The History of Horror

The first ever horror film was made by Georges Melies in 1896 which was called Le Manoir du Diable. This was meant to be an entertainment to it's targeted audience, however, because of the mise-en-scene, such as the costumes, it was recognised to be a horror film.
Slowly the conventions relating to horror include gore and supernatural aspects.
In 1910, the first version of Frankenstein was made by Mary Shelley.

There was a decline in movies during the war but by the time of the 1950s, movies were back in action again.
The thriller and psychological aspects of a horror movie came about in the 1960s mainly through Hitchcock's productions.
with better graphics and technology in the 1980s, movies could be created more graphically have more verisimilitude.

Timeline:

1896: "The House of the Devil"

1910: "Frankenstein"

1913: "The Student of Prague"

1920: "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"

1920: "The Golem: Or How He Came into the World"

1923: "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

1924: "The Hands of Orlac"

1925: "The Monster"

1926: "Faust"

1927: "The Cat and the Canary"

1931: ​​"Dracula"

1931: "Frankenstein"

1932: "The Mummy"

1933: "King Kong"

1934: "The Black Cat"

1935: "The Bride of Frankenstein"

1941: "The Wolf Man"

1942: "Cat People"

1943: "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man"

1944: "The Uninvited"

1945: "Dead of Night"

1945: "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

1948: "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein"

1949: "Mighty Joe Young"

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