - Zombie films feature
creatures who are usually portrayed as either reanimated corpses or
mindless human beings.
