The History of Horror

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Dissect the history of horror, from it’s roots deep in Gothic literature, through B-movie status and director’s proving grounds to ultimate respectability as an important filmmaking genre.
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[@FilmmakerIQ]

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[@Pauldjreadman]

Agreed. Horror is one of the biggest films subjects around. I await the next instalment :)

[@Matoloko12]

I sincerely appreciate that YOU take your time to make these videos (write, record, edit and publish) to teach us such things in such a fantastic way!

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

I think I'm in love with your channel. These videos are something I've always hoped to see. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

[@ianrotten4453]

I am absolutely hooked on this channel as a life-long film fanatic! Keep up the great work! And IMHO, it was Hitchcock that truly invented the modern horror formula, not the exploitation and grind house films (although I do love them too) of the late 60's through the mid 80's. Even though the Universal films and the German films of the early 20th century were indeed the spark of Horror film, we didn't get to the pinnacle of true horror until John Carpenter hit Hollywood like a nuclear bomb!

[@DrShaym]

Fun fact: Danny Lloyd, the kid who played Danny in The Shining, didn't know they were making a horror film while they were shooting. He didn't see a full, uncut version of the movie until 11 years later, when he was 17.

[@mtndewisawesome3951]

was it because we wasnt old enough to see his performance?

[@arfansthename]

And he's now a school teacher.

[@cloudburst27]

Wow, interesting!

[@jlovebirch]

Very well done -- but the 50s part missed the giant atomic insect/animal cycle that dominated most of the decade (Them, Tarantula, Giant Gila Monster, etc.), the importance of the drive-in/teen market, late 50s-early 60s transformation horror (The Fly, Wasp Woman, Alligator People, Hideous Sun Demon, etc.), and Italian gothic supernatural horror and Giallo films of the 60s and 70s.

[@glassjaw2007]

true true! they probably will add it soon!

[@ElFeilasouf]

This is what school should be like.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

No this is what school should be. :P Van Halen - Hot For Teacher

[@RicardoPestana]

No Argento or Fulci? Cmon.... Or the whole asian horror scene?

[@BIGxBOSSxx1]

Irrelevant and boring

[@luciano9755]

Azathoth asian horror is worth mentioning.

[@SamsChanneI]

May I request a "History of Science Fiction"?

[@vladpiranha]

That'll be a looooong video.

[@SamsChanneI]

Bring it on.

[@SanMarinees]

You seem to have forgotten Italy's incredibly influential contributions by Mario Bava and Dario Argento. Other than that, very thorough.

[@darkwolf69ify]

Wow this is actually a really good topic you did there. But there's one thing you've forgotten, Giallo and italian horror, they kind of started out so well and inspired the visual style of Friday the 13th, Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street.

[@robertmatye5772]

John Hess: I stumbled on your videos for the first time today, and have spent all morning devouring them. You're an incredible host and these history videos are amazing. I've seen others, including horror like this, and yours takes the cake. This may be my favorite series on film history that I've ever seen, and your passion and delivery is bar none. Thanks for making these!

[@FilmmakerIQ]

thank you so much!

[@909sickle]

I'm working on a totally new genre of horror movie, starring John Hess, where he is required to pronounce the names of several French directors. (just kidding, John, we love you)

[@CharlesTheClumsy]

Great video as always! You're like Vsauce but in the movie industry.

[@sinisacvetic1122]

i expected something about japanese horrors.. i belive they are very influential, and original. Japanese slasher-dystopian- cyberpunk genre for example, gives a hole new aspect of, well you now, killing. And also japanese psychological horrors are the most mind-bending films i have ever seen. I feel like this video lacks that aspect of Horror genre.

[@MushmurokZangief]

Not a word about modern japanese horror movies, that had so much western remakes, really?

[@justgezbo]

After watching multiple videos on the channel they do seem to focus on the western (i.e. American) films more than others, it would be nice if they could take more into account but I think that may be beyond the scope of the video. I would like them to do a video on how eastern horror has influenced western horror and vice versa (including remakes) but that could result in a rather long video, which seems to not be within their seemingly normal scope.

