Research Into Excisting Products

Christian Metz's Model Of Genre Development.
  

Experimental - Early films which explored and experimented with horror films.

Classic - The phase of films which established the narrative conventions of the horror genre in its most succesful and defining period.

Parody - Films that have mimiked the horror genre in some comical way.

Deconstruction - Taken generic elements of the horror genre amalganated them into varifying sub genre.

Experimental films:

The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari (1919)

 

 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene. One of the most influential of German Expressionist
films.

Nosferatu (1922)

German Expressionist horror film directed by F.W Murau. An unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula with the name and other details changed.

Classic Films:

Dracular (1931)

Vampire-horror film directed by Tