Horror movies have changed over time to keep engaging audiences. In the 1960s, Dracula was scary due to its supernatural elements, which were unfamiliar, but today's audiences are desensitized to supernatural themes. Similarly, films like The Curse of Frankenstein in the past terrified viewers by exploring unknown scientific possibilities, but advances in knowledge have reduced their shock value now. Recent horror films like Pulse and One Missed Call scare audiences through technology like phones, adapting to changes in what people find frightening.

1. Horror then
and now
By Jack Jackson

2. A genre and its developments
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Genres are not static, they move with
societies needs and expectations and
therefore changes to fit this
For example, the genre of social realism has
changed a lot over the years, there is a very
notable difference between passport to
Pimlico and ill manors.
If the genre did not “change with the times” it
will fail to engage the audience and they will
lose enthusiasm.

3. Horror
 Horror
has changed over time. It is the
most developed movie reason being is
that each generation finds different things
“scary” and frightening. For example in
the 1960s Dracula was considered as
“scary” due to it being about the
supernatural, this at the time was unheard
of. The generation of today would see
Dracula not as scary due them being
aware of supernatural beings.

4. What did they think of them
then?
 People
saw films like the curse of
Frankenstein as very frightening as it was
based around the unknown. No one knew
if this was possible and played on their
darkest fears of it actually happening.

5. What do they think of them
now?
 Horror
movies today still use the same
conventions such as the supernatural and
the terror of the unknown but today it’s a
bit different. With the improvement of
technology, Horror films like pulse and one
missed called are scaring audiences on
their phones unlike the 80s horror film
Christine which is about a possessed car.

6. The differences
 Horror
has clearly developed which you
can see from these examples
King Kong
1933
The
wolf
man
1941
The beast from two
thousand fathoms 1953
Jaws
1975
Seven 1995
The wasp
women
1960
Final
destination
2000
The shining 1980