[@1805movie]

There seem to be two or three kinds of horror films: movies where the characters go to the danger, and movies where the danger goes to them. And there's the "in between" where the danger is present in the neighborhood, but the characters go to it, or vice versa. Examples: *The Danger Goes to Them* _A Nightmare on Elm Street_ _Halloween_ _It Follows_ _The Exorcist_ _Cloverfield_ _Fright Night_ _Child's Play_ _Jaws_ _Poltergeist_ _Signs_ _Dead Alive_ _Scream_ _The Thing_ *They Go to the Danger* _Friday the 13th_ films _The Texas Chainsaw Massacre_ _The Blair Witch Project_ _The Hills Have Eyes_ _Psycho_ _The Haunting_ (1963) _The Evil Dead_ *Right in Between* _Dracula_ _Frankenstein_ _Saw_ films _Carrie_ _The Sixth Sense_ And the list goes on...

[@sillyfella2009]

Ryan Hartwell child's play is my favorite horror movie,its sequels too

[@danielmashanic5738]

Great video. I wouldn't be into movies if my lit teacher hadn't told me to watch The Shining.

[@citizenjamie]

Hey I'm currently in film school for production and your videos have helped me pass my exams on editing and the montage period of filmaking. thank you!

[@FreeMoviesByCineverse]

Hey there! Good stuff ;) Thanks for sharing!

[@ALTMED]

My god this was THE most amazing and informative video about film I've seen. I have two questions if you don't mind. What did you mean by B-Movie? And what mic are you using to get this clean audio? I use a lav mic and I don't get clean audio as yours. Thank you for the effort :)

[@FilmmakerIQ]

B-Movies are films that used to play in the second half of a double feature. When the studios owned movie theaters - they could force the theaters to play whatever their output was. The A movie would be the one that had all the stars and production value, B movie was sort of a filler - low budget movies that just filled time. Over time B-movie came to be used for all sorts of lower end productions that didn't have big stars. You can see more about that system in our Noir video: Origins of Film Noir I'm using a Sennheiser ME66 shot gun over head. I used to use a lav but never did feel like the sound audio was that good plus the boom gives me more freedom to move around as these are usually shot by myself.

[@thegoodjinn8065]

How could anyone think Kubrick deserved a razzie for "The Shining," even if you don't like it?

[@blacquesjacques7239]

easy , Kubrick figured that his retelling trumped Stephen King's original as the star of the film .

[@eddievhfan1984]

Yeah, King tore into it because Kubrick modified the original story significantly, replacing things like animated topiaries and certain visual details (like Wendy being Shelley Duvall's slender, dark-haired frame as opposed to the blonde bombshell she is in the book) and changing plot elements. In all honesty, he still did a great job by keeping the supernatural elements from getting too cheesy with then limited tech, instead relying on cuts to handle introduction of supernatural elements, and emphasizing physical isolation and disorientation at catalysts for the horror.

[@daveking3494]

Funny how violence is always accepted in American films, whereas pornography is something forbidden. What’s wrong with Americans?

[@louduninterruptedscreams8790]

How did I get here from black sabbath

[@baguetten8004]

+CRINGETOWN, USA I came here from imgur...

[@rodgersmythe6579]

Came here from RHCP

[@skeene_6824]

Well Black Sabbath's name originated from a horror movie which tony iommi and bill ward saw and were big fans of horror movies. As well as the idea and the concept of making scary music

[@sign543]

I can’t help it....but all I keep hearing is “whore” lol

[@ThreadBomb]

Actually, there were two zombie films that kick-started the zombie boom in 2002, 28 Day Later (as mentioned) and Resident Evil, which is less respected but had a bigger box office.

[@xiropigado]

Great documentary but should have included Italian horror, namely the works of Mario Bava and Lucio Fulci.

[@PitchSwift]

Haha I at the beginning of the video you sounded just like Jack Nicholson. SpOoKy!

[@montage2726]

• Liked the ‘History of horror’. Thanks for taking the time to review this material. • Favorites in this genre are the old Universal classics and RKO; and the Sci-fi of the 1950’s. When was the last time you saw an actor as interesting and entertaining as Boris Karloff, Claude Raines, and Bela Lugosi? • Note concerning ‘The Shining’ - Stephen King was not happy with Kubrick’s interpretation of his book. • Prometheus is the only movie that interests me that you didn’t mention. Will see the next 2 parts, but some of the gruesome scenes from the first movie could easily been edited out. • Suspect the next strong iteration of this genre will be technology related, since we have all entrusted our lives to Computer Technology. Daniel Suarez has written some books that would lend themselves to ‘Horror’ • Thank you for the hard work!

