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Horror is a genre that uses explicit violence and gore to frighten viewers, emerging in the late 19th century with films like Frankenstein and Nosferatu. As technology advanced in the 1950s, horror shifted from gothic themes to concerns more relevant to modern audiences, dividing into films about Armageddon and demonic possession. One famous example is The Exorcist from 1973, about a teenager possessed by an entity where her mother seeks priests for help.
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Horror is a genre that uses explicit violence and gore to frighten viewers, emerging in the late 19th century with films like Frankenstein and Nosferatu. As technology advanced in the 1950s, horror shifted from gothic themes to concerns more relevant to modern audiences, dividing into films about Armageddon and demonic possession. One example is The Exorcist in 1973, about a girl possessed by an entity where priests try to save her, becoming one of the most profitable horror films ever made.
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Horror films aim to elicit negative and scary emotions from viewers by depicting their fears, such as spiders, clowns, and ghosts, through supernatural, cult, fantasy, science fiction, or other themes. One of the earliest known horror films was Georges Méliès's 1896 short film Le Manoir du diable, while many 1930s films adapted 19th century works like Dracula and Frankenstein, growing the genre's popularity. Some of the most popular horror franchises include Saw, Ring, IT, Jaws, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Exorcist.
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The history of horror movies began in the late 19th century with short films like Georges Melies' 1902 film The Devil's Castle, which contained elements that would become familiar in later vampire films. One of the first feature-length horror films was F.W. Murnau's 1922 adaptation of Dracula titled Nosferatu. Through the 1940s and 50s, American horror movies rose in popularity and continued using classic conventions like werewolves and monsters in films such as The Wolf Man and The Blob. In the 1960s, the genre evolved with movies like Psycho that featured human killers instead of monsters and employed psychological horror techniques. The 1970s saw the rise of paranormal horror movies purportedly based on true events
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Horror films strive to elicit emotions of fear, disgust, and horror through supernatural events and jump scenes that startle viewers. They often overlap with fantasy, science fiction, and thriller genres. Horror films deal with viewers' nightmares and fears of the unknown, whether supernatural forces, serial killers, diseases, or surreal situations. Early depictions of supernatural events appeared in silent films in the late 1800s, and the genre became popular in the 1930s led by Universal Pictures. Horror evolved from gothic themes to concerns more relevant to mid-20th century audiences, dividing into films about armageddon and demonic forces.
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This document provides a history of the evolution of horror films from the 1890s to the present. It outlines the emergence of early subgenres like Gothic horror in the 1800s and their influence. German expressionism in the 1920s changed film techniques. In the 1930s-1940s, Universal Studios popularized horror franchises with films like Dracula and Frankenstein. Psychological horror grew in the 1960s with films like Psycho. The 1970s saw the rise of paranormal and sci-fi horror. Independent slashers emerged in the 1970s-80s. Modern subgenres discussed include torture porn films of the 2000s, found footage films, and recent zombie films.
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The document discusses the history and evolution of the horror genre from the 1890s to the 2000s. It outlines several key developments and influences for each decade, including the rise of German Expressionist films in the early 20th century, Universal Pictures popularizing horror films in the 1930s with Dracula and Frankenstein, the incorporation of new technologies like 3D and themes reflecting postwar anxieties in the 1950s-1960s, and the emergence of subgenres like slashers, torture porn and zombie films in later decades.
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The document provides a history of the horror genre across literature and film. It notes that the term 'horror' first emerged with The Castle of Otranto in 1764, and that Frankenstein in 1818 was an influential early work. Early horror films used shadows and darkness to create surreal effects. Horror films were reborn in the 1930s with the advent of sound. During the 1950s-60s, many horror films were low-budget B-movies that explored themes of science and mutation. Key directors who helped develop the genre include George Romero, Mario Bava, and Wes Craven.
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The document traces the history of horror films from the late 1890s to modern day. It discusses the first horror films created by Georges Melies, the Gothic films of the 1920s-1940s including Frankenstein and Nosferatu, the alien and demon films of the 1950s-1960s influenced by advances in technology, the occult focus of the 1970s-1980s including films like The Nightmare on Elm Street and Jaws, the slasher sequels of the 1990s-2000s, and the current landscape featuring remakes, psychological horror, gore and occult themes across many subgenres.
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