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The history of horror films was described by author Siegbert Solomon Prawer as difficult to read as a linear historical path, with the genre changing throughout the decades, based on the state of cinema, audience tastes and contemporary world events.
This is a list of lists of horror films. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between horror and other genres (including action , thriller , and science fiction films ). By decade
Shortly after An Illustrated History of the Horror Film's release, R. C. Dale of Film Quarterly called it "the best history of the horror film now available in English." [1] Dale noted that he disagreed with many of Clarens's evaluations, including Clarens's dismissal of Hammer Horror and praise of recent Mexican horror films, but concluded, "none of these differences of opinion lessens my ...
0–9. List of horror films of 1960; List of horror films of 1961; List of horror films of 1962; List of horror films of 1963; List of horror films of 1964
White Zombie is considered the first feature-length zombie film and has been described as the archetype and model of all zombie movies. [2] [3] A number of Hollywood actors made a name for themselves in horror films of this decade, in particular Bela Lugosi (Dracula, 1931) and Boris Karloff (Frankenstein, 1931).
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The Dictionary of Film Studies defines the horror film as representing “disturbing and dark subject matter, seeking to elicit responses of fear, terror, disgust, shock, suspense, and, of course, horror from their viewers.” [2] In the chapter The American Nightmare: Horror in the 70s from Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan (2002), film critic Robin Wood declared that the commonality between ...
This is a category for lists of horror films by decade. Pages in category "Lists of horror films by decade" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.