Horror films timeline

  • Le Manoir du diable

    Le Manoir du diable
    This was the first horror film created and is also known as "the haunted castle". This film was the most popular of a series of silent depictions by Georges Méliès, the creao of ese films.
  • The haunted castle

    The haunted castle
    the first film about haunted castles
  • Frankenstein

    Frankenstein
    Edison Studios produced the first film version of Frankenstein which was the first of many films that would star Frankenstein. Other films also came from Frankenstein included Son of Frankenstein (1939) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
  • Period: to

    Hollywood Horror films

    Hollywood began making their own versions of films such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Monster (1925) both starring Lon Chaney, the first American horror movie star. Other films of the 1920s include Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde (1920), The Phantom Carriage (Sweden, 1920), The Lost World (1925), The Phantom Of The Opera (1925), Waxworks (Germany 1924), and Tod Browning's (lost) London After Midnight (1927) with Chaney
  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu
  • Dracula

  • the invisable man

    the invisable man
    one of the first thoughs of ghosts in film
  • The wolfman

    The wolfman
  • The thing from another world

    The thing from another world
    One of the first alien films
  • The incredable shrinking man

    The incredable shrinking man
    first super powered horror
  • night of the living dead

    night of the living dead
    very influential film about zombies
  • the exorcist

  • the texas chainsaw massacre

  • audrey rose

    audrey rose
    influential about evil children and reincarnation
  • dawn of the dead

    dawn of the dead
    first horror sequel about zombies
  • Childs play 2

  • The ring

    The ring
    very succesful haunted object horror
  • The grudge

    The grudge
    Brought popularity back to horror
  • paranormal activity