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The beginning of Horror
The first appearance of horror themed films. Early in the 20th century the use of 'monsters' was very effective, and sparked a revolution of horror films. -
Le Manoir du diable (aka, The Haunted Castle, 1896)
This is credited as being the first horror film. -
La Caverne maudite (aka, The Cave of the Unholy One)
Another of Georges Méliès projects, after the haunted castle in 1896. -
The hunchback
The first mosters appeared in the 20t century, recognisably The Hunchback. -
The 'lost' Frankenstein
Edison studios first version of the Frankenstein which was thought lost for so many years. -
Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney was the first America horror movie star, featuring in many films, noticably The Phantom of the Opera in 1925. -
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Gothic Horror
The American Movie studio Universal Pictures began a successful Gothic horror film series, launching a new craze. -
Dracula & Frankenstein
Tod Brownings and Bela Lugosi use of blending science fiction and horror into movies was sucessful. -
Freaks
Tod Brownings controversial Freaks realesed in 1932 was a spur based on Ted Robbins. It was urealsed in the UK for thirty years. -
The body snatcher
Genre actors were building careers with the likes of Boris Karloff featuring in the succesful Body snatcher. -
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Advances of technology
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The incredible shrinking man
The mergence of science fiction and horror continued to produce top films. -
Peeping Tom
Great Britain emerged producing horror films, such as Peeping Tom. The was recognised because the use of 'Serial killers'. -
Night of the living dead
George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968). Produced and directed by Romero, on a budget of $114,000, rossed $12 million at the box office in the United States and $30 million internationally -
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1970 - 1990
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The exorcist
In a series of low budget production, this was a stand out due its its significant commerical success -
Dawn of the dead
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Slashers
John Carpenter created Halloween (1978). Sean Cunningham made Friday the 13th (1980). Wes Craven directed A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984). All of these films would include major violence and the 'slashers' -
Sequels
A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween and Child's Play all saw sequels in the 1990s -
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1990 - 2000
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Interview with the vampire
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Scream
The horror series begun, as the fear of teenagers being attacked late night was about to hit the screens. -
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2000 - 2010
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Resident Evil
The return of the 'Zombie genre' was used for resident evil, as the sequel begun, not only did they do well in the box office, they released video games for it. -
Saw
The saw series which holds the world record for highest grossing horror started.
