New horror films always get ideas from old films all the time but just use a mix of subgenres and new techniques to make something for the culture of today.
Horror Films in the Silent Era
Silent films became very popular around the 1930's. It was from Gothic literature that the first horror films found inspiration. The genre was popular in both books and theater at the time. The term horror did not come into use for film until the 1930s but filmmakers and film goers showed an interest in the macabre which is shown in this clip of a “Spook Tale” from 1895 created by the Lumiere brothers.
In 1896 Georges Méliès created what is considered to be the first horror film ever made..
“The Manor of the Devil” – with bats, castles, trolls, ghosts, and a demon
I found this information and videos from this website:
http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/a-brief-history-of-horror/
When horror started to get scary
The late 1900's
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