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History of Horror

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  • The Castle of Otranto Released

    Horace Walpole's novel is credited as the first Horror novel ever written.
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    Origins of Horror Genre

    The origins of the Horror Genre can be traced back to the mid 18th Century and the release of "The castle of Otranto" a novel by Horace Walpole. This was the first time the term Horror would be used to describe any form of literary craft. Walpole's novel was filled with supernatural shocks which started the craze of horror, thrillers and suspenseful storytelling becomeing part of the Gothic Movement.

  • The Mysteries of Udolpho Published

    Another Gothic novel released in 4 parts mixed in with some poetry, this became well renoened as a masterpiece of the gothic genre extending the craze of thrills and suspence started by The Castle of Otranto
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    19th Century

    The Gothic genre of writing along with the art and style of the gothic movement continued into the 19th century with famous writers such as Mary Shelley and Edgar Allen Poe creating the most recogniseable roots of the horror genre.

  • Frankenstien Published

    Frankenstien's monster is one of the icons of early horror. Mary Shelley wrote her master peice between the ages of 19 and 21 and since then her story of the mad scientist has been retold countless times in many forms as well as inspiring a large percentage of early horror films.
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    The Works of Edgar Allen Poe

    Edgar Allen Poe is one of history's all time most famous writers exploring the human conciousness in the horror/thriller/gothic/psychological genres, his most famous works include The Raven a ballad poem and masterpiece of atmosphere, The Telltale Heart tapping into the ideas of madness and human conciounce and The Black Cat inspiration for what started Hollywood's psychological horror genre.

  • Dracula Published

    Irish author Bram Stoker created the bases of many horror novels and films to come in his novel Dracula. The gothic novel about a man posessing women with his blood sucking evil caused much controversy at the time but became another horror icon inspiring the vampire sub-genre and a fundimental key in establishing the monster-movie sub-genre.

  • The Golem

  • The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari

  • Nosferatu

  • Phantom of the Opera

  • Dracula

  • Frankenstein

  • Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde

  • The Mummy

  • The Black Cat

    The Black Cat is credited as the first psychological horror film.

  • The Day the Earth Stood Still

  • Creature from the Black Lagoon

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    Hammer Films

  • The Tingler

  • Psycho

  • Repulsion

  • Night of the Living Dead

  • The Exorcist

  • The Omen

  • Dawn of the Dead

  • Halloween

  • Friday the 13th

  • The Shining

  • The Evil Dead

  • Nightmare on Elm Street

  • Scream

  • 28 days later

  • The Ring

  • The Crazies