HORROR
• an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust. a thing causing such a feeling. intense dismay. informal a bad or mischievous person, especially a child.
— ORIGIN Latin, from horrere ‘shudder, (of hair) stand on end’.
• an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust. a thing causing such a feeling. intense dismay. informal a bad or mischievous person, especially a child.
— ORIGIN Latin, from horrere ‘shudder, (of hair) stand on end’.
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 70's early 80's (Omen and nightmare on elm street) but died a sad death in the late 80's and throughout most of the 90's.
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.
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