Research of the history of the horror genre
Why we like to watch them?
For as long as we've told story's, we have been trying to scare audiences with narratives that spark the less logical bits of our imagination. Audiences are happy to pay for the chance to be scared senseless. There are many theories as to why we enjoy them one being they thrill us telling us stories from the 'dark' and 'forbidden' side of life. In some cases it portrays anxieties of past or current society times. Example of these are, Nosferatu (1922) which is about vampire-ism but not only that it shows tragic images of a town that is plagued by the aftermath of war and flu epidemic deaths. The other end of the century Blade (1998) was another tale about vampire-ism but echo's authoritative & immoral principles in society, a chaotic elite, reflects the amplifying invulnerable of those at the top. Early 21st century horror films contemplate on global concerns of viruses ( 28 days later) or sound regressive warning notes about the dangers of right minded autocracy behind (The Last Exorcism, The Conjuring). Horror films give a exclusive zone for free converse about the upright, political and social shifts in our general ideal.
Generations of horror
It seems that with each generation of horror film there is a change in nature of the being that presents a threat. One exaple is that in the the early 1940s, a world living under the shadow of Hitler's predatory habits established as part-man, part-wolf as their bogeyman, whose inhuman nature caused him to tear apart those who crossed his path. then in the 1990s despie this, there was no need for a part wolf component (Jonathan Doe, Se7en 1994, Hannibal Lecter, Manhunter 1986, Silence of the Lambs 1991 and Hannibal 2001) were completely human in their intended and accord killing style. In the 21st century, the ghosts and zombies are back in trend as Eastern and Western superstitions meet, and once again we desire for an evil that is beyond human.
How has horror changed over the years?
The development of technology over the years it has raised the level and quality of horror films, not only this but it created the ability to create scarier characters, weather it be because of better quality mask/costumes or the fact effects created and added,and have kept on being improved to enhance the scariness of the film. The scale that horror films are made today could not have been made say in the 1930's because of the major advance in technology.
Another reason for the horror genre's change over the years is also partly because of the location the production was based, other countries resulted in variant audiences. Asian and Japanese horror contrasts a lot to western horror due ton the fact the cultures are very distinctive. Eastern horror tends to have more depth in the storylines and not consist of perpetual gore scenes, allowing more of a creepy sense. Whereas western horrors tend not to have much depth into the storyline and are usually more gore and less creepy, due to the fact they have a lot more bloody gory scenes.
Another reason for the horror genre's change over the years is also partly because of the location the production was based, other countries resulted in variant audiences. Asian and Japanese horror contrasts a lot to western horror due ton the fact the cultures are very distinctive. Eastern horror tends to have more depth in the storylines and not consist of perpetual gore scenes, allowing more of a creepy sense. Whereas western horrors tend not to have much depth into the storyline and are usually more gore and less creepy, due to the fact they have a lot more bloody gory scenes.
Sources:
.http://www.slideshare.net/Amberpothecary/history-of-the-genre-horror-15231801
.http://www.imdb.com/
.https://images.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl
.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film