2. Wheel of Life
The first machine that
showed motion pictures of
drawings was patented in
1867 in the United States
by William Lincoln, this was
to show moving
photographs and drawings
of pictures. This was called
the ‘’wheel of life’’.
3. Cinematography
Even though there was lots of inventions around this
time, Louis Lumière with his brother August Lumière were
credited for the creation of the first motion picture in 1895.
This was a portable camera with motion picture, film
processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe.
4. The First Film
Before 1930 most films where silent, and they where
usually films of trains. The first screening was by the Louis
Lumière and August Lumière in 1895 of workers leaving the
Lumière factory.
5. The First Colour Film
In 1899 Edward Turner patented with Frederick Marshall
Lee the first colour motion picture process in Britain
however this was seen as unworkable by Charles urban he
made his own colour processer which was named the
Kinemacolor, this became the most commercially
successful motion picture in colour.
6. Horror Movie Star
The first American horror
movie star Lon Chaney was
one of the first American
horror movie star, he was in
the Hunchback of Notre
Dame mad in 1923 and The
monster 1925, he was also in
the Phantom Of The Opera
made in 1925.
7. History of Horror
1890’s to the 1920’s
The first of supernatural films was created by Georges Mèliés in the late
1890’s, a silent film Le Manoir du Diable, which is sometimes credited for
being the first horror movie.
In 1910 Edison Studios produced the first film version of Frankenstein.
In 1922 the first vampire themed movie was made, called Nosferatu, this was
by Nurnaus, an unauthorised version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
8. Timeline – Horror
1930’s to the 1940’s
In this time era Movie Studio Universal Pictures began the theme of gothic
horror. With science- fiction and Egyptology as themes.
Tod Browning’s Dracula, 1931.
James Whales’ Frankenstein, 1931.
James whales’ The Invisible Man Science- Fiction/Gothic Horror.
The Mummy, 1932 introduced Egyptology.
The Wolf Man, 1941.
9. Timeline – Horror
1950’s to the 1960’s
The theme of aliens started to come light with
technology becoming increasingly advanced, the
mutations in Godzilla, 1954 is an example.
The Hammer company started to make horror films in
colour, with films like The Curse Of Frankenstein
1957 these films would often star Peter Cushing and
Christopher Lee.
Peeping Tom was the first slasher movie, 1960.
The Haunting, 1963 started the horror of the Demonic
theme.
10. Timeline – Horror
1970’s to the 1980’s
The Exorcist, 1973 was the first commercially
successful of supernatural evil with the Devil
representing this.
The introduction of the evil spirit by bringing
possessed children:
Alice sweet Alice 1977, The Omen 1976.
Slasher films had become popular:
Halloween by John Carpenter, 1978.
Friday The 13TH by Sean Cunningham, 1980.
A Nightmare On Elm Street, 1984.
11. Timeline – Horror
1990’s
This saw the sequels of
A Nightmare On Elm Street.
Friday The 13TH.
Halloween.
The Scream movies by Wes Craven, reignited the Slasher movies
along with I Know What You Did Last Summer, 1997.
12. Timeline – Horror
2000’s
This era was mainly about remakes of some earlier popular
films this included, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003, The Hills Have Eyes 2006, Friday The 13TH 2009.
Recently we have seen films that are more towards the
supernatural spirit theme with films The
Conjuring, 2013, Paranormal Activity, 2007 and beyond
and Insidious, 2010.
