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The First Horror Movie & The History of the Horror Genre

Terrifying people through stories? It’s been a pastime of we humans since antiquity, with a large swathe of folklore centered around things that go bump in the night (particularly supernatural goings-on or anything related to—and exploiting—our innate fear of death.) With such a strong precedent in literature and oral history, it’s no surprise that the first horror movie was quick to get its feet under the table soon after the advent of cinema.

The First Horror Movie: What Was It?

Over the course of a century, film horror has gone through many peaks and troughs, leading us into the somewhat contentious period we find ourselves in today. The history of horror as a film genre begins with—as with many things in cinema history—the works of George Mellies.

Just a few years after the first filmmakers emerged in the mid-1890s, Mellies created “Le Manoir du Diable,” sometimes known in English as “The Haunted Castle” or “ The House of the Devil,” in 1896, and it is widely believed to be the first horror movie. The three-minute film is complete with cauldrons, animated skeletons, ghosts, transforming bats, and, ultimately, an incarnation of the Devil. While not intended to be scary—more wondrous, as was Mellies’ MO—it was the first example of a film (only just rediscovered in 1977) to include the supernatural and set a precedent for what was to come. Where the genre will go over the next hundred years is anyone’s guess, but sometimes it’s good to look back on the long road we’ve traveled to get to this point.

The Literary Years

After the first horror movie, sometime between 1900 and 1920, an influx of supernatural-themed films followed. Many filmmakers—most of whom still trying to find their feet with the new genre—turn to literature classics  as source material. The first adaptation of  Frankenstein  was released by Edison Studios in these early days, as well as  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  and  The Werewolf (now both lost to the fog of time.) Things were starting to roll at this point as we moved into…

The Golden Age of Horror

Widely considered to be the finest era of the genre, the two decades between the 1920s and 30s saw many classics being produced and can be neatly divided down the middle to create a separation between the silent classics and the talkies.

On the silent side of the line, you’ve got monumental titles such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari  (1920) and  Nosferatu (1922), the first movies to really make an attempt to unsettle their audience. The latter title is one of Rotten Tomatoes’ best horror movies of all time and cements just about every surviving vampire cliché in the book.

Once the silent era gave way to the technological process, we had a glut of incredible movies that paved the way for generations to come, particularly in the field of monster movies – think the second iteration of Frankenstein  (1931),  The Mummy  (1932) and the first color adaptation of  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  (1931).

The 30s also marked the first time that the word “horror” was used to describe the genre—previously, it was really just romance melodrama with a dark element—and it also saw the first horror “stars” being born. Bella Lugosi (of Dracula  fame) was arguably the first to specialize solely in the genre.

And as well as unnerving its viewers, the genre was starting to worry the general public at this point, with heavy censoring and public outcry becoming common with each release. Freaks  (1932) is a good example of a movie that was so shocking at the time it got cut extensively, with the original version now nowhere to be found. Director Tod Browning—who had previously created the aforementioned and wildly successful  Dracula— saw his career flounder at the hands of the controversy.

The shock value of  Freaks is one of the few that has aged well up until the present day and is still a highly disturbing watch.

The Atomic Years

Freaks were banned for thirty years in the country that really came into its own during this period: Great Britain.

The Hammer horror company, while founded in 1934, only started to turn prolific during the fifties, but when it did, it was near global dominance (thanks to a lucrative distribution deal with Warner and a few other U.S. studios). Once again, it was adaptations like Frankenstein ,  Dracula,  and  The Mummy that put the company squarely on the map, followed up by a slew of psychological thrillers and TV shows.

And, of course, you can’t mention British horror without paying respects to  Alfred Hitchcock , singlehandedly responsible for establishing the slasher genre, which we’ll see a lot of as we travel further forward in time.

Another hallmark of the 40s-50s era of horror came as a product of the times. With war ravaging Europe and fears of nuclear fallout running rampant, it’s of little surprise that horror began to feature antagonists that were less supernatural in nature—radioactive mutation became a common theme ( The Incredible Shrinking Man,  Godzilla ), as did the fear of invasion with  The War of the Worlds  and  When Worlds Collide , both big hits in 1953.

The latter marked the earliest rumblings of the “disaster” movie genre, but it would be a couple more decades before that would get into full swing.

