Technically, the genre didn't get its big break until the 1930s. Dracula an Frankenstein had originally started off the genre. During this time everything was about something being alive or princes and kings turned vampires. Not only that, but they were completely ignored until you throw a knife welding maniac in the mix.
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Later on in the 1940s, movies like I Walked With A Zombie, came out with the zombie craze. Zombies are nothing more than the living dead, flesh eating mutants. When they smell flesh, they are ready to chow down and eat all the flowing flesh they can. All in all, the movie mentioned before started the zombie craze.Image available at http://horror.about.com/b/2010/07/14/vintage-horror-movie-trailers-from-the-1940s.htm
Then the 50s rolled around. A movie that people say is a very weird and clueless film The Creature From The Black Lagoon. With a mysterious creature that goes around stealing people and eating them, the creature seemed to scare the socks off of people who seen it.
Back to the 1960s we go. In 1968, Rosemary's Baby, was a Gothic horror film. When an aspiring actor befriends a couple, he soon finds out that the couple is oddly fascinated with witchcraft. During his friendship with the couple, he finds out that the only way that his career will take of would be to have the Devil's child. As he finds this out, he goes to the couple- knowing they did witchcraft - and asks them for help. He soon has the Devil's child and becomes famous beyond his wildest dreams.
Ah the 1970s. During the 70s, many movies like Halloween, brought the knife welding maniac forward. Halloween is based on the murder of three babysitters who have no clue that Halloween 1978, is going to be their last. Stalking babysitters seemed to be the perfect plan to scare people, and indeed it was.
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Can you say 1980s movie fever? This was the year that many horror movies came out. Halloween had sparked many more ax welding maniac movies to be made. Films like Friday The 13th and Trick r' Treat had just hit the scene. During this time box offices were blowing up left and right. With the new coming villains Jason Voorehees and Freddy Kreuger, people had a hard time picking the film they wanted to see. Machete or razor hands? They had to ask themselves these things.
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ReplyDeleteThis is great and very informational. You done a great job on the dates and the details but where did you get your information from?
ReplyDeleteI've basically see all the movies listed above and I knew what the critics had said about them. So I based it off of what the movies were about and what the directors said about the film in the bonus features.
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I love the timeline of horror movies here. I have seen all of these movies.