Timeline of Horror Movies

1890 – 1899 – Devil’s castle,

1900 – 1909 – Notre Dame de Paris

1910 – 1919 – First Frankenstein, full length movie of a monster (Notre Dame), The Student of Prague

1920 – 1929 – Nosferatu, The Phantom of the Opera, The Monster, Waxworks,

1930 – 1939 – The Unholy Three, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, King Kong, The Bride of Frankenstein, The werewolf of London,

1940 – 1949 – Egyptian Horror Movie The Mummy’s Hand, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man, Dead of Night, The pictures of Dorian Gray, Mighty Joe Young,

1950 – 1959 – New cycle of horror movies begin, Dracula, Godzilla, House of Wax, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Blob, The Fly,

1960 – 1969 – House of Usher, Brides of Dracula, 13 Ghosts, Little Shop of Horrors, Psycho, The Birds, Night of the Living Dead, Rosemary’s Baby,

1970 – 1979 – The Exorcist, The Hills have Eyes, I spit on your Grave, The Wicker Man, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Jaws, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Carrie, Dawn Of the Dead, Halloween,

1980 – 1989 – Halloween, Friday 13th, Evil Dead Series, The Shining, Pet Cemetery, Hell Raiser, Nightmare on Elm Street, An American Werewolf in London,

1990 – 1999 – Sequels and series of horror movies began, the genre films become increasingly more knowing and ironic, Blair Witch, Dracula, Scream, Blair Witch Project,

2000 – 2009 - The Exorcist (1973) is given a cinema rerelease. Remakes become a trend. US studios begin to look to Japan for ideas. Slashers become popular. The Ring, Zombie videogame Resident Evil is made into a film and sparks a new interest in zombie movies e.g. 28 Days Later, Saw, Descent,

2010 – The Last Exorcism, Nightmare on Elm Street, Piranha, Resident Evil: Afterlife, The Wolfman, I Spit on you Grave, several other remakes.