The Gimmicky Years

3D glasses? Electric buzzers installed into theatre seats? Paid stooges in the audience screaming and pretending to faint? Everything and anything was tried during the 50s and 60s in an attempt to further scare cinema audiences. This penchant for interactivity spilled over into other genres during the period but quickly died down in part due to the massive amount of expense involved. For horror, in particular, this gave way to the opposite end of the spectrum: incredibly low-budget  productions.

From the late 60s onwards, so insatiable was the American appetite for gore that slasher films produced for well under $1 million took hold and were churned out by volume. That’s not to say that there weren’t some masterpieces produced during this time, though; George A. Romero emerged triumphant and kickstarted zombie movies in this period, having produced  Night of the Living Dead in 1968 with just over $100k. It went on to gross $30 million, and the living dead rose in its wake.

All Hell Breaks Loose 

Occult was the flavor of the day between the 70s and 80s, particularly when it came to houses and kids being possessed by the Devil. The reason for this cultural obsession with religious evil during this period could fill an entire article on its own, but bringing it back into the cinema realm, we can boil the trend down to two horror milestones: The Exorcist  (1973) and  The Omen (1976). Supernatural horror was now very much back in vogue, and harking back to its cinematic origins, literature once again became the source material. This time, however, it wasn’t a Victorian author whose work had fallen out of copyright but a gentleman named Stephen King.

Carrie  (1976) stormed the gates, and  The Shining  (1980) finished the siege (with 1982’s supernatural frightfest  Poltergeist following soon afterward). With these hallmarks in the history of horror now firmly established, the foundations were laid for…

The First Horror Movie Slashers

If there’s one trope that typifies the 80s, it’s the slasher format – a relentless antagonist hunting down and killing a bunch of kids in ever-increasing inventive ways, one by one. Arguably kicked off by  The Texas Chain Saw Massacre  in 1974, the output became prolific over the next decade. For every ten generic slashers, however, there was one flick that would end up becoming a cult classic even if critical success was mixed at the time— Halloween ,  Friday the 13 th,   and  A Nightmare on Elm Street  are the most prominent examples, which became so successful that they spawned their own long-running franchises (the first time in the history of the genre that multiple sequels became commonplace.)

Plenty of imitators and rip-offs followed, too, particularly in the Holiday-themed department. Some were a lot better than others as the genre descended to its most kitschy. Similar to the first horror movie, these films were not intended to scare but to entertain.

The Doldrums

Suffering from exhaustion in the wake of a thousand formulaic slasher movies and their sequels, the genre lost steam as it moved into the 90s. The advent of computer-generated special effects brought with it a number of lackluster CGI monster titles that did little to revive the genre, such as Anaconda  (1997) and  Deep Rising (1998). But it was a comedy that ended up saving the day. Peter Jackson ’s early foray into filmmaking saw him taking the splatter subgenre to ridiculous extremes with  Braindead  (1992), and Wes Craven’s slasher parody  Scream  (1996) was met globally with overwhelming success.

The genre as a whole limped on without much fanfare into the 2000s save for a few box office successes. The zombie subgenre, however, sprang back into un-life during this decade, arguably spurred on by the unprecedented success of Max Brook’s novel World War Z (later becoming a film in its own right.) The video game adaptation of  Resident Evil  (2002) was among the first of the new wave, followed swiftly by  28 Days Later  a few months later,  Dawn of the Dead  (2004),  Land of the Dead  (2005),  I Am Legend  (2007) and  Zombieland  (2009.)

The Present Day 

The state of the horror industry is hotly contested. With the genre seemingly relying on churning out remakes, reboots, and endless sequels, many argue that it’s languishing in the doldrums once again with little originality to offer a modern audience. The resurgence of ‘torture porn’ is also derided as a subgenre, having come back into the fore in the wake of the 2000s  Saw  and  Hostel  franchises with no signs of slowing down.

On the other hand, glimmers of hope shine through with examples of extreme originality and artistry. Cabin in the Woods (2012) has been heralded as this decade’s Scream, and the recent releases of  The Babadook  and  A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (both 2014) breathed new life into the genre. Jordan Peele, writer, producer, and actor, rose as the new king of horror with original films, including Get Out (2017), Us (2019), and Nope (2022), which top Rotten Tomatoes’ best horror movie list. While scary, the films are also smart and provide sociopolitical commentary, as Peele explained in an interview with Time Magazine . NYFA Alum Tracy Oliver is a co-writer of the 2022 film The Blackening , a movie that makes fun of horror clichés but also calls out racial stereotypes. Both films, similar to the first horror film and a variety of others in the history of horror, don’t have the main goal of scaring the audience.

