Horror film - Early milestones. The horror genre is nearly as old as film itself. The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts created by film pioneers such as Georges Méliès in the late 1890s, the most notable being his 1896 Le Manoir du Diable (aka "The Devil's Castle") which is sometimes credited as being the first horror film. Another of his horror projects was the 1898 La Caverne maudite< ...

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Horror film - Notable directors. Dario Argento Clive Barker Mario Bava Tod Browning John Carpenter William Castle Larry Cohen Roger Corman Don Coscarelli Wes Craven David Cronenberg Sean S. Cunningham - also producer Ruggero Deodato Terence Fisher Freddie Francis Jesus Franco Lucio Fulci John Gilling Stuart Gordon Michael Haneke F ...

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This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this notice to be more specific. The term B-movie originally referred to a Hollywood motion picture designed to be distributed as the "lower half" of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters, or horror. In the days of the major film studios, this was official terminology that also gave rise to the practice of referring to "A-list ...

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All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I, about the horrors of that war and also the deep detachment from German civilian life felt by many men returning from the front. The book was first published in German as Im Westen nichts Neues in January 1929. It sold a million copies within a year in Germany and a further million abroad. In 1930 the book was turned into an Oscar-winning movie of the same name, directed by Lewis Milestone. Although it is unrelated to the n ...

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This article is about the 1942 film; Cat People is also the name of a 1982 film. Cat People is a 1942 horror film which tells the story of an Eastern European woman who fears that the family curse (which causes her to turn into a killer panther whenever she feels strong emotions) will destroy her chances for happiness with her new husband. It stars Simone Simon, Kent Smith, and Tom Conway. The film is notable for gaining its most frightening effects through unseen horrors that the audience was forced ...

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Cat People 1942 film - Critical reaction

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Dawn of the Dead is a zombie horror film, the second in George A. Romero's Living Dead series of films (following 1968's Night of the Living Dead). In addition to launching the so-called "splatter craze" in horror films, Dawn of the Dead received much critical acclaim for, among other things, the subtext involving American consumerism and materialism. It features the tagline "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk th ...

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1960 Black Sunday Brides of Dracula House of Usher Peeping Tom Psycho Village of the Damned 1961 The Pit and the Pendulum 1962 Carnival of Souls 1963 The Birds Blood Feast The Haunted Palace The ...

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Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. A recognized characteristic of comedy is that it is an intensely personal enjoyment. People frequently don't find the same things amusing, but when they do it can help to create powerful bonds. Humor being subjective, one may or may not find something humorous because it is either too offensive or not offensive enough. Comedy is judged according to a person’s taste. Some enjoy cerebral fare; others pre ...

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Comedy - Comedy drama Comedy - Derivation
Comedy - Forms Comedy - Styles Comedy - Historical or theatre Comedy - Definitions Comedy - Comedy events and awards Comedy - Lists of comedy performers Comedy - Lists of comedy programmes Comedy - Other lists

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David Paul Cronenberg (born March 16, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film director and occasional actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is sometimes known as the "body horror" genre, which explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the psychological is typically intertwined with the physical. In the first half of his career, he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction, alth ...

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Japanese cinema (映画; Eiga) has a history in Japan that spans more than 100 years. Cinema of Japan - Genres. Anime: Japanese animation. Jidaigeki, period pieces featuring samurai, also known as Chambara (onomatopoeia describing the sound of swords clashing). Horror films such as Ringu, also known as J-Horror Cult Horror, such as Battle Royale or Suicide Club Kaiju: monster films, such as Goj ...

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Cinema of Japan - The Silent Era Cinema of Japan - The 1930s Cinema of Japan - The 1940s Cinema of Japan - The 1950s Cinema of Japan - The 1960s Cinema of Japan - The 1970s Cinema of Japan - The 1980s Cinema of Japan - The 1990s Cinema of Japan - 2000 and after

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A comedy film is a film laced with humor or that may seek to provoke laughter from the audience. Along with drama, horror and science fiction, comedy is one of the largest genres of the medium. A comedy of manners film satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class, often represented by stock characters. The plot of the comedy is often concerned with an illicit love affair or some other scandal, but is generally less important than its witty and sometimes bawdy dialogue. This form of comedy has a long ancestry, dating back to ...

