History of Horror Timeline

We made a timeline showing how genre has changed from the 1930’s till now.  In the 1930s films such as Dracula (Bela Lugosi) and Frankenstein played by Boris Karloff.  If it weren’t for Frankenstein the whole horror genre would be different.  The audience was drawn into a feeling of sympathy for the monster.  For the first time in history, the lines between hatred and sympathy were blurred when discussing a creature that was made of nightmares. To this day, this is a common aspect of many horror movies.  The audience saw a creature for the first time that was close to human, but distinctly foreign and, “misbegotten by God.”  This was the era which brought out fictional monsters and had mad scientists.  

In the 1950's, B movies were made, this is when drive in movies were all the rage.  Films were more to do with aliens and related to science.  Smell O vision was introduced during this era whereby tubes were stuck under your seat – smells of garlic, smoke etc., matched the images on screen.