Horror
The genre of horror is one of the oldest: it originates from folklore, religious tradition and the deep fears of the human soul. The main themes of the horror genre are death, the afterlife, evil, the demonic. Monsters, witches, vampires, assassins, werewolves and ghosts. Its most popular subgenres are psychological horror and supernatural horror. In Europe, horror arises from the literature of ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. Euripides, Plutarch and Pliny the Younger were the first writers of the horror genre. Even in the Bible, for example in the Apocalypse, we can find some such elements. The oldest and strongest emotion of humanity is fear, and the oldest and strongest type of fear is fear of the unknown.
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MovieDementia 13
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Horror, Thriller, by Francis Ford Coppola, United States, 1963.
Francis Ford Coppola's debut film produced at low cost by Roger Corman, who wanted a film on the model of low budget Psycho with gothic atmospheres and heinous crimes. The Haloran family gathers in their Irish castle to commemorate t... -
MovieCarnival of souls
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Horror, by Herk Harvey, United States, 1962.
Mary Henry emerges unscathed from a car accident that killed her two companions, and sets off on a strange adventure in Salt Lake City, where she finds herself drawn to a dilapidated lakeside pavilion and haunted by a ghostly figure (played by same dir... -
MovieLittle shop of horrors
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Horror, by Roger Corman, United States, 1960.
The brilliant Roger Corman, director and producer who has often worked with ridiculous budgets, allowing the debut of Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Joe Dante, makes the film where his style is more recognizable. A budget of 30 thousand dollar... -
MovieNight of the living dead
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Horror, di George Romero, Stati Uniti, 1968.
One of the most profitable independent films of all time, it grossed around 250 times its budget. Inspired like other cult horror films by Richard Matheson's 1954 novel "I Am Legend". Shot as a "guerrilla film" with a cast and crew of friends and famil... -
Silent night, bloody night
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Horror, by Theodore Gershuny, United States, 1972.
1972 American Slasher, is a forerunner horror genre several years before Carpenter's Halloween, with a complex script and first person shooting of the killer, which inspired many subsequent films. Its originality and its narration are what manage...
