Stylist Influences on Modern Horror

1. Stylistic Influences on Modern
Horror

2. German Expressionism is a cultural
movement that is challenging to
define as it is not distinguished by a
singular style or method of
creation, but rather is better
described by both the mindset of
the artist creating the work and the
generation he or she lived in. The
German Expressionists were artists,
writers, and thinkers who were of
age in Germany prior to World War
II, and lived during Wilhelm II’s
reign.
German Expressionism developed as a
result of the younger generation’s
reaction against the bourgeois culture of
Germany during this time period.

3. Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang was an Austrian-German-American filmmaker,
screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. His most
famous films include the groundbreaking futuristic Metropolis
(1927) and the also influential M (1931), a film noir precursor that
he made before he moved to the United States.

4. Among the first Expressionist films, The
Student of Prague (1913), The Cabinet
of Dr. Caligari (1920), From Destiny
(1922), Phantom (1922), Schatten
(1923), and The Last Laugh (1924) were
highly symbolic and stylized. Later
films often categorised as part of the
brief history of German Expressionism
include Metropolis (1927) and M
(1931), both directed by Fritz Lang.
German
Expressionist Films

5. Film NoirFilm Noir is a French
term meaning ‘Black
Night’ or film of the
night. Film noir is not
a genre, but rather the
mood, style, point-of-
view, or tone of a
film.
It is also helpful to
realize that 'film noir'
usually refers to a
distinct historical
period of film history -
the decade of film -
making after World
War II, similar to the
German Expressionism.