Group Work- Horror Timeline

 Frankenstein (Dawley, 1910) – This was one of the first horror films to be made. The film was made in the US by Edison Studious and consisted of 16-minute (one-reel) version.

The Phantom of the Opera (Julian,1925) – This was based upon a character within Gaston Leroux’s novel. The film is seen to be one of first costume horror classics of the 20^th century.  Furthermore this original film has lead to many theatrical performance and film remakes.

Dracula (Browning, 1931) - Universal Studios produced a film version of Lugosi's 1927 Broadway stage success about a blood-sucking, menacing vampire named Dracula. This horror film is also one of the most famous as it has lead to many remakes, furthermore according to the Guinness Book of world records the character Dracula has been used in films more than any other.

 

The Mummy (Fisher, 1959) – The original Mummy film proved to be a successful topic for films under British films company Hammer Studios.

Night of the Living Dead (Romero, 1968) -  this naturalistic, documentary-style film inaugurated an entire horror subgenre (zombie films with flesh-stalking cannibals), shot in stark and grainy black and white, the film was remade in a 3-D version Night of the Living Dead 3D (Broadstreet, 2006).  

Halloween (Carpenter, 1978) - This film became particularly famous for its soundtrack and similarly to other classics has lead to numerous remakes.

Scream (Craven, 1996) - surprising horror hit-spoof that helped to reinvigorate films in the genre in the late 90s, with a whopping domestic box-office gross of $103 million. It rejuvenated the slasher film in subsequent years by self-reflectively honouring various stalking/slasher films in the character of a slasher dressed as the Grim Reaper.

Saw (Wan, 2004) – The saw franchise is distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment that consists of seven films and two video games. Furthermore it is considered to be one of the foremost successful films franchises to that date.