The Future of Horror Films

With perhaps more subgenres than any other branch of fictional filmmaking, it’s difficult to see how anyone can expand or advance on anything that has come before in cinematic horror. However, there’s no doubt somebody will, and that motivated and imaginative film school students become the Alfred Hitchcocks of tomorrow.

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Studying Horror Films

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• Making a horror trailer for a new horror movie
• A genre is a type of film romance, comedy, horror, science-fiction, action/adventure
• Now complete the Genre Mix n Match activity
• Sometimes a film borrows from more than one genre, these films are called Hybrids
• Now complete the hybrid activity
• Name the films that the following characters appear in
• List the conventions of horror movies (conventions are the elements you expect in a horror film)
• Complete the conventions sheet attached
• Haunted houses and isolated settings
• Chase sequences
• What makes us scared?
• Blair Witch
• When you watch a horror movie complete the following tasks about it
• What is the film called?
• Who directed it? (Have they directed any other horror films?)
• When was it released?
• Does it have any well known stars in it? If so who?
• List the Horror genre conventions in the film.
• What elements in the film created fear and suspense?
• What elements in the film failed to create fear or suspense?
• It is good to watch as many horror movies as you can. Some contemporary horror movies as well as some older horror movies (Halloweens, Nightmare on Elm Streets, Friday 13th, )
• Complete the generic horror movie log sheet when watching horror films
• Narrative most, according to Propp, film narratives follow this structure
• Equilibrium disequilbrium a new state of equilibrium
• According to Propp again, there are certain characters in films and stories with certain functions
• the hero the one on the quest and the one who saves the
• the villain the evil one who causes the disequilbrium
• the helper a person who helps the hero on their quest/the sidekick
• the victim at the mercy of the villain
• the donor someone who has something special which will help the hero
• Complete the narrative and character worksheet on the horror movies that you watch
• A small production company will form and have an idea for a new movie. They will then have to get funding for this movie. Movies often cost many millions of dollars/pounds to make. The production company will go to a distributor for this money.
• If the distributor likes the idea in other words that the film has a winning formula (similar films have been successful before) or that it is so brilliantly original that it amazes them (this is most unlikely to be the case). Also the idea must meet the conventions of the genre to which it belongs. Then the distributor may well lend the money for the production company to make their film.
• The distributor can force changes to the idea and demand that certain stars appear in the film.
• The production phase itself is split up into 3 sections
• Pre-production planning, design, storyboarding, casting
• Production the actual shooting of the movie
• Post-production editing the movie together, adding sound and special effects
• Distributor/Distribution
• These are the people with money. They are often the large studios Universal, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Brothers. They are often part of huge media conglomerates Vivendi Universal, News Corporation and AOL Time Warner. They are wealthy and own much of the worlds media.
• Once the film has been produced (made) then the distributors start marketing the film posters, interviews with stars, merchandise, soundtrack, trailers
• Seeing as the distributor lent most of the money for the movie then they scoop up the majority of the films profit.
• The distributors are often American, hence this is why the American Film Industry dominates our screens
• The showing of the film. This can be either
• DVD (rental and sales)
• Video (rental and sales)
• Satellite/digital TV and Box Office
• Terrestrial TV
• Horror movies have been around since silent movies (Nosferatu). Obviously being scared is something the audience want. The horror movie received a huge revival in the late 70s early 80s (Omen and Nightmare on Elm Street) but died a sad death in the late 80s and throughout most of the 90s.
• However, with the advent of the horror smash parody Scream the genre is, once again, extremely popular.
• What was frightening back in the silent movie days and what is frightening now may well have changed. As society changes so do our fears.
• For example, when moving image was first invented footage of a moving train caused fear in the audience because people really believed that the train would come straight out of the screen
• www.darkwebonline.com/top100horror1.asp
• The web address above will take you through the top one hundred horror movies.
• Research and produce your own power point presentation of the history of the horror movie
• The opening sequence to Scream is Wes Craven at his best he deliberately uses some of the most common horror conventions in the genre
• Complete the worksheets on the opening sequence to Scream
• Denotation a description of what is actually there in the frame
• Connotation what are the suggested meanings of the elements you have identified under the section of denotation
• Complete the denotation/connotation activities
• Extreme Close Up
• This is used to
• Emphasise something.
• What is this image
• Emphasising? In other
• Words, what is the
• Connotation of this
• This is where the
• subject fills the frame
• it shows emotion.
• what is the connotation
• Where the subject is
• tilted. Often used in
• horror to create
• disorientation. What
• is the connotation of this
• Dutch Tilt?
• Extreme Long shot
• This is where the setting
• Fills the frame. It is
• An establishing shot which
• Sets the scenewhat is the
• Connotation of this shot?
• this is where
• we see the subject
• in relation to their
• surrounding
• the setting dominates.
• of this image?
• Medium long shot
• this is where the setting
• and the subject are
• in equal proportion.
• What is the connotation
• of this still?
• Medium Shot this
• is when the subject is cut
• off at the waist. You
• can still see their costume
• but also some of their
• emotions. What is
