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Horror genre history research

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Danny Newell
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This document summarizes the history and evolution of horror films over different decades from the 18th century to the 2000s. It notes that horror films began in the late 18th century and were popularized by novels like The Castle of Otranto. Early horror films included German vampire films and Phantom of the Opera. In the 1930s, Universal Studios produced famous horror films like Dracula and Frankenstein. Horror films gained more graphic content and realism over the decades, peaking with films like The Exorcist in the 1970s. By the 1990s, horror began featuring serial killers but lost much of its ability to scare audiences. The 2000s saw the rise of slasher films like Saw and Final Destination

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AS Media Secondary Research (Horror Films) By Danny Newell
History Of Horror Films Horror films have been around only for about 200 years. They began at the end of the 18th century and has been a hit genre ever since. The term Horror was first used by Horace Walpole's 1764 novel, The Castle of Otranto, and ever since has triggered off the style of writing we now call Gothic Horror. German Vampire films were the first type of horror film to be made. Phantom of the Opera was another early horror film, designed to scare the viewer/audience.
1930s Horror Universal Studios created Count Dracula and Frankenstein horror films. The film Dracula was the first Horror film that had sound in it. Warner brothers produced the first gangster movie and waxwork horror films. Son of Frankenstein was made.
1940s Horror Wartime horror movies were purely an American product. Banned in Britain. Horror movies were released by Hollywood purely to amuse the domestic audience. Horror movies were deemed as light hearted and almost comical in the 1940s 1950s.
1950s Horror Frankenstein was first released in colour. In 1958 the first Dracula film was released where Dracula actually had fangs. Some sexual content was involved in the film. There was lots of blood and gore in this decade and the light hearted horror soon turned into a distressing watch.
1960s Horror Very popular from British Film Studios. Hollywood started to produce supernatural horror and horror that messed with your head as opposed to just blood and gore. Budgets were tight so films had to be made cheaply and resourcefully.
1970s Horror They renamed this decade, The Nightmare Decade because this was apparently the decade that gave children nightmares because the film industry began to feel more realistic. Because society was bad at these times, horror films began to get better and so the films were reflecting the grim moods of the decade. The Exorcist, 1973, was voted the worlds most scariest film of all time. Although it is now a classic film, The Exorcist was banned from being published on video in from 1973 until 1999 because it was deemed as the most shocking, sick-making and soul destroying work ever to emerge from filmland.
1990s Horror During the 1990s horror began to lose its attributes. It wasnt able to scare the viewers and more than 75% of them found horror films more amusing than scary. (Official survey of Daily Mail 1991). The boogeyman (Serial Killer) was first introduced in the 90s and this was a big shock to the viewers because this frightened them. Serial Killers were used in many of the films in the 1990s such as Psycho,The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silence of The Lambs and numerous others.
2000s Horror There were calls to ban horror movies in the name of world peace! In 2005 horror films were constantly topping the box office and were becoming more and more popular. Films like Saw and Final Destination were released in which groups of people were getting killed off one by one. This was scary for the viewers because it portrayed the Am I Next? feelings.
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Horror genre history research

  • 1. AS Media Secondary Research (Horror Films) By Danny Newell
  • 2. History Of Horror Films Horror films have been around only for about 200 years. They began at the end of the 18th century and has been a hit genre ever since. The term Horror was first used by Horace Walpole's 1764 novel, The Castle of Otranto, and ever since has triggered off the style of writing we now call Gothic Horror. German Vampire films were the first type of horror film to be made. Phantom of the Opera was another early horror film, designed to scare the viewer/audience.
  • 3. 1930s Horror Universal Studios created Count Dracula and Frankenstein horror films. The film Dracula was the first Horror film that had sound in it. Warner brothers produced the first gangster movie and waxwork horror films. Son of Frankenstein was made.
  • 4. 1940s Horror Wartime horror movies were purely an American product. Banned in Britain. Horror movies were released by Hollywood purely to amuse the domestic audience. Horror movies were deemed as light hearted and almost comical in the 1940s 1950s.
  • 5. 1950s Horror Frankenstein was first released in colour. In 1958 the first Dracula film was released where Dracula actually had fangs. Some sexual content was involved in the film. There was lots of blood and gore in this decade and the light hearted horror soon turned into a distressing watch.
  • 6. 1960s Horror Very popular from British Film Studios. Hollywood started to produce supernatural horror and horror that messed with your head as opposed to just blood and gore. Budgets were tight so films had to be made cheaply and resourcefully.
  • 7. 1970s Horror They renamed this decade, The Nightmare Decade because this was apparently the decade that gave children nightmares because the film industry began to feel more realistic. Because society was bad at these times, horror films began to get better and so the films were reflecting the grim moods of the decade. The Exorcist, 1973, was voted the worlds most scariest film of all time. Although it is now a classic film, The Exorcist was banned from being published on video in from 1973 until 1999 because it was deemed as the most shocking, sick-making and soul destroying work ever to emerge from filmland.
  • 8. 1990s Horror During the 1990s horror began to lose its attributes. It wasnt able to scare the viewers and more than 75% of them found horror films more amusing than scary. (Official survey of Daily Mail 1991). The boogeyman (Serial Killer) was first introduced in the 90s and this was a big shock to the viewers because this frightened them. Serial Killers were used in many of the films in the 1990s such as Psycho,The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silence of The Lambs and numerous others.
  • 9. 2000s Horror There were calls to ban horror movies in the name of world peace! In 2005 horror films were constantly topping the box office and were becoming more and more popular. Films like Saw and Final Destination were released in which groups of people were getting killed off one by one. This was scary for the viewers because it portrayed the Am I Next? feelings.