[@Exwunpi]

He missed out the entire Giallo scene, the 80s video nasties and the resurgence of the supernatural psych-horror which is running its current course.

[@JumpCut_YT]

We just saw your video during the english lesson today ! I was really proud to be already subscribed to you :)

[@Opethbloodbath666]

The History of Horror movies in America.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

I guess you missed the whole segment called "German Expressionism" Or the bit about UK's Hammer Horror cycle. Or Godzilla... This argument comes up here and there. American Cinema _is_ international cinema. American movies are playing every day in Chinese theaters - hardly any Chinese films are playing in American theaters. Even in the silent era - American films dominated in foreign markets - so much so that countries had to put tariffs on them to try to nurture their own national film industries. We will talk about different national cinemas in the future episodes but if a filmmaker wants to be seen around the world - American distribution has been the way to do it.

[@guillaumeerard]

brilliant thanks

[@simozonelayer]

Excellent look back on horror. Cabin in the Woods would've been a good point of reference, and maybe body horror with Hellraiser and Videodrome etc.

[@WAX1138]

Didn't mention body horror

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+Donald Baker No we did not. That's because we have no fucking clue what that means, but we are willing to learn. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3XCpWeAra2UmLs

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

+Filmmaker IQ I love your response, we have no fucking idea what it means but we're willing to learn

[@JohnSmithAprilMay]

+Filmmaker IQ Many, maybe most, David Cronenberg flicks are a good starting point.

[@JaesadaSrisuk]

I wonder if the "torture porn" genre fits into body horror, as the main impetus for causing terror is the audience's innate fear of bodily harm and pain.

[@JohnSmithAprilMay]

Justin Srisuk Body horror is more about the fear of one's own body than bodily harm. Kind of like that feeling you'd get when googling cancer.

[@YoungTheFish]

Aww.. If only this lesson came out earlier, it would help my horror short film so much. Anyway, great work as always!

[@christopherwallace568]

This video kicked wholesale ass, though you left out the exploitation era of the '70s, but otherwise seriously awesome. Fucking sub, man.

And Blaxploitation era of the 70s.

[@maverickmace9100]

Is he pronouncing horror like that deliberately?

[@gsy2gsf2vwtsf23fsdtw]

Great coverage of the history of terror I would have mentioned Suspiria, [Rec], Black Christmas or Phantasm but I still liked it very much I subscribe.

[@wedgewizard5429]

I would have liked to heard mention of the new Evil Dead remake and Event Horizon. The half hour flew by though, subscribed. :)

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+Wedge Wizard Nothing can replace the original Evil Dead for me...

[@AquilaPictures]

A little late to the party, but so glad to have found this channel! PLEASE keep making videos. I teach film to high school students and we are currently discussing the pre-classical era of cinema. We just might have to watch the Manor of the Devil.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

Feel free to use any of our videos in your classroom. Thank you for watching!

[@AquilaPictures]

Filmmaker IQ I appreciate that. They will love your channel.

[@nightowl8936]

Fantastic, informative documentary. Thank you very, very much for the tour of horror movies from 1896 to the present day. I'm now subscribed to your channel!

[@daveking3494]

I always thought horror had two syllables.

[@ffsf739]

This was very informative and entertaining. But I must say that the absence of mentions to Giallo disappointed me. If it wasn't for Bava and Argento, the whole slasher genre wouldn't be the same!

[@FilmmakerIQ]

ffsf739 Thanks for bringing up Giallo - we'll have to look into it.

[@stig109]

Shaun Of The Dead actually helped reboot the Zombie genre, on the strength of the success of that film George Romero was able to secure finances to produce 'Land Of The Dead'.

[@ShaunDunmall]

Ah, I remember that night well.