• the connotation of this still?
• Medium Close Up
• When you can still see
• some of the subjects
• physique but their emotions
• are clearly evident. What
• Zoom when zooming in the camera does not move
• Tracking (dollying) the camera moves smoothly towards or away from the subject
• Pan the camera moves from left to right following a moving subject.
• Hand-held camera produces a jerky movement, creating a sense of reality/chaos
• Steadicam a hand-held camera worn with a harness to achieve a steady shot
• This occurs everytime that a film is cut. A film is never shot in the order that the events happen. This would cost a fortune all sequences with the same location will be shot at the same time regardless of where they appear in the narrative. Sometimes the opening sequence to a film will be the last sequence to be shot. When a sequence has high octane action the cuts/editing is fast and numerous
• Chase sequences are very good to demonstrate this
• Soundtrack this is the music playing in the background. It can be diegetic or non-diegetic. If the sound is part of the narrative, the action (eg a radio playing in the shot) it is diegetic. However, more often than not, the soundtrack is non-diegetic. Music playing in the background which is not evident in the action.
• Sound effects these are the effects added during post-production. For example, explosions, birdsong
• Jaws watch a shark approaching sequence without the sound and then with the sound!? Notice the difference
• Costumes tell you something about the character (the genre too)? What are the
• Connotation of the following costumes?
• What are the connotations of the props in these images?
• What are the connotations of the lighting used in the stills below?
• If you were to pause a moment in a film, that frame would be mise-en-scene. Textual analysis of elements within this frame, in terms of denotation and connotation, is mise-en-scene.
• You must first form a production team and invent a name for your production company
• You must then begin your primary research
• The target audience is very important in any media product. You must meet their needs in order for your product to be a success. So, decide on your target audience (teen) and create a questionnaire which sets out to discover what horror movies are popular with this audience, what their fears are, what conventions they rate as the most important in a horror film
• Hint make your questionnaires easy to fill in and give the participants choices to choose from. Dont ask a random question like Why do you like horror movies? Instead, give them a list of possible reasons to choose from to state why they like horror movies this will make your analysis much easier
• Once your questionnaires have been completed and your results have been analysed (together with your knowledge of the horror genre and your knowledge and analysis of horror movies clips) you will be able to begin brainstorming possible ideas for your own horror movie
• Once you have decided on an idea for your own horror movie then you must write the TREATMENT for your film. A treatment is a 200 plot summary of what happens.
• When the treatment is complete you may begin inventing your PITCH
• The Film Pitch
• This is a very short sales pitch about your film designed to get distributors interested in your product.
• Films have been sold with pitches of only three words the film Alien was sold on the pitch Jaws in Space
• www.thefilmexperience.net/news/
• www.scripthollywood.com/id29.html
• www.chickenhead.com/stuff/moviepitch/index.asp
• www.geocities.com/fidelio1st/film/pitch.html
• Once you have pitched your film and created your treatment. You are ready to move straight from production into post-production.
• The distributor farms out the job of creating the trailer for a film to a post-production house.
• You, in effect, will become that post-production house and create your own trailer for your new horror movie
• Film trailers are between 2-3 minutes long. They have about 100 cuts in them. They are designed to make the audience feel both
• The pleasure of the text the audience recognises familiar conventions and narratives
• Suspense in the audience by the use of engima codes. Who is the killer? What happens in the end?
• The film trailer itself tends to be structured in the following way this structure is not set in stone and can be moved around to have a greater effect
• The distribution company logo
• The production company logo
• The narrative establisher a series of longer sequences which establish the fundamental storyline of the film
• The stars or the USP the unique selling point often stars or directors. Horror movies traditionally dont always use well-known stars because the audience feel more uncomfortable with actors they dont recognise and that dont make them feel secure. In the trailer for the horror movie Scream the director Wes Craven is the USP because he is famous for directing the cult horror film Nightmare on Elm Street
• A series of quick, exciting, sequences that are full of suspense from the film this is the convincer in that it should create enough suspense to ensure that the audience decide to go and watch the film
• All through the trailer will appear the conventions of the genre
• The black and white film listings
• Complete the trailer analysis worksheets
• Go to www.virgin.net/movies for film trailers
• Now, in your production teams, please storyboard your film trailer using the conventions of trailers
• You must number each image/sequence on your storyboard
• Underneath each image on your storyboard you should include some notes as to camera angles, lighting, etc
• Please see attached blank storyboard
• In order to organise yourselves effectively you must complete an prop list and a cast list for your trailer
• Please see attached blank listings
• Your production team must complete a production schedule. You must not go over schedule as you will go over budget and the distribution company would lose profits
• See attached blank production schedule
• Now you have shot your footage you must now look at the footage on your tape and number the sequences a description of them in the order they appear on the tape. Then you have to, using your footage list, prepare an edit list of the sequences you will use and the order they are to be edited in
• See blank sheets attached
• You must evaluate your product and the stages of production.
• Please see attached evaluation structure