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1980 Bloody Birthday Cannibal Holocaust City of the Living Dead The Changeling The Fog Friday the 13th The Gates of Hell Hammer House of Horror Happy Birthday To Me Inferno Invasion of the Flesh Hunters Just Before Dawn Maniac! Motel Hell The Other Hell Prom Night Schizoid The S ...

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1896 The Devil's Castle aka Le Manoir Du Diable 1910 Edison Frankenstein 1913 Student of Prague aka Der Student von Prag 1914 The Monster of Fate aka Der Golem 1915 Life Without a Soul 1916 Homunculus Night of Terror aka Nachte des Grauens 1917 The Darling of Paris The Golem and the D ...

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1941 Devil Commands, The King of the Zombies Mummy's Hand, The The Wolf Man 1942 Cat People The Ghost of Frankenstein Mummy's Tomb, The Night Monster Undying Monster, The 1943 Dead Men Walk Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man I Walked with a Zombie Mad Ghoul, The Revenge of the Zombies The Seventh Victim Son of Dra ...

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1970 Count Yorga, Vampire Le Frisson des Vampires The House that Dripped Blood The Vampire Lovers The Wizard of Gore 1971 The Abominable Dr. Phibes Blood from the Mummy's Tomb The House That Dripped Blood I Drink Your Blood Le Rouge aux Lèvres The Mephisto Waltz The Omega Man A Bay of Blood/Twitch of the Death Nerve/Antefatto ...

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1990 Arachnophobia Basket Case 2 Bride of Re-Animator Child's Play 2 Darkman Daughter of Darkness Def by Temptation Edward Scissorhands The Exorcist III Gremlins 2: The New Batch Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 Jacob's Ladder Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 Misery Nightbreed< ...

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George (played by Reynolds) and Kathy (played by George) Lutz, along with their three children, move into what they believe will be their dream home; unaware that it previously belonged to the DeFeo family, and that Ronald DeFeo, Jr. had murdered his parents and siblings with a rifle the year before. DeFeo had claimed it was the "voices" that caused him to do it. It doesn't take long for the Lutz family to start hearing ghostly voices, and witnessing apparations, including the ghost of Jodie DeFeo. George is the most affected, and he ...

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The Amityville Horror 2005 film, The Amityville Horror 2005 film - Plot summary, The Amityville Horror 2005 film - Main cast, The Amityville Horror 2005 film - Trivia

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Hammer's first significant experiment with horror came in the form of a 1955 adaptation of Nigel Kneale's BBC Television science fiction serial The Quatermass Experiment, which was directed by Val Guest. As a consequence of the contract with Robert Lippert, American actor Brian Donlevy was imported for the lead role, and the title was changed to The Quatermass Xperiment to cash in on the new X certificate for horror films. The film was an unexpectedly big hit, and led to an almost equally popular 1957 sequel Quatermass 2 ...

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Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Film Productions - Early history 1935 to 1937 — Hammer Productions, Hammer Film Productions - Resurrection 1938 to 1955 — Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Film Productions - The birth of Hammer Horror 1955 to 1959, Hammer Film Productions - The Curse of Frankenstein, Hammer Film Productions - Dracula, Hammer Film Productions - The Mummy, Hammer Film Productions - Sequels 1959 to 1969, Hammer Film Productions - Market changes early 1970s, Hammer Film Productions - Final years of film production late 1970s, Hammer Film Productions - Critical response, Hammer Film Productions - Television series 1980s, Hammer Film Productions - Recent developments, Hammer Film Productions - Notes and references, Hammer Film Productions - Bibliography

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Examples of this genre are: Battle_royale Chakushin Ari (One Missed Call) Honogurai mizu no soko kara (Dark Water) Ju-on Kakashi Ring series of books and films Shikoku Kairo Cure Yogen (Premonition) J-Horror has had an increasing impact on American horror movies, in part through remakes: Ring was remade in America as The Ring; Ju-on was remade as The Grudge; and a ...

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J-Horror, J-Horror - Japanese horror and ghost story classics, J-Horror - Notable Japanese horror films, J-Horror - Notable Japanese horror directors

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