History of Horror

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"If movies are the dreams of the mass culture... horror movies are the nightmares"— Stephen King, Danse Macabre

Horror is an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying  or revolting, making you shudder in Fear. This reaction is usually caused by the description of killing, looting, and any other description something gruesome.

Horror has always been evident throughout history, as the earliest forms of horror branch from cavemen drawings of threats, camp fire myths and stories. Eventually, these ideas have developed into horror films. These films deliver thrills to the audience, as well as telling stories of the dark, a forbidden side of life (and death.) They also provide a mirror image of the anxieties and fears of era, for example; Horror movies of the early 21st century concentrate on global concerns of contagion (ie. 28 Days Later), or sound reactionary warning notes about the dangers of leaving moral absolutism behind (ie. The Last Exorcism, The Conjuring). Horror movies are a unique style of film that portray the discourse about the moral, political and societal shifts in our communal paradigms.

Horror Films usually embody fears in society, these are:

• Teenagers turning feral (wild)
  Eden Lake Trailer
  
• The apocalypse
  28 days later Trailer
  
• Science going too the extreme
  I am Legend Trailer
  
• Contagion - Disease
  REC Trailer
  
• Insanity
  The Devil Inside Trailer
  
• Family
  Mama Trailer
  
• Alienation
  The Hills have eyes Trailer