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The 200 Best Horror Movies of All Time

New year, new boo! We’ve re-vamped, fangs and all, our guide to the 200 best horror movies of all time, with critics and audiences now coming together in hellacious harmony to pick the freakiest, frightiest, and Freshest from horror movie history!

To assist in scheduling your film fright night, we guide you through German expressionism ( Nosferatu , The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ) and Universal monsters ( Dracula , The Wolf Man ). Creature features ( King Kong , The Fly ) nestle with Best Picture nominees ( The Exorcist , Get Out ). Slashers ( Scream ), zombies ( Dawn of the Dead ), vampires ( Let the Right One In ) abound with terror of the more psychological persuasion ( Don’t Look Now , The Innocents ). Plus, we honor the recent stabs and strides made by female horror directors ( A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night , The Babadook , The Invitation ) and directors abroad ( Under the Shadow , The Wailing ).

To sort the list, we’re using our recommendation formula, which calculates a movie’s Tomatometer rating AND its Audience Score , along with the film’s number of reviews and year of release. And how did we pick what to initially throw into our bubbling recommendation cauldrong? We hand-picked only Certified Fresh movies with a positive Audience Score, with recent movies needing at least 100 critics reviews. What’s recent? Anything after 2016, which is when we expanded our critics pool and criteria.

Ready to settle in for dark nights of Fresh fear? Then flip the switch on the 200 best horror movies of all time. It’s alive! It’s alive!!

