Many of us love horror movies. Some people prefer to watch them to tickle their nerves. Few people know that horror films as a genre arose long before the advent of cinema and television. At the end of the eighteenth century, in the midst of the revolution in Paris, performances were held with "ghosts", ghosts and monstrous faces. The then superstitious French were terrified, but still went to look at this "devilry." And the answer was easier than many thought: in an abandoned chapel, several artists served special mobile screens with the image of all evil spirits. This performance was called Phantasmagoria.
At the end of the eighteenth century, a direction such as a Gothic novel arose in literature . It was in this style that the works were written.
like Frankenstein, Dracula and other horror films. The most terrible dreams seemed to come true soon after two Frenchmen -
the Lumiere brothers - invented a special apparatus that became the ancestor of modern television. In 1896, the adaptation of the novel "Castle of the Devil" shocked thousands of people. The characters were demons and skeletons. Increasingly, they began to go to the cinema to watch horror films. The most terrible roles at the beginning of the twentieth century went to the famous actor Lon Cheney at that time. He became a kind of veteran of the genre. Due to the fact that he often had to act in a mask or in make-up, he was nicknamed "a man with a thousand faces."
In the thirties, this cinema genre received even more attention and popularity of the public. In 1922, the film "Nosferatu" appeared, which was watched
millions of people. The image of Dracula first appears in it. Since that time, filmmakers have been making films about the brutal Wallachian ruler Vlad Tepes, who became famous not only as a strong and belligerent ruler, but also as a person with sophisticated sadistic inclinations. In total, there are a little more than sixty films in which Dracula appears in the main or secondary role. It is worth mentioning about the creation of the director Joe Cheppel's "Dark Lord", where the figure of
Vlad the Colossal is shown more or less realistic from a historical point of view.
But we looked at just one character in horror films. Many of us, while watching TV, saw a lot worse than the Collimator. What horror movies are the worst? Of course, each viewer has his own answer to this question. However, perhaps someone believes that he has not yet looked through the most terrible horrors. The list proposed here just includes such films.
The Shining (1980). The protagonist decides to stay at the hotel with his family. But something begins to negatively affect his psyche. In the end, this turns into a tragedy for his family and the hero himself. Something in the hotel, to put it mildly, is wrong.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). The tool mentioned in the title of the film, some people do not cut wood, but people.
"1408" (2007) The protagonist writes books whose purpose is to dissuade readers of the existence of all supernatural. He is disappointed in religion, is an ardent atheist. Going to write another "horror", he settles in the infamous hotel room. And this makes a fatal mistake.
“Turning the Wrong Way” (2003). A group of young people got lost in the forest. Trying to get out, they stumble upon the remains of dead people. And soon trouble happens to them.
“Saw 5” (2005). The plot of the film is intriguing and unpredictable. One of the followers of the famous maniac teaches a terrible lesson to five strangers.
“Mirrors” (2008). A policeman, due to his lack of balance, is losing his service. He hardly manages to find at least some work. What begins to happen next resembles a nightmare, and its end is clearly not happy.
Rapid scientific and technological progress seems to affect horror films as well. The scariest films of the twenties now no longer scare anyone except small children. Today, we may calmly observe what our ancestors trembled at in movie theaters. And those horrors that were viewed ten years ago are now not the worst. The horrors of 2012 are still “relevant” to us. Among the best of them - “Obsessed”, “ATM”, “Ownership”, “Silent Hill 2”.