The horror genre was first recognised in the early 1930's when movies such as "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" were released. This was the beginning of a whole new world for the film industry as over 80 years later the horror genre still exists and is going stronger than ever with many new horror movies being released regularly.
From the 1930's to around the 50's horror consisted of a mainly "gothic" theme as most of the settings would either be darkly lit castles or dungeons etc. However by the 50's it was totally revamped as many sequels to the orignal horror films from the 30's were being re-made in colour aswell as new ideas being explored. For example Don Siegel's "Invasion of the body snatchers" (1956) which depicted a terrifying alien invasion.Or George Romero's "Night of the living dead" (1968) where the dead rose from their graves.
By the time of the 90's the horror genre had become more popular than ever with many movies such as "Scream" and "Final Destination" being produced. Even now the sequels to those very movies are being made and throughout all the years of horror, all of the ideas explored are still being re-invented and put forward as chilling, nail biting movies which almost everyone still enjoys.
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