Alien (1979) 93%

Let the Right One In (2008) 98%

Aliens (1986) 98%

Jaws (1975) 97%

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 95%

Get Out (2017) 98%

Psycho (1960) 97%

One Cut of the Dead (2017) 100%

King Kong (1933) 97%

A Quiet Place (2018) 96%

Halloween (1978) 96%

Shaun of the Dead (2004) 92%

What We Do in the Shadows (2014) 96%

Diabolique (1955) 95%

The Invisible Man (2020) 92%

Nosferatu (1922) 97%

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 98%

Rosemary's Baby (1968) 96%

The Wailing (2016) 99%

Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 98%

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) 96%

The Devil's Backbone (2001) 93%

Eyes Without a Face (1960) 97%

A Quiet Place Part II (2021) 91%

The Babadook (2014) 98%

Train to Busan (2016) 95%

The Ring (1998) 98%

His House (2020) 100%

Night of the Living Dead (1968) 95%

Talk to Me (2023) 95%

Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) 97%

Repulsion (1965) 96%

Frankenstein (1931) 94%

Vampyr (1932) 98%

Freaks (1932) 95%

The Night of the Hunter (1955) 93%

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 95%

The Innocents (1961) 95%

Prey (2022) 94%

Under the Shadow (2016) 99%

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) 95%

Border (2018) 97%

M3GAN (2022) 93%

Dawn of the Dead (1978) 91%

Godzilla (1954) 93%

Peeping Tom (1960) 95%

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) 96%

Re-Animator (1985) 94%

The Fly (1986) 93%

Suspiria (1977) 94%

Pearl (2022) 93%

Zombieland (2009) 89%

The Birds (1963) 94%

The Innocents (2021) 97%

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 91%

X (2022) 94%

Misery (1990) 91%

The Cabin in the Woods (2011) 92%

The Amusement Park (1973) 96%

It Follows (2014) 95%

Raw (2016) 93%

Dead of Night (1945) 93%

Dracula (1931) 94%

Carrie (1976) 93%

The Host (2006) 93%

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) 90%

Kwaidan (1964) 91%

28 Days Later (2002) 87%

Don't Look Now (1973) 93%

Thelma (2017) 92%

Attack the Block (2011) 91%

The Orphanage (2007) 87%

Barbarian (2022) 93%

Werewolf by Night (2022) 89%

Us (2019) 93%

Upgrade (2018) 88%

Evil Dead 2 (1987) 88%

An American Werewolf in London (1981) 89%

Ready or Not (2019) 89%

The Lighthouse (2019) 90%

It (2017) 85%

Eraserhead (1977) 89%

Green Room (2015) 90%

Beast (2017) 92%

Hereditary (2018) 90%

Drag Me to Hell (2009) 92%

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) 91%

The Wicker Man (1973) 91%

Dead Alive (1992) 89%

You Won't Be Alone (2022) 93%

The Fly (1958) 95%

Let Me In (2010) 88%

Village of the Damned (1960) 93%

Don't Breathe (2016) 88%

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) 89%

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 90%

The Conjuring (2013) 86%

Cat People (1942) 92%

Horror of Dracula (1958) 91%

The Blackening (2022) 87%

Grindhouse (2007) 84%

The Thing (1982) 84%

House of Wax (1953) 93%

The Shining (1980) 83%

The Love Witch (2016) 95%

Bone Tomahawk (2015) 91%

The Descent (2005) 87%

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) 91%

Mandy (2018) 90%

Duel (1971) 89%

The Cat and the Canary (1927) 93%

The Wolf Man (1941) 91%

Saint Maud (2019) 92%

Poltergeist (1982) 88%

House (1977) 91%

The Endless (2017) 92%

The Evil Dead (1981) 86%

Violation (2020) 88%

Martin (1978) 90%

Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010) 85%

Nanny (2022) 90%

A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) 86%

The Witch (2015) 90%

Annihilation (2018) 88%

The Dead Zone (1983) 89%

Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021) 87%

Island of Lost Souls (1933) 88%

The Others (2001) 84%

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) 89%

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) 86%

Hatching (2022) 93%

Santa Sangre (1989) 86%

Theater of Blood (1973) 88%

Gremlins (1984) 86%

The Haunting (1963) 87%

Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (2021) 88%

The Night House (2020) 88%

Sputnik (2020) 88%

The Black Phone (2021) 82%

Cronos (1993) 90%

The Dark and the Wicked (2020) 91%

The Invitation (2015) 90%

Freaky (2020) 83%

Tremors (1990) 88%

The Exorcist (1973) 78%

Evil Dead Rise (2023) 84%

The Mummy (1932) 89%

Carnival of Souls (1962) 87%

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) 88%

Candyman (2021) 84%

Hounds of Love (2016) 88%

Audition (1999) 83%

Piggy (2022) 91%

Dead Ringers (1988) 85%

Nope (2022) 83%

Slither (2006) 87%

Crawl (2019) 84%

Doctor Sleep (2019) 78%

Day of the Dead (1985) 87%

The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970) 85%

The Omen (1976) 85%

The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) 86%

Scream VI (2023) 76%

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Funny Horror Movies That Deliver On the Chuckles and the Chills

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It's the best of both worlds: heart-pounding suspense and belly-aching laughter. It's called the horror comedy, and it's a genre hybrid that, when executed correctly, marries goosebumps and giggles to cathartic effect. Over the decades, we've been treated to gateway scares suitable for the whole family, master classes in gonzo gore, and even beautifully dark animated fables made for adults only. Here, we're rounding up our favorites for your viewing pleasure.

Beetlejuice

Fun fact: The stripe-suited star of Tim Burton's ghoulishly hilarious afterlife romp doesn't show up until about 45 minutes into the action. Crazy, right? Played by Michael Keaton, everyone's favorite lewd bio-exorcist didn't need a ton of screen time to really leave his mark. Bring on the sequel!

Bodies Bodies Bodies

For a horror film that meets the moment, queue up Bodies to the third power. A macabre watch as brazenly clever as it is thrilling, Halina Reijn's American debut wears the A24 stamp. So you can bet you're in for a stylish, genre-defying flick with a cast, narrative, and vibe as satisfying as its body count.

