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Artists began to focus on the darker side of human nature, painting more macabre images, including demons, devils and evil creatures.
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After Frankenstein became famous, this inspired authours such as Wilkie Coltins and O'Henry to write and publish many ghost stories.
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These dark images led to the famous gothic horror 'Frankenstein' to be written by Mary Shelley.
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Soon after these ghost stories were published, Bram Stoker wrote and published the infamous gothic vampire story, Dracula.
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The gothic vampire story Dracula was so famous that it soon was used as source material for the film 'Nosferatu', a famous German gothic horror. This film changed the face of the cinema, and more people began creating horror films.
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Film versions of 'Dracula, and 'Frankenstein' were being made continously throughout the 1930s, but because there was so many repetitions of the same stories, the horror genre's popularity soon dropped.
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The horror genre was finally revived in the 1950s, with a new idea; sci-fi. This became popular and many films were made such as the infamous 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers', and new pyscological horror movie 'Psycho', in the 1960.
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The horror genre ended up fading from the spotlight again, but was soon revived in the 1970s with a new move; demonic, satantic twists. Films such as 'The Exorcist' and 'The Omen, were made, introducing this new theme of the Horror genre.
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In 1978, John Carpenter introduced a new movie named 'Halloween', which was a re-writing of Hitchcock's slasher tale. This new film was aimed more for the teenage demographic; new subgenre was created, 'Teen Slasher Horror'.
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Horror revived once again with a more concious, post-modern approach to the genre. Famous film 'Scream', was created using existing horror conventions, and also following slasher film conventions.
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The film 'Scream' soon led to a new take on the horror genre, this time including much more body horror; gore, blood, guts. Movies soon were introduced such as 'I Know What You Did Last Summer', 'Scary Movie', and the popular series 'Saw', which took a gruesome turn.
