2. Called Le Manoir du diable which translates
to The devils castle
Created by Georges Melies who was French
Was only 2 minutes long
3. This was one of the first horror films made and is still
referred to as ‘the granddaddy of all horror films.’
It is a film with mystery, murder, death, madness, kidnap and
insomnia.
The film has a particularly uneasy and
disturbing feeling to it as the audience
never quite know who is sane and who
is mad.
4. In the early horror films there is only good
and bad people and not anyone who is in
the middle.
They are also very simple and stereotypical
like bats meaning vampires are around and
full moons relating to werewolves.
In 1910 silent films were very popular
among the public, ‘Frankenstein’ was one
of the reasons for this.
5. The first film to come out
with sound was Dracula in
1931 which added a scarier
and more realistic effect to
the film with added
footsteps, creaking doors and
louder screams.
Later on in the 1930’s the first
colour film came out called
Doctor X
6. This was a hugely successful film and saved
the company RKO from financial ruin.
King Kong has
influences from
Jurassic park, Jason
and the Argonauts,
star wars and clips
from ‘creature
features.’
7. In the 1940’s wartime horror was banned in England so was
only popular in America.
As much as America tried to keep themselves different from
other places in all their films they had Europe roots coming
through.
Wolves were popular in films and In general
which was partly influenced by Adolf Hitler
as ‘Adolf’ in old German is ‘noble wolf’
8. This was a physiological thriller and its
main scare factor was what is lurking in
the shadows.
It contains a famous swimming pool
scene where one of the characters goes
swimming and is stalked by a cat which is only
shown by their shadow. She stays
in the pool to keep the animal
away and then calls for help. She
starts to begin she imagined it
until she sees her robe torn to
shreds.
9. The whole style and features in horror films
changed dramatically over 10 years.
There was less monsters and more human flesh and
human faces being linked to the baddies and scary
people. This gave a more realistic and shocking feel.
The main audience for horror films in 1950’s was
teenagers who went to any showing just for the
thrills. The quality of production on some of the
films wasn’t great but it still had people watching
them.
10. This was the era when the outlook on sex,
violence and homosexuality all changed.
They decided they wanted more realistic and
more believable horror.
The play on humans not knowing they had
horror characteristics started. Like looking in
a mirror and realising there was something
different about you.
11. This was based on a real story which has no
also been the base of other movies like
‘silence of the lambs’
The scenes and the music in
the film are recognisable even
if you haven't seen the film.
Like the knife in the shower.
12. This was a highly rated film and it only has a
small amount of music in it.
There is a lot of blue screen
work in this film and some
of the special effects could
be improved on.
13. Children and family started becoming the
main focus of horror films now. (The enemy is
within)
Kids where acting in spooky horrors and
doing bad things to their parents.
Parents where also the psychos in the films as
well.
18. By the famous Steven Spielberg
A truck is driven in this film and Steven never
lets the audience see the driver which adds to
the tension.
First film to receive over $100m
in box office
19. Now horrors start getting weirder, scarier and
more unique with films like
Se7en
Jacobs ladder
Scream
20. The film final destination comes out
A fiction plane crash when one teenager gets
killed off one by one, including scenes of
burning faces and blown up bodies.