Extra Ordinary

Buckle up for silly encounters of the supernatural kind from Irish directing duo Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman. Behind the wheel is Rose, a small-town driving instructor whose ability to see dead people gets her tangled up in a rock star's Satanic ritual. If it sounds crazy hilarious, that's because it is.

The body-swapping comedy is nothing new. Soaking the subgenre's dynamic narrative in bloody carnage, however, is. Such is the case with Blumhouse's Freaky . It stars Kathryn Newton and Vince Vaughn as a high school senior and serial killer who change places, lending their arcs to hilarity, chaos, and mayhem.

If by some miracle you aren't privy to the delicious reveals in Mimi Cave's delightful debut, then keep it that way; it's fun to go into this thriller starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan blind. Only bit we'll say: These two follow up their grocery meet-cute with an overnight trip that has no expiry date.

Ghostbusters

Made up of three parapsychologists plus a skeptic who answered a job ad, this crew tackles slimers, specters, and any other spooky spirits they’re hired to battle while making audiences hee-haw along the way. It’s funny, only mildly scary, and the perfect gateway horror for little ones warming up to the genre.

You know the Mogwai rules: Don't get them wet. Don't expose them to bright lights. And don't feed them after midnight. Of course, as we all know, rules were made to be broken, and that's just what the protag of this '80s holiday classic does, unleashing a throng of demented gremmies that are out for blood.

Happy Death Day

Like all great time-loop movies, Happy Death Day unsnarls its mystery over the course of its reel without feeling redundant. Led by Jessica Rothe, the film follows her character, Tree, down a rabbit hole of never-ending kills. To break the cycle, she has to not only right her wrongs but solve her own murder.

When director Nobuhiko Obayashi yelled action, he unleashed a truly bizarre fantasy that will forever be known as the craziest haunted-house movie of all time. A deranged fever dream of disembodied heads, bleeding mirrors, and trippy ghosts, this J-horror classic about seven schoolgirls battling evil in an old manor is a master class in bonkers macabre.

Jennifer’s Body

Feminist horror from director Karyn Kusama and writer Diablo Cody, Jennifer's Body is finally getting its flowers. Pummeled by critics who initially chalked the film up to fanboy bait, this teen scream about a bloodthirsty cheerleader is a genius take on female empowerment, sexuality, and autonomy.

Little Shop of Horrors

Creature features come in all shapes, cultures, and genres, from Japan's groundbreaking Godzilla , to Cronenberg's The Fly body horror, to Spielberg's family-friendly Gremlins . Here, we have a toe-tapping musical extravaganza about a florist and the bloodthirsty plant demanding more than sunlight and rain.

One Cut of the Dead

From Warm Bodies to Zombieland , zom-coms flourished in the 2010s. But here's one you may have missed. A shoestring-budgeter whose brilliance is nesting inside a Matryoshka-like narrative, Shin'ichirô Ueda's cult fave starts out as a single-shot zombie flick, but it's after that 37-minute take when the real surprises begin.

Ready or Not

Samara Weaving stars in this marital thriller as a bride whose wedding day evolves into a nightmare to remember. Hunted by her new in-laws for reasons we'll let you discover on your own, she fights to survive the night. A clever mix of dark humor, inventive kills, and girl power, it's one to watch on repeat.

"Liver alone." "Bam! Bitch went down." "I never thought I'd be so happy to be a virgin." The only thing better than the hilarious quips in this Craven classic that reinvented the slasher genre for a new generation is the cast (Neve Campbell, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy) delivering them.

Shaun of the Dead

One third of Edgar Wright's Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy , this zombie romp comes first. It's followed by Hot Fuzz , and then The World's End , and each entry in the anthology series is fantastic, but our fave has to be Shaun of the Dead . A play on the Romero classic, it's a witty brew of British humor and genre magic.

Juan of the Dead

Speaking of Shaun, have you met Juan? He's leading a similar motley crew battling a horde of flesh eaters. Set in Havana, this action-horror-comedy hybrid turns the parody up several notches and morphs its zombie apocalypse into a Cuban thrill ride that is entirely its own.

The Blackening

Co-writers Tracy Oliver ( Harlem ) and Dewayne Perkins ( Brooklyn Nine-Nine ), along with director Tim Story ( Queens ), deliver a hilarious gem about a group of friends whose vacay turns deadly. And though the jump scares are solid, the real genius lies in the provocative dialogue and shattering of genre tropes.

When you're not consumed by The Bear , we recommend digging into another foodie thriller, this one with a lot more bite. About an abusive celebrity chef (played by Ralph Fiennes) whose final dinner service will blow its diners away, Mark Mylod's razor-sharp comedy is five-star entertainment.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Filing this campy classic about two clean-cut teens who stumble into the fantastical world of Dr. Frank-n-Furter under "Horror Comedy Musical" doesn't do it justice. Rather, this vibrant and immersive experience is a rite of passage for some, a ritual for others, and a celebration of self-expression for all.

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

The sweetest little splatter movie you ever did see, this comedy of horrors spins a yarn around two country bumpkins, Tucker and Dale, who haphazardly take out a group of vacuous co-eds one by one. The kills are gory, the satire is thick, and the charm is so infectious.

DeAnna Janes is a freelance writer and editor for a number of sites, including Harper’s BAZAAR, Tasting Table, Fast Company and Brit + Co, and is a passionate supporter of animal causes, copy savant, movie dork and reckless connoisseur of all holidays. A native Texan living in NYC since 2005, Janes has a degree in journalism from Texas A&M and  got her start in media at US Weekly before moving on to O Magazine, and eventually becoming the entertainment editor of the once-loved, now-shuttered DailyCandy. She’s based on the Upper West Side.

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Spiral Blu-ray Release Announced for Cult Psychological Horror Movie

By Neil Bolt

Ronin Flix is putting out a Spiral Blu-ray release for Adam Green and Joel David Moore’s 2006 psychological horror movie.

A reclusive telemarketer has only one semblance of a friend: His telecommuter boss. But the telemarketer’s social circle seems to improve greatly when a whimsical co-worker enters his life. Only, as he begins to sketch his new friend’s portrait, disturbing “voices” from the phone man’s past threaten to lead him into a network of destruction.

Spiral stars Joel David Moore (Avatar), Zachary Levi (Shazam!), Amber Tamblyn (The Ring), and Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica).

Spiral Blu-ray Extras

• Limited Edition Slipcover (1st Pressing Only)
• High Definition Blu-ray 1080p Widescreen Presentation (1.78:1)
• English Lossless 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
• NEW 2K film remaster completed by Ronin Flix
• NEW Paint it Red — Making Spiral: Behind-the-Scene Documentary featuring NEW interviews with Adam Green (co-director), Joel David Moore (lead and co-director), Zachary Levy (actor and producer), Will Barratt (cinematographer), and Cory Livingston (editor
• NEW Audio Commenary with co-directors Adam Green and Joel David Moore, director of photography Will Barratt, and editor Cory Livingston.
• Archival Audio Commentary with co-directors Adam Green and Joel David Moore, writer Jeremy Boering, director of photography Will Barratt, and actors Zachary Levi and Amber Tamblyn.
• Theatrical Trailer
• NEW English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Neil became a horror fan from just a nightmare-inducing glimpse of the Ghoulies VHS cover and a book on how to draw ghosts. It escalated from there and now that's almost all he writes and talks about.

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Ancient Aliens Special Presentation Season 1 Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Hulu

W ondering where to watch Ancient Aliens Special Presentation Season 1 online ? We have all the streaming details right here. Ancient Aliens Special Presentation is a 2022 television series and a grand compilation of all the best episodes of the popular show Ancient Aliens. It explores the conspiracy theory suggesting that extraterrestrial beings have already visited Earth millions of years ago.

Here’s how you can stream Ancient Aliens Special Presentation Season 1 via streaming services such as Hulu.

Is Ancient Aliens Special Presentation Season 1 available to watch via streaming?

Yes, Ancient Aliens Special Presentation Season 1 is available to watch via streaming on Hulu.

This show was released on September 26, 2022, and features a total of 13 episodes. Each of them features locations that are deemed possible evidence of the existence of aliens and their visit to Earth. It also includes interviews with theorists and experts who have done extensive research on the matter.

Ancient Aliens is narrated by Robert Clotworthy.

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Hulu (With Ads) is the cheapest option, providing users access to Hulu’s streaming library with commercials. Hulu (No Ads) is the service’s premium option, providing access to its library without any advertisements. There are also several bundles available with Hulu that pair the service with Disney Plus and ESPN Plus, along with Live TV plans that also include many live TV channels.

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“These special compilation episodes of “Ancient Aliens” explore the controversial theory that extraterrestrials have visited Earth for millions of years.”

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