1. History Of Horror
Depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts
created by the film pioneer Georges Méliès in the late 1890s, the best
known being Le Manoir du diable, which is sometimes credited as
being the first horror film.
dios produced the very first Frankenstein in 1920. Then the first Dracula
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Movie pictures Universal Studios start producing early Gothic pictures.
The first vampire-themed movie was made during this time: F. W.
Murnau's Nosferatuin(1922), an unauthorized adaptation of Bram
Stoker's Dracula.
Lot of early German films consisted of mad scientists and gothic
monsters. In 1935 Boris Karloff toke the role of the first
Frankenstein’s monster in the movie Frankenstein.
The Hollywood directors and producers sometimes found ample
opportunity for audience exploitation, with gimmicks such as 3-D and
"Percepto". British born director Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), was
the first "slasher" movie. Including the infamous shower scene and
chilling soundtrack by Bernard Herman, where actress Janet Leigh was
brutally murder by baby-faced psychopath Norman Bates (portrayed
by Anthony Perkins).
Ghosts and monsters still remained a frequent feature of horror, but
many films used the supernatural premise to express the horror of the
demonic. The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961) based on the Henry
James novel The Turn of the Screw and The Haunting (Robert Wise,
1963) are two such horror-of-the-demonic films from the early 1960s,
both made in the UK by American studios. In Rosemary's Baby (Roman
Polanski, 1968), set in New York, the devil is made flesh. Night of the
living Dead was Director by George A. Romero in the same year.
The popular success of Rosemary's Baby, led to the release of more
films with occult themes in the 1970s. The Exorcist (1973), Another
popular satanic horror movie was The Omen (1976), where a man
realizes that his five-year-old adopted son is the Antichrist. Invincible to
human intervention, Satan became the villain in many horror films with
a postmodern style and a dystopian worldview. This Genre is also
known as body Horror.

2. Alien (1979) combined the naturalistic acting and graphic violence of
the 1970s with the monster movie plots of earlier decades, the movie
depicted a claustrophobic survival theme starring Sigourney Weaver as
Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley a role that she would reprise for three more
sequels, in highly successful film Aliens (1986) and again in Alien 3
(1992) and Alien Resurrection (1997).
Similarly, John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) was also a mix of horror
and sci- fi, however unlike Alien it was neither a box-office nor critical
hit. However, nearly 20 years after its release it was praised for using
ahead-of-its-time special effects and paranoia.
Then came the 80s were cult horror movies such as teenage slasher
films like A Nightmare On Elm Street and Friday The 13thwere
developed. Following the acclaimed success of the slasher films in
the1990s Wes Craven directed Scream re-ignited the dormant slasher
film genre.
Franchise films such as Freddy vs. Jason also made a stand in theaters.
Final Destination (2000) marked a successful revival of teen-centered
horror and spawned four sequels. The Jeepers Creepers series was also
successful. Films such as Orphan, Wrong Turn, Cabin Fever, House of
1000 Corpses, and the previous mentions helped bring the genre back
to Restricted ratings in theaters.
Horror still remains a popular genre along many film viewers.