[@andrewau1993]

Can you tell me why people loving watching movies and TV drama? I think it is about our inner self. There are some Psychological reasons and sociological reasosn.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

A. Andrew Check out our vid on Psychology of Scary Movies: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZSkl62Bab6Dias

[@TartarugaPreta]

Well that explains a bit. I have often wondered, and have heard others wonder, why do they (Hollywood) do that? In this case wondering about about trends and cycles within a genre. Thanks for the explanation(s). I only discovered your channel a few days ago, and I am now binging. I am only a lay-person when it comes to the film-making arts, but I find it fascinating. Thanks for your easily understandable explanations. It makes me wonder about giving it a try.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+Albert Demello you should definitely give it a try. It is one of the greatest mediums ever devised by Humanity

[@bengisusimsek7271]

Thanks for the amazing video, enjoyed it a lot but maybe you could've included Italian Horror Cinema because there are films and directors that are influential to Horror Cinema itself.

[@lllorenz]

Bengisu Simsek Yes, giallo is definetly worth a mention!

[@Leverquin]

you skipped Dario ARgento :O

[@MarkArandjus]

You mentioned the next video will be on the psychology of horror, so this comment might be better suited there, but here it goes anyway: Zombie films, I think, like you said originally come form our fear of society collapsing and an unstoppable disease that consumes us all, but I think it persist because on some strange level the idea of society collapsing is appealing in a sense that the modern world has become so complex and corrupt that there is an appeal in starting over with no taxes and nobody telling us what to do and a bunch of fleshy pinatas walking around everywhere just waiting for us to exercise our violent tendencies without having to feel like we're doing anything morally wrong.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

Here is that video. It was posted out of order on KZbin due to some technical issues: The Psychology of Scary Movies

[@MarkArandjus]

Thanks FIQ!

[@BadMouseProductions]

I love the way Americans say Horror, it always sounds like your saying Horees :)

[@millythomas7707]

I have to do an assessment and an exam on horror this is so helpful thanks!

[@blacquesjacques7239]

Poltergeist has withstood the passage of time far better than E.T. in my opinion .

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+Michael Thibodeaux When shotguns age, they turn into walkie talkies :P

[@tobiasravntaastrm5898]

Love how you guys included Sharknado! :D

[@theroomnumber5210]

Thanks for taking time and making a wonderful video on history of horror. While you covered German expressionism, I am curious to learn some about the role of Asian horror impacting hollywood. Asian horror seems to have so much respect and they definitely stand out when it comes to current horror genre. I wish you had touched upon that.

[@clariob5916]

You didn't mention Night of the Living Dead (1968).

[@TheZombiekid21]

+Clario B Yes he did, very last moments of the video he dedicates a whole section to zombies.

[@anabessamonteiro6431]

thank you so much for doing these videos, i had to write down some papers for school about the history of cinema and later about horror film, but now im searching it not just for the paper but to check out these great movies and how amazing all this was and still is

[@alkemiz2500]

Hello John, I just wanna say thank you for all of your informative videos. This is one of my favorite video of you so far. I think it will be cool if you are going to cover about Asian horror, since The Ring & The grudge were the only Asian movies I saw in this vid. I know that Japan,South Korea, China and Thailand contributed a lot in horror genre from early 90's to present. There's a reason why Hollywood remake a lot of Asian horror films. Anyway, you're the best. Keep up the good work.

[@jonathanfurtado6880]

It seems you were right. The new cycle looks like high budget remakes of classic 80's horror films.

[@kelvins7879]

Stumble upon this channel and started watching almost all of the videos...got to say your hosting have improve (eyes were following the script during the eariler videos) and made me appreciate film even more. Thanks for making this videos

[@iantunmer7987]

A well done and well put together video very informative, thanks very much

[@keithnaylor1981]

Interesting Quantity of horror movies there. Loved it, and your presentation style is 1st class! KAN

[@assaf_story]

you guys are great! as a first year cinema student from israel, i wish you could come and lecture us:) keep making great video lessons.you are giving me a great reason to make great movies:)

[@rockyxbautista]

I think one of the things that scared me most about Psycho is that Norman, after all of the physical and mental trauma in the death of his mother and her lover, developed dissociative identity disorder, which means he has no idea that "mother" ever kills someone until he finds the body. This means that at anytime, anywhere, we could somehow, mentally snap, and kill someone in a different personality. However, after we commit the crime, we'd forget it all and never now it. Therefore, we all may accidentally "snap," and kill or attack someone, and we'd never know it.

