The horror movies with their elements of terror and fear have captivated the audiences for decades. Most of the horror films that have been able to draw much attention among the viewers either showed the various supernatural characters or revolved around the evil forces. Horror films from their earlier days have been changing rapidly. The technological advancement in the world of film making has made the horror movies much more attractive. The characters of horror movies mostly include different type of evil characters. The films come with demons, spirits and even serial killers. It has been found that most of the popular horror movies have drawn inspiration from the characters that were written in several classic literature novels. The horror movie database includes films that feature blood sucking Dracula, werewolf and even psycho killers.
While discussing about the horror movie database one character that comes to every movie lover's mind is that of Count Dracula. Based upon the novel written by Bram Stoker, Dracula was indeed a superhit horror movie that amazed the viewers. Such was the popularity of the character that almost 160 films made in Hollywood were inspired by it. Films like Bride of Dracula and Hound of Dracula were also appreciated. Frankenstein is also regarded as another popular movie that attracted numerous movie lovers to the theater halls.
The horror movie database also comprises movies that were made during the late 1890s. The horror genre started to spread its roots from the film industry when the first ever horror flick 'The House of the Devil' was released in the year 1896. Directed by the legendary director Georges Melies, the film was widely acclaimed. In the year 1898, 'The Cave of the Demons' regarded as one of the fantastic horror flicks from the same director was released. In the sphere of horror flicks some of the great milestones were touched during the 20th century when a number of the path breaking horror movies came forth.
Based upon the character of Quasimodo, which was penned by the author Victor Hugo in his novel 'Notre Dame de Paris' a number of films were made. The films such as the likes of 'Esmeralda' released in the year 1906 and 'The Hunchback' in the year 1909 became widely popular. The film Notre Dame de Paris even emerged as a hit. The horror movie database includes some of the best works done by a number of German directors who came forth with the biggest horror flicks during the 1910s and 1920s. The most popular of them were Paul Wegener who directed the 1915 hit horror film 'The Golem'. 'The Cabinet of Doctor Caligiri' directed by Robert Wiene also was appreciated by the mass but was under controversy due to its expressionist style.
The horror movie database include the 1925 hit 'The Monster' and 'The Phantom of The Opera'. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian the film 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' (1931) was also liked by numerous audiences. One of the most influential horror film was 'The Wolf Man' (1941). Some of the horror flicks that are still being remembered include 'Evil Dead', The Exorcist' (1973), 'The Omen' (1976), 'The Sentinel', 'Halloween'. The modern era of slasher films came into the foray with Halloween. A number of slasher hits have came forth since then that include 'Black Christmas', Friday the Thirteenth and many more.
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