The document traces the history and evolution of horror films from the late 1890s to modern day. It discusses the earliest horror films created by Georges Melies in the 1890s. In the 1920s-1940s, Gothic horror was popular with films like Frankenstein and Nosferatu. The 1950s-1960s saw a shift to sci-fi horrors about aliens and demons due to advances in technology. Horror in the 1970s-1980s focused more on the occult and spawned popular slasher and animal subgenres. These subgenres continued into the 1990s-2000s alongside remakes. Modern horror encompasses all subgenres and aims to be eerie rather than purely scary.