[@georgiabushell5127]

I'm currently doing an assignment on horror movies for my Film studies course in college; this has been such a big help! :)

[@TomDuncanPlummer]

So glad to know that people such as John are on KZbin, making these sensational informative videos. I learnt more from this 30 minute video than I have listening to the media teacher at school for 5 weeks. Bravo!

[@juffan]

I love that I always go wow, what thorough and in depth video, and then realize it's not even halfway done

[@arunprakash2127]

Thanks for showing me hundred years of horror :-) great research. really helpful.

[@davidmills47]

Very well done look at Horror History!

[@MrIllusionEyes]

"The History of Horror" is the way to go! It is the only genre that has the most money, time and perfection put into it because it is the most truest form of filmmaking. It scares the hell out of us and gives us the shivers like we'll never believe and terrifies us all, but there's always something about the genre that keeps us going back for more!

[@BearWindAppleyard]

I feel like maybe Hellraiser and David Lynch deserved mentioning, but brilliant anyway, as always.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

I did want to mention Hellraiser but it didn't make it... maybe we should do an HP Lovecraft video some day.

[@BearWindAppleyard]

that'd probly be quite interesting. Don't really know of him, but would be interesting learning about some of the inspirations for some horror movies.

[@HarveyDroke]

Dude you're good make more

[@etothemajor]

Love these videos. Thanks for the information. I also love how much general history seeps in as we learn film history.

[@fili-bardproductions1158]

I love this. You guys do such a great job with all of this history! I absolute love Filmmaker IQ!!!

[@brucetaylor5917]

Good presentation, but no mention of RKO's "King Kong" (1933)?

[@FilmmakerIQ]

I never considered King Kong a "horror"

[@FilmmakerIQ]

James Bond 007 King Kong doesn't really have the horror feel to it. I always consider it more of an Adventure film. To me Godzilla is something that's easier to lump into 1950s monster horror features. I realize that Rotten Tomatoes classifies Kong as horror...

[@MikeeHollMartz]

An excellent video about my favorite genre! Thanks Filmmaker IQ

[@flippert0]

Good overview, but it emphasizes mainly Hollywood / American horror movies and genres. The European "Giallo" subgenre is completely left out of the picture, sadly.

[@katesullivan6936]

This is lovely and very well done. Just an FYI from a Midwesterner: "Gein" is pronounced "geen," like "wean." Probably not the right pronunciation from a German language perspective, but the way that the name was pronounced by the family.

[@yurrr-pooka]

Dear Filmmaker IQ Team, thanks a lot for this video. It's admirable that you took your time and did reasearch to put up this project for free. Now I have to critize something here: when talking about the history of horror film, you claim a generalized overview. The films included in your timeline are entirely "western" productions, meaning American (European) centered. But when you mentioned Godzilla and the American reboot of Japanese original The Ring (1998), you didn't relativize this focus on the US. Japan has an incredible history of horror film as well, reaching back into the 1920s (although most pre-1940 j-horror-movies are missing). Subsumed under the term J- or K-horror, newer Asian horror-films have had a great impact on western productions and continue to be produced. You also didn't mention giallo from Italy.

[@Kuzukaze]

Lol no Cronenberg?

[@DaveTexas]

Horror is particularly fascinating in the ways directors had to work within the limitations of production codes and rating systems. How do you show graphic violence without actually showing graphic violence? How far can you push the envelope without getting shut down by the studio? Looking at the way home video removed those limitations is equally interesting. Of course, you did leave out my favorite horror film of all time - Robert Wise’s The Haunting. I’ve seen that film more times than I can count. It is a masterpiece of atmosphere and suspense, without the silliness or over-the-top monsters of other horror movies of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s. I’ve found that many of the greatest horror films come from directors who didn’t usually make horror films at the time, like William Friedkin.

