1. HISTORY OF
HORROR
1930’S & 1940’S

2. 1930’S
With the entrance of sound to cinema
it completely redefined the face of the
horror genre. With this era came more
supernatural being and the increase
in funding of special effects.

3. DRACULA - 1931
• Produced by
Universal
• Based on the 1924
play „Dracula‟
• When premiered
newspapers wrote a
members of the
audience fainted
• This helped increase
publicity and lead to
more people seeing
the film

4. FRANKENSTEIN - 1931
• Distributed by
Universal Pictures
• Based on the novel
by Mary Shelley
• Was a huge hit with
both the audience
and the critics
• When released in
some states in the
US cut out the line
“It‟s alive! It‟s alive!
In the name of god!
Now I know what it
feels like to be God!”
as they felt it was
blasphemous

5. BRIDE OF
FRANKENSTEIN - 1935
• The first sequel to
Frankenstein
• Never quite reached
the level of success
that Frankenstein
did
• But was still
positively received
by critics

6. THE MUMMY - 1932
• The Mummy had
particularly great
box office success
in Britain
• Unlike Frankenstein
and Dracula it had
not sequels, but
was semi-remade in
the 40‟s

7. KING KONG - 1933
• Although now in our
modern age we do not
consider it a Horror in
the 30‟s they did
• King Kong was most
distinguished for its
us of stop motion
animation

8. 1940’S
While in the midst of WW2 horror
films were at a stand still as the horror
genre had been banned in Britain and
had been majorly curbed all over
Europe so they were mostly produced
in America.

9. THE WOLF MAN - 1941
• Second werewolf film
produced by
Universal Pictures
• Did a lot better than
„Werewolf in
London‟(1935) first
werewolf film
produced by
Universal which
didn‟t do as well
commercially