The history of horror and its genre

The history of horror and thrillers goes quite a long way back in time and it developed in small steps and is now what it is today.

It all began in 1925 when the Phantom of the opera was released and it was all classical but no sound and black and white. Later around 1929 the film Dracula was released which was made under a more cheaper production due to the wall street crises but still made a big success. Dracula was shown as more gracious and became more accepted among the population. Dracula was also one of the first horror movies with sound and was described as the new super horror film, which was much thanks to the supernatural and mystery in the movie.

A man to thank for the special effects and the good makeup was a man called “Lon Chaney”. He spend many hours of recreations ideas for the perfect look, he planed everything in detail and was very précis. He came up with different ideas such as turn up noses with the help of a string, a glass eye that was used in one of the movie which was actually put in front of a normal eye.

After Dracula a new movie was created shortly after and was released as Frankenstein which was played by a man called Boris Karloff. This created a big interest for horror movies but this movie was band in some states in America because of a child being thrown into a river. But after these specific films, Dracula and Frankenstein a new innovation of ideas started throughout the companies in the industry. And it was clear that monsters and special effects were the big thing and something that the audience craved for. There for also a movie called mystery of the wax museum which was produced in 1933 how also became a success.

Many of these films has been recreated both just some shortly years after but also modern versions. This shows how the classics actually have made an impact on the industry for example was there now a new release of the mystery of the wax museum a few years ago called the wax museum. So even though the industry is today filled with horrors and thrillers its actually the classics the most of us remember and is also influencing most of the movies made today.