[@petitio_principii]

Doesn't Spielberg's "duel" count? I imagine the budget may have been quite small as well. Basically renting a truck, a car, the filming equipment, and crew. Plus one actor and one truck driver. Humm, 450,000 USD according to google. I guess someone has been ripped off. Or maybe roads are really expensive locations to license, whereas I thought it was free.

[@LynnNeumann]

Your videos on film are excellent. I've been learning so much. You deserve many more subscribers.

[@MegaLotusEater]

This is a wonderfully informative, insightful, well organised and eloquently delivered vid. Having just watched the vapid, uninformative and ponderous 3 piece BBC documentary on horror by Mark Gattis, this is gold dust in comparison. Thank you!

[@Acousticsoul215]

I loved this!!

[@SomePotato]

I almost thought you'd leave out Night of the Living Dead, which would have been unforgivable. ;) Still, I'm a bit disappointed, that Italian cinema from the 60s to the 80s, with directors like Bava, Argento & Fulci, didn't come up at all. Or how modern French cinema has pushed mainstream horror to new extremes. And HG Lewis at least deserved a nod when splatter was mentioned.

[@clariob5916]

Oh yes you did !

[@larryfreda5208]

You forgot Bob Clark’s “Black Christmas”. This was before Halloween and was the inspiration for John Carpenter to make it.

[@cyclicGMP]

The borders of Germany drawn in the video are the borders of today, and not of the time of German expressionism, which was between WWI and WWII. The borders were completely different back then! 😂

[@thomasav]

No nods to the influence of Japanese horror on modern films? I know you can't fit everything in, but more on The Ring series, The Grudge series, Dark Water, One Missed Call and a few other remakes or inspired US films would have been nice.

[@andrerichardsousa]

Completely ignoring the Asian continent ... OK.

[@blacquesjacques7239]

I do .

[@SamuelLiebermann]

The map of Germany is wrong for the period you're talking about. The map is post WWII, while the period is pre WWI.

[@esztervida5252]

Hey. What about documentaries? Kind of a new approach, securing viewers that all hell broke loose in real life as well and the whole damn thing is based on a TRUE STORY.

[@CinematicComics]

i'm an indy filmmaker and found this vid fascinating,educational&entertaining.love horror but hate slasher films.you're an excellent host john and kudos!-well done!

[@wabbitstewed4713]

Fun fact and horror trivia: Hitchcock's "The Birds" is devoid of a musical score. Music is usually a very important and advantageous asset in horror films, helping to emphasize atmosphere and mood. In "The Birds", however, the mood is already established without the help of this. Instead, the audience hears the chorus of its avian antagonists. In the final scenes of the film, the birds chatter on without interruption in an otherwise silent and seemingly empty world. The feeling it provides can be quite unsettling.

[@ericross5048]

I'm inspired by the way you put things in perspective...

[@jcliu]

Terrific as usual! But, come on, John, I know you know an outline map of interwar Germany has to include East Prussia and environs. Don't dumb it down for us!

[@tomaszfranik9636]

Hi I love your videos and want more :) Could you make a video about digital filming in black and white and lighting for that kind of movie? is there any tricky part in green screen while filming b&w? kind regards

[@Dirkschneider]

Interesting if a bit too Hollywood focused. I would have like to see more about the impact of italian horror (Giallo, Cannibal movies) and J-horror.

[@moduscorp]

As is well displayed in this video, Hollywood runs on cycles of one or two amazing, innovative films that come out, followed by a wave of cynical, copycat cash-ins being churned out by studios until the public is burned out on the genre. At this moment we seem to be in the haunted house and superhero genre cycles. Please, wake me when it's over. My advice, avoid most of the genre films of each successive wave and search out those rare and usually unconventional gems that come along every now and then.

[@mikotaBOG]

Wow this is amazing, really interesting to watch. Great dissection of the Horror genre and the inspirations it got from other forms of art

[@freakphysics]

Good information content, but badly depicted by the poor direction/production of this video. A monologue with few images doesnt teach much to anybody. Sorry guys.

[@ryanbarker5217]

seems like an intelligent guy, so it's funny to hear him mispronounce words. aside from that nitpick, great video on arguably the most interesting genre. i'd say the torture porn cycle, as he puts it, has mostly run its course. now, if we could only get rid of found footage movies and the over-use of the shaky cam we'd be back on track.