A Short History of the Horror Film (1890s - 2010s)

The Horror movie has been one of the most popular genres in all of cinema for over the last 100 years. it explores the deepest fears of our culture, forcing us to confront the problematic elements of our society.
This video will be taking a decade by decade look at the major tropes of horror cinema, there cultural influences and there effect on the wider cinema landscape. we will journey from the first horror films in the late 1800's like The Haunted Castle by Georges Méliès and The Execution of The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots by William Heise, though classics like Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Night of the Living Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Shining in to modern horror like The Babadook and The Witch.
Thanks for watching 100 years of cinema. Instead of looking at the history of one film each year from 1915, this time we are taking a general look at the history of horror, Starting from the very first horror movies in 1895, all the way to the present day.
Cliplist:
The Shining (1980)
Alien (1979)
Mystics in Bali (1981)
Invasion of the body snatchers
Ringu (1998)
The execution of Mary queen of Scots (1895)
Le Squelette joyeux (1897)
The Manner of the devil (1896)
The Haunted Castle (1897)
The devil's convent (1897)
The haunted curiosity shop (1901)
Scrooge (1901)
Faust and Mephistopheles (1903)
The Red Specter (1907)
Dante's Inferno (1911)
The sealed Room (1909)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)
Frankenstein (1910)
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)
Genuine (1920)
Faust (1926)
Algol: Tragedy of Power (1920
The Student of Prague (1913 film)
Der Golem (1915)
Nosferatu (1922)
Der Golem: how he came in to the world (1920)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Man Who Laughed (1927)
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Mummy (1932 film)
Silly Symphonies: The Skeleton Dance (1929)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Cat People (1942)
The Ghost Ship (1943)
The Uninvited (1944)
Them! (1954)
Tarantula (1955)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
The Fly (1958)
House of Wax (1953)
The Tingler (1959)
Macabre (1958)
Horror of Dracula (1958)
A Case for PC 49 (1951)
The Quatermass Experiment (1955)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Mummy (1959)
The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Night of The Living Dead (1968)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Omen (1976)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Halloween (1978)
Jaws (1975)
Grizzly (1976)
Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)
Inferno (1980)
Carrie (1976)
Shivers (1975)
The Thing (1982)
I drink your blood (1970)
Last house on the left (1972)
Friday the 13th (1980)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
Halloween II (1981)
The Evil Dead (1981)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
The Burning (1981)
Scream (1996)
New Nightmare (1994)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Paranormal Activity (2007)
Let The Right one in (2008)
Saw VI (2009)
Hostel: Part II (2007)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
The Babadook (2014)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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[@albertwells8503]

To all those in the comments who said you forgot this movie, or should have mentioned that movie, he told you up front that this was an extremely condensed version of horror cinema. It was only meant to show the highlights.

[@SIASOUKHTEH]

So do you think that Alien series or exorcist are not the highlights?

[@naufaladryankusmana8128]

@@SIASOUKHTEH Aliens more like sci fi to be honest

[@experi-mentalproductions5358]

@@SIASOUKHTEH 0:04 & 8:29

[@rrrrr0_]

i feel like most of those type of comments are looking for "validation for their knowledge", anyway, instead of truly caring for the mentions. because it would be just unreasonable to expect every single film getting mentioned.

[@Maxdewinter123]

Lot of people complaining that their favorite horror film did not appear in the video. Well it is just impossible. There have been so many horror classics that even a 4 hour documentary wouldn'be enough. Not to mention a 13 minute summary. And what the creator of this video has done is nothing less than remarkable. It traces a general line of development of the genre in broad terms, it is not a discussion of milestones in horror. Excellent job, fantastic.

[@sonicriders.7]

Yahhh…. It would be cool to see a 4 hour video about this kinda stuff tho. It’s really interesting

[@macysondheim]

Ok

[@drudru1986]

Great overview! A perfect video for new fans of horror.

[@heebertgeddies3911]

Bob Clark's black Christmas gets overlooked in every horror documentary it was the first holiday themed slasher and it introduced the very first phone call killer

[@OvertheHedge06]

What a well made video Horror is arguably the most genre of film. So many fantastic directors got their start with horror classics and so many stars have been in horror movies before they were really known. It's a genre thats so easily influenced with trends of film and changes so fast but no horror film really ever gets forgotten. Some horror fans are practically historians when it comes to long-running characters like Dracula, Frankenstein, Invisible Man, Michael Myers, ect. but the horror films even before those are so old that they're pretty much ancient cinema and are archived from the most diehard of cinephiles.

[@SkaYouth]

I get that this is mostly western-centric but damn.. early 00's Japan horror deserved a mentioned for introducing cyberhorror (Ju-On, Kairo, Suicide Club etc..) to the world

[@huiwenz754]

Totally agree.

[@harrishromero6447]

@@huiwenz754 no this video will be 3-4 hour long if you mention that

[@ethangordon9762]

This was really helpful, I'm working on a research paper for my history class and this was a perfect video to take notes from (I'll obviously cite it). It'd be great if you could make another short history video about the horror genre from 2010-present, but I understand it must be a very research-heavy and time-intensive project. It would also be cool to get a short history of different subgenres of horror, I know you made a video about zombies in cinema, but there are a lot of other genres you could cover. Just a suggestion, keep making content dude!

[@Maxdewinter123]

Your channel is a labor of love. It is a sad reflection on our degraded tastes as an audience that this channel isn't more popular. But what you do is splendid. Bravo.

[@suzanneromijnders6320]

Thanks, this was a great starting point for further investigation into the history of the genre!

[@theboxyt3901]

Great retrospective ! Thank you !

[@m1k119]

A very well knowledge put together in such a short time. Well done dude.

[@promosolo]

Really brilliant selection and analysis. Well structured and thoroughly engaging. Thank you :)))

[@Petpinetree777]

BTW this was an amazingly put together video thank you for this!

[@williamchains]

great video, this channel is awesome, keep it coming I Will watch every single one of your videos, greetings from Portugal

[@mike4rmpallet902]

Literally just discovered this channel today! Awesome content

[@coolkevin5433]

Fantastic overview and so well put together! Definitely gives people a lot of room for greater explanation if anything jumps out of them. I'd only recommend that people also consider checking out Spanish/Mexican/Latin American horror as well. For obvious reasons there wasn't much time to cover that here, but it might be something that could interest people. Nonetheless, there is already much to examine here!

[@Aacre1975]

Amazing work. You’re channel is wonderful

[@cinimodg0251]

I think the shining should have been included but it was a great video! Much love 👍🏼

[@bird10498]

Thanks for your comment about your audio equipment. I thought my speakers were crapping out. Great vid!

[@Domenicomn]

Yo! Charlie!! you're cool! keep up the impeccable work man

[@eberbacher007]

great overview, you got my sub

[@claudia-rq9ht]

Wow. You had me at the clip of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) but, what a video!

[@tiphainebuisson1306]

Great video. Thank you.

[@flyingsnail6664]

Thank you for the video......I've learned a lot of things today about the Horror genre.......👌

[@yonathanasefaw9001]

Nice review! Love it!

[@kikic9097]

Amazing work! I'm doing my thesis on horror cinema and this is a very useful starting point. Thanks so much!

[@eyakachai7867]

hello 😁I'm doing my architectural thesis on horror cinéma, I would be so happy if you could send me your thesis so that I could see it as an example ( sorry my English, is not my first language)

[@sikstene]

Great video man, thanks for the info

[@stephenmycek4913]

Thank you! Great video.

[@leoperez3084]

Thank you for the video!!!

[@TheSienn]

Excellent! Thank you! Perfect for spooky season

[@BianicEpicVideos]

Great video!

[@promosolo]

Really great content. I think it's important to state that Cannibal Holocaust was the first Found Footage film with Blair Witch Project copying the format. So many great clips though - thank!

[@golyx]

I think you missed Alien and The Thing, but this was a great video.

[@tylerpinkerton8980]

Awesome! I enjoyed this a lot.

[@butternugget]

Like the review. I love that you have the music from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari playing. Just one thing, his name is pronounced as Conrad VITE not what you said. (Technically it's FITE in German) But I do love this video

[@damianlatimer5753]

The Birds should have included because that was a great horror film also

[@eunicederem2610]

Great job and thank you so much for your effort however, I was expecting that you mention two great horror films; The Freaks and Eyes with out face! (Actually i came here in order to make a research about the " Freaks ")

[@rubensschiozer3058]

no the thing and the shining? Also I would give more attention to The exorcist. Great great video! really loved it!

[@briand3383]

Bummed you didn't mention AIP/Roger Corman and how drive-ins created an audience for cheap 50s-60s horror. Also, you mentioned the Cold War, but not Godzilla, et al, from Japan. But overall, I'm totally diggin your series. Thank you!

[@Mguy312]

You should've added transformation movies such as The Wolfman or Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Great video btw

[@nudge2626]

Great videos. Curious have you already picked all your films for your 100 years series?

[@onehundredyearsofcinema]

I have a pretty long list along with some other longer "history of..." video ideas like this one, but it is constantly changing!

[@nudge2626]

I look forward to it!

[@TOTWPod]

Excellent this is great research for out podcast.

[@russneho]

Good video. Keep it up.

[@MK-ft8uk]

Left out: The Exorcist had massive influence on Satanist horror. Amityville and the rise of haunted house films. The Shining's massive influence on the respectable horror film along with Silence of the Lambs. Also left out Blair Witch being the first in viral marketing / internet horror. And Cannibal Holocaust was actually first found footage horror

[@vermilliongecko]

Great video, but if I could pick you up on one *tiny* detail, at 6:20, it's the Quatermass Experiment, not Quartermass. But otherwise, good analysis of the socio-cultural influences on the horror film and developing trends.

[@Erikf_r]

I Appreciate your video, however there's missing Haxan (1922) in your list. I think it's also an important and representative horror film from the silent era. Greetings! :)

[@leox4301]

Well done but I would also mention the rise of Asian horror films in 1998-2004 [The Ring, Ju-On, The Eye, Shutter] and James Wan - the most influential horror director of 2010s.

[@canadianfortrump4057]

I'm completely surprised that there was no mention of The Exorcist. I think the vast majority of horror fans would agree that The Exorcist is the most frightening film of all time. It had an emotional effect on people that no horror film before or since has had. Many people were seeing psychiatrists and going back to church after seeing it. Omitting The Exorcist from this video is like showing a video on heavyweight boxers and omitting Muhammad Ali.

[@canadianfortrump4057]

Correction: There was a very brief mention of The Exorcist. My mistake, but it only lasted about 3 seconds. That's why I missed it the first time. I would have given The Exorcist a much more extensive review.

[@warmonger8799]

THANKX DUDE LEGEND

[@Sardarkhan69]

Great trip through the Horror history of film

[@APUGuru]

awesome video. what microphone do you currently use?

[@onehundredyearsofcinema]

I currently have a Blue Snowball, which has been a great mic for a few years, but I have traveled quite with it quite a bit and its not in the best shape. I am looking at getting something like a Audio-Technica AT2035 along with a mixer. If you have any suggestions that would be really helpful. Thanks!

[@juliantotriwijaya9208]

10:21 what is the name of the music on this video? I love it, does anyone know?

[@jzoobs]

Cool overview! Interested in what led you to leave out cinema from Japan and China nearly entirely.

[@ITSGENDI]

There was 2 films that you may have overlooked. 1 Godzilla (1954) The reason I say godzilla is because it was capatlising on the "Nuclear fear" Of the 50s. 2 The Blob (1958) It was on of the first coulor horror films and had some amazing Special effects.

[@sreyanbashar1758]

This video was very educational and informative but I think you should have mentioned “ The Shining” and “ The Silence of the Lambs”

[@jsc315]

excellent video. If I may I have only one issue overall with the video itself. The background audio you use is at time a bit to loud and overwhelming it is sometimes hard to hear what you're saying.

[@trw1782]

I would say 28 Days Later should have been mentioned. Though its contribution bringing movies from film to digital is not exclusive to horror, it still should be concidered as a landmark in the genre.

[@onehundredyearsofcinema]

28 days later should absolutely have been mentioned. good call.

[@trw1782]

Guess we have to wait ~70 more videos before we hear you talk about it ;D

[@manuelperu-espino2320]

One Hundred Years of Cinema it should have been because 28 Days Later helped revitalize the zombie horror subgenre of the 2000s.

[@strumdynastygaming7217]

You did a fantastic job, and mentioned many gems, but I think leaving out an explicit mention of The Exorcist left a little to be desired as it was an immensely important and impactful film.

[@seanslawson98]

Can u please do one on science-fiction. One of my favorite genres

[@callmewilliam3508]

80's were what raised me in the 2000s - 2010s

[@dinyardastoor6464]

Good work. The brief clips should also give the name of the movie which would be more informative. Hope the creator found the financial support he was looking for, which he asks for in the end.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

This video flew by. I wish it were a long, more in-depth look at horror cinema .... maybe two hours in length. Really nicely done.

[@nguyennhatvy4848]

4:16 a trope of horror history

[@janetpurcell5728]

The hunchback of Notre dame 1923 is a romance,not a horror film,but it did start the universal monster trend.

[@cookiesontoast9981]

Ehhh still a horror movie, or at least a thriller.

[@darkangel7589]

This should be updated in a few years when we’re further into the 2020s.

[@RobotGooseStudios]

You should've mentioned The Day of The Triffids (1962), that's a British classic

[@danielmvids]

What’s the music played at the beginning of the video?

[@JS-rk8dl]

History of Horror Movies 1910: Frankenstein 1922: Nosferatu 1925: Phantom of the Opera 1931: Frankenstein and Dracula 1941: Wolfman 1960: Psycho 1968: Night of the Living Dead 1973: The Exorcist 1974: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1975: Jaws 1976: Carrie and Grizzly 1978: Halloween and Jaws 2 1979: Alien 1980: Friday the 13th and The Shining 1981: Halloween II and Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982: Poltergeist and Halloween III and The Thing 1983: Jaws 3D 1984: A Nightmare on Elm Street and Silent Night, Deadly Night 1986: The Fly 1988: Halloween 4 1989: Halloween 5 1990: Arachnophobia 1993: Jurassic Park 1995: Halloween 6 1996: Scream 1997: Scream 2 and I Know What You Did Last Summer 1998: Halloween H20 1999: Blair Witch Project 2000: Scream 3 and Final Destination 2007: Halloween 2009: Halloween II 2010 Halloween 3D 2011: Scream 4 2013: Carrie 2017: Nun and Get Out 2018: Halloween and Megaldon and Us 2020: Halloween Kills 2021: Halloween Ends

[@claudiuclaudiu8556]

You forgot 1985 and 1987

[@cookiesontoast9981]

Uh... How exactly is this a history? Did you just list your favourite films from each year or?

[@JS-rk8dl]

@@cookiesontoast9981 no, I just do it every halloween

[@TakeMeToYourCinema]

I'm all for this, but I do think you missed out The Innocents from 1961, which is the greatest horror film of all time. Keep up the good work though, I'm enjoying the channel!

[@onehundredyearsofcinema]

I have never seen the trailer, but I just watched the trailer and its going straight to the top of my must watch list. Thanks.

[@fallspeed]

I was really skeptical about how comprehensive it could be in 13 minutes, but it was excellent overall. But The Innocents definitely needs to be included.

[@majormononoke8958]

He missed Alien...

[@hidof9598]

I think Cabinet of Dr Caligari is better

[@Xerces127]

The “cat scare” is called a Luwten Bus. Based off the scene you showed

[@Martinmd12-zt7vu]

0:03 what music is at the beginning of the video?

[@18wolfspirit]

Impressive, especially considering at least 3,900 horror films have been released over 125 years. I counted.

[@robertzverina7181]

I’ve been watching endless cinema analysis vids on youtube all year and only today did this channel pop up (Citizen Kane ep). Wow, youtube does a pretty good job of burying the more erudite stuff. Glad I found it, now working my way through from the beginning. Right before Carrie, De Palma made Phantom of the Paradise, and I gotta say I’m getting some distinctly Swan vibes from Charlie.

[@thepodbaydoors-amoviepodca4568]

Hi Charlie. Jerry here. You are creating an invaluable body of work here. But I wanted to comment on your take on the horror genre of the 1980s. One extremely important element that was present in horror that you did not touch upon was the idea of overturning the notion of the nuclear family, of ripping the lid off of the idea of the return to the American family that Ronald Reagan was trying to put back into the American bloodstream. There were a number of horror films like like Poltergeist, The Evil Dead, The Stepfather, The Shining, The Entity, Christine, Gremlins, Fright Night, Prom Night that portrayed the idea of the American dream being turned into the American nightmare. Meanwhile others like Child’s Play, Halloween III, The Stuff, They Live and Videodrome, played on the sins of our rank consumerism. There is a lot to be explored here. I would love to hear your thoughts on this.

[@ironm3mm361]

I noticed this decade is itching for a renaissance. Recently watched "malignant" which had a 80s evil dead-ish pov chase and was obviously camp. Also watched "we need to do something" which is based off a book! Not a cheap remake of a ongoing franchise like film makers been doing.

[@user-xo1jc2iw1b]

Спасибо за топ! Благодаря этому видео, посмотрел хорошие фильмы!.

[@lordtrigon1733]

I loved this video except for the part I hate in every history of horror lesson - the part where the speaker decides the horror genre went to shit lol. I accept it in all its forms, I don't think it ever went to shit.But anyway I subscribed. :)

[@angryboi595]

But it went to shit in the 2010s and 2020s

[@ElodieElbertson]

666 Likes, the deed is done

[@lightscameras4166]

Whom dar'st thou summon?

[@littlebadger2347]

Glad you put your time in this but Where’s Chucky

[@JR-nt7yz]

what's the music from the start I know it by I can't put my finger on it

[@AmericanEmpire2345]

I didnt freak out to this but i need something challenging to watch even that i'm a kid

[@IanFindly-iv1nl]

A certain Hershel Gordon Lewis would dispute the statement made at 7:55.

[@just_a_picdude1993]

This was a great video. I can't find a good reason why this should've been included but i would've liked to see IT somewhere in there

[@fernfernisfernie]

Where's the music from?

[@pathatfield2543]

Favorite gothic horror?I haven’t seen all gothic horrors but,from what I’ve seen,I have to go for the obvious choice of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

[@mowelin]

Interesting stuff! What do you think of the influence of the HK, Japanese and Korean horror genres?

[@onehundredyearsofcinema]

+Choreocrat Asian horror is such a big (and strange) topic. I thought it was probably worthy of its own video some time in the future, so i only made passing reference to it here. Thanks!

[@mowelin]

I suspected as much. One of the horror movies that played most with my brain was Japanese version of Ring, so I was thinking about all of the US remakes of Japanese and Korean horror. You're right, though, they are huge areas.

[@HannekeDebie]

Great to read, as I was wondering the same when seeing this.

[@daddydeath5578]

Scream trilogy from 90s to 2011

[@Vendetta_Armada80]

First time I saw a horror movie on KZbin was probably when I was 13 🤧😬

[@heebertgeddies3911]

this is a great documentary though

[@onebitstory]

You Forgot the Gem : The Sixth Sense. The twisted End horror

[@jjjsjq]

9:29 what is the name of the movie?

[@thegeminiguy9371]

I believe horror reached its peak in the 80s and died off in the mid 2000s. Been a long time since ive seen a good horror movie.

[@maddalonefarms]

No shining or silence of the lambs?

[@Leatherface123.]

5:26 that’s Oklahoma’s atomic Annie at fort sill that’s our girl

[@gccruiz8224]

Another history of horror film: Ticket To Terror: Horror Film in the Age of Anxiety: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZDMaH9vg62WisU

[@robysimmons3561]

Old film is about the best thing ever 🍕

[@Shanaevaz]

So basically horror movies are based of real life experiences. Im actually shock. People would say it just a movie its not real. But the movie are actually telling a story of what really happen . I love getting knowledge

[@runnininthe80s84]

There was no mention of The Exorcist. I don’t mind telling you I’m a little surprised.

[@dawnchapman4585]

There was a video clip, but I don’t think they mentioned it.

[@willlyon7129]

Horror is most enduring genre.

[@Yousuckdeeznuts]

“We also begin to see a rise of Literately adaptations from American Studios looking to cash in on established titles” 100 years later American studios are still doing that. With reboot after reboot that’s ends up being dog💩 after dog💩