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The Golem was the first ever monster movie which was silent. It was based on the Jewish legend in Medieval Prague.
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Nosferatu plagiarised the novel of Dracula.
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King Kong become hugely successful upon release and was therefore known as the 'Quintessential Monster Movie'. King Kong was a fairytale with a twist of horrow which made it so successful. The film saved RKO from financial ruin because of the success it made. King Kong has been re-made twice although it does not have the same affect as the original.
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Horror movies seen as American products and was banned in Britain in the 1940's.
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This film includes several Wolf legends which included spectacular make-up affects. The Wolf Man was set in contemporary Wales.
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This is a psychological thriller about a young woman who is cursed.
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Horror films in the 1950's developed to be purely about science and technology. This was an accurate reflection of reality for the confused population.
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In the 1950's films contained mutant characters, i.e monsters. For excample, Godzilla.
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This film contained mutant characters, such as aliens which was typical of the genre at the time. Howeverm Plan 9 From Outer Space was thought to be the 'Worst Film Ever Made'.
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This film was a low budget shocker/thriller.
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This film was a story of a scientist which was developing at this stage. However, the special effects used were seen as a let down.
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The sexual revolution occured where sex and violence was present in horror films. Along with this, ghost stories hit the screen with black and white photography and minimal special effects.
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This film displayed use of a monster who was so close to normality.
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This film gave an eerie experience to the audience.
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The Birds was a film aimed for an adult audience.
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The novel shows concentions of the Traditional Gothic genre. E.g. supernatural and mystery. This is the point where the term 'horror' first come into play.
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Zombies become present in horror movies, for exmple in Night of the Living Dead the horror came from out of the water. Also this film contained excellent make-up special affects.
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The Exoricist was deemed 'Scariest Movie of All Time' and was banned release in the UK until 1999 because of the content which in fact caused outrage. This film brough interlectual respect back to the horror genre. The special effects in The Exorcist are amazing and was therefore awarded an Oscar for sound. Along with this, the film has been nominated for 10 Oscars.
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This film was seen as brutally realistic due to the domestic violence it contained. However, this film was banned for 20 years in the UK.
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This is a satirical thriller which is spookily submissive. Stepford is seen as idyllic, with a large house, white middle classed women who are happy and content who would do anything for their husbands and children.
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Jaws was both shot and edited in 23 days. Jaws built on mainstream eppetite as a monster was displayed although it was neither human or supernatural- it was real. This built up suspence and menace. Jaws began the era of modern Hollywood blockbusters.
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Halloween was a low budget masterpiece which contained very little blood. This film relied purly on shock and suspense.
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In 1980's Horror films there was an existence of aliens. Finally they were revealed on screen by the use of close ups to show their special effects.
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Slasher films with 'killings' had a wider variation which were aimed at niche audiences.
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This took place in ordinary places in order for it to have a sense of realism. Each killing was like a mini-movie due to the separate location, i.e the school corridoor and the bedroom. The special effects of this film look terrible today.
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This film put a spin on slasher films. This is because the serial killer was a doll and not a man or a monster as seen in previous horror films. Chucky (the doll) became an iconic character.
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Psychological thrillers took over horror in the first half of the 1990's. The 1990's presented monsters which were far more mundane, less interesting and quite dull. Psychological thrillers took over horrors for some time in the 1990's.
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This film seemed to lack raw shock value compared to the orginal.
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The script was based around the number seven. This film was seen as a masterpiece by many people and therefore deserves special attention.
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Scream was similar to other slashers as it was based on a bunch of high school students. This lame horror comedy was preferred by the target audience of teens. Scream scored major box office success and made $161 million worldwide. At the end of the 1990's the slasher/killer in films was played out as a horror trope.
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These films were contemporary horror and deemed as frightening.
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This is a teen focused horror movie which made sequels. Death in these films is seen as real, domestic and mundane. There are less masked cartoonish character which killers with supernatural powers as that is now seen as something of the past.
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Horror films topped the box office through being above average grossand below average costs. For this to occur it meant that the monsters have had to change.
