Powerpoint showing the history of horror

2.  As technology has been improved, so has the
quality of Horror movies. From vampire movies to
full out bloodbaths, each has come along way from
obviously fake blood, which made the films
comical, to blood that looks so realistic it could
pass for human’s blood.
 The first horror film was in 1896 and created by
Georges Melies a French film maker, the most
interesting fact was that it was only about two
minutes long. The title of the film was Le Manoir
Du Diable which translates to aka The Devil's
Castle.

3. During the 1900’s many films were made, some of
which are still currently public favourites.
The films created during the 1900’s would later
see them being recreated as time went on and
technology advanced. These films set the basis
of what horror films should contain, they were
overly simple though, bats were a sign of
vampires and could easily be warded of with
garlic. In the films there was only good or bad
never a person who walked the grey path.

4.  In 1910 silent movies were all the range most notably was the first
adaptation of ‘Frankenstein’ and ran for sixteen minutes. It was
produced by Thomas Edison the inventor of the light bulb.
 The Werewolf was a silent film created in 1913 and was made
popular due to the fact that it was the first werewolf film, and was
directed by Henry MacRae.
 Another highly rates film of the 1910’s is the first recorded edition
of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde from the year 1916, this ran for 12
minutes.
 All of the films created up to now have one things in common
they were all based on literary crafted texts (novels) unlike today
where sometimes the book is made after the film.

5.  Waxworks was created in 1924 and directed by Paul Leni. The film was
about a writer who was hired to create back story's for the waxworks in
order to boost business. This ran for 63 minutes.
 The Monster was created in 1925 and about a scientist working in an
asylum and kidnapping people for experiments. This is a scary film for
the time as the majority of people knew a person in an asylum, today this
would have less of an impact on it’s audiences as it’s full of clichés.
 Hands of Orlac is another famous silent movie created in 1924. It was so
popular is was re-made twice, once in 1935 and again in 1960. The plot
sees a pianist lose his hands in an accident and replaced by the hands of a
recently executed murderer. The pianist believes that his hands belonged
to a murderer he has gained their predisposition to killing. Strange signs
and bizarre threatening letters reinforce these fears.

6.  Now in the 1930’s we finally have sound to accompany the
movies. The first horror to have sound was the ever famous
‘Dracula’ which came out in 1931. this was based on a stage
play rather than a novel, Dracula has now become a main
feature for horror movies as has his brethren (vampires).
Rather than being just plain horror this movie leaned to a
more gothic nature.
Sound added a completely new perspective to horror films and
succeed in making them all the more terrifying. From
laboured breathing to footsteps in a corridor to the screams
of victims to tense music each a new and more delightfully
scary aspect.
In just a few years after two to be precise we had colour or
rather two-strip Technicolor the first horror to use this was
Doctor X the use of colour again redefined horror films as
people knew them.

7.  Cat People was created in 1942 and based on the short story
The Bagheeta that was published in twelve years before in
1930. This focuses on psychological horror rather than
physical. A woman is terrified of consummating her
marriage as it is her belief that she will turn into a feline.
 I walked with a zombie was a combination of horror,
drama, thriller and romance, created in 1943. A nurse moves
to the Island of Saint Sebastian to take care of a mans wife,
she falls in love with, said man and vows to do anything to
cure his wife. She tries voodoo only for it to backfire when
people claim the wife is a zombie because she doesn't bleed.
This leads to the mans brother trying to kill her to set her
free, there were rumours that he and the wife were going to
rum away together.

8.  The 1950’s set of horror’s focus on creatures. As well as
the more sci-fi aspect.
 Creature of the Black Lagoon – 1954 – an aquatic beast
that live in the black lagoon and kills a camp of
scientists, the creature is attracted to a female scientist
and kidnaps her to his cave. The movie ends with him
being shot.
 The War of the Worlds – 1953 – the earth is invaded by
Martians with the goal to destroy all humanity. They
can’t be defeated by anything in the soldiers arsenal,
but are defeated by the germs in the air that humans
have over time adapted to.

9.  The horror’s of the 1960s seem to be more
sexually aware than past generations.
 Psycho – 1960 – a woman is murdered by a
man will a split personality, him and ‘mother’.
 Rosemary's Baby - 1968 – A woman is
impregnated Satan, after her husband joins a
cult to further his acting career. Those who try
to tell her the truth end up dying or being
injured.

10.  The 1970’s horror films focuses on broken families.
 The Exorcist – 1973 – a girl is possessed by ‘The
Devil’ her mother just thinks she is growing up ,
later on she has her daughter exorcised.
 Halloween – 1978 - a six year old boy murders his
older sister, is then sent to sanatorium. He
proceeds to run away from home and then
murder’s more people only to escape in the end.

11.  The 1980’s are famous for their outrageous fashion and
equally outrageous music but they still produced some
brilliant horror’s. The 1980’s are more focused on special
effects.
 Gremlins -1948 - a much loved classic about cute creatures
that multiply and turn nasty is they get wet or fed after
midnight. While it may have been intended to be a horror
many people view it as a children's film or a family movie. It
was very popular and this lead to a sequel.
 The Shining – 1980 – a psychological horror where a man
influenced by supernatural forces attempts to murder his
wife and son.

12.  The 1990’s were a time of serial killer horror
movies, they needed a new topic, something that
adds a story to the film rather than it just grossing
out the audience.
 Se7en – 1995 – an American horror that focuses on
a serial killer, each murder corresponds with one
of the seven deadly sins.
 Silence of the Lambs - 1991- An FBI Agent works
with an incarcerated cannibalistic serial killer to
help catch a serial killer who skins his female
victims corpses.

13.  As we come closer to the present date the list of
horrors grow and become more obscure. Now
any and all genres can be linked to horror from
romance to sci-fi to adventure.
Some famous films of the 2000s are:
 Zombieland-2009
 Drag me to Hell-2009
 Shaun of the Dead-2004
 28 Days Later...-2002
 Ginger snaps - 2002

14.  The list of horror movies to date could go on and on
each more terrifying than the last. As technology has
advanced so has the vision of horror, there is no limit
to what can be created. Some notable horror of 2010s
are:
 Red Riding Hood returning to it’s horrific roots as
intended by the Grimm Brothers.-2011
 A Nightmare on Elm Street created in 2010, a slasher
film.
 The Last Exorcism, a good old traditional posession-
2010

15.  What is now held in store for horror films?
In some children's films you have 4D which
allows you to smell certain parts of the movie
maybe that?
Or perhaps they will take more of a gamer route
and allow people to control the characters of
the film and personalise it to their tastes.