“horror movies were reborn in the 1930s. sound revolutionized cinema across the board and had a huge impact on the horror genre— and not just in the form of dialogue. sound effects added an extra dimension to terror, from creaking doors to echoing footsteps to the rumbling of castle thunder. music cues built suspense or signaled the presence of a threat. as screen storytelling moved away from symbolism towards realism, the dreamlike wraiths of silent cinema were replaced by monsters that grunted, groaned and howled.”
my top 30 favorite horror movies
I’ve been seeing a lot of hate for “artsy” horror and let’s not act like this is some modern horror creation I mean this goes back to carnival of souls in the 60, vampyr in the 30s, haxan in the 20s, and house of the devil in the 1890s. I get that the artsy horror crowd has had a tendency to hate on non-artsy horror but let’s not act like having these artsy horror movies are a bad thing or are some modern day horror thing (they’ve existed for a very long time)
horror sub-genres: vampire
horror sub-genres: experimental
VAMPYR 1932, dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
favorite horror movies (12): vampyr (1932)
"What was going on? What terrifying secret was unfolding? Allan Gray felt certain of one thing: A soul in mortal distress was crying out for help, and a voice within urged him to heed that call."
day 24 of horror: favorite horror from each decade (1890s-2010s)
day 18 of horror: female vampires
horror movies + favorite posters
rolling stone’s 101 best horror movies • (41-11)
horror • favorite supernatural/paranormal horror movies
decade of horror → 30s
horror → best horror according to rotten tomatoes i