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Artists began painting images of the more darker side of human nature such as devils, demons and other evil creatures.
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Mary Shelley wrote the famous novel 'Frankenstein' which was the first gothic horror masterpiece which lead to many horror stories.
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Many ghost stories were written by Wilkie Collins and O. Henry. An example of one of Collins short novels was 'The Haunted Hotel'. Also Henry published a short story called 'The Furnished Room'.
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Bram Stoker published his famous gothic vampire story 'Dracula'. It has spawned many theatrical, film and television interpretations.
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Novels Frankenstein and Dracula are made into films.
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After war and more public interest in space and the development in space technology, sci fi type horror movies such as 'the invasion of the body snatchers' become popular.
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Alfred Hitchcock's famous horror film 'Psycho' focused on psychological horror and introduced the 'slasher' subgenre.
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During the 1970s, more horror films inlcuded the youth such as 'The Exorcist'. Films such as 'The Omen' included more demonic and satanic themes.
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John Carpenter's 'Halloween' horror movie rebranded Hitchcock's slasher film for a more teenage audience and created the teen slasher subgenre.
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There was a large amount of horrific and grotesque films which pushed the boundaries of decency, some examples include 'Video Nasties' and 'Fright Night' (1985).
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'Scream' the horror film was an example of a film that used existing horror conventions.
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Teen slasher movies became popular such as 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'. The subgenre eventually became exhausted and became parodied by movies like 'Scary Movie'.
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Satanic and demonic horror films have become popular again, there have been remakes of films such as 'The Exorcist', 'Insidious' and 'Annabelle'.
