1. Horror in the 1960’s…

Early 1900's saw the production of many more horror
narratives such as; The Mummy (1932), The invisible man
(1933) and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931). However it wasn’t
until the 1960's that two main sub genres began to
emerge. These were ‘Horror-of-armageddon’ and ‘Horror-ofthe-demonic’

2. Horror-of-armageddon
Horror-of-armageddon is a sub genre of horror that focuses on Apocalyptic fiction
and is concerned with the end of human civilization. The apocalyptic event is
usually in the form of nuclear warfare, cybernetic revolt, pandemic, extra-terrestrial
attack or supernatural phenomena. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or
civilization after such a disaster.
Films of this genre are usually low budget and a very common theme is humanity
over coming a threat from outside in the form of alien invasion or deadly mutation.
Some examples of films of Horror-of-armageddon are:
The Thing from Another World (1951
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Tingler (1959)

3. Horror-of-the-demonic
The horror-of-the-demonic film is one of the sub-genres of the horror film that
grew out of mid- and late-20th-Century. It suggests that the world was horrible
because evil forces existed that were constantly undermining the quality of
existence.
The evil forces usually take place in the form of a spiritual presence or a
witch/demon/devil etc.
There are four themes that tend to lead to a film of this genre:
- the idea of vengeance
- the corruption of innocence
- mystic phenomena, especially possession
- mystic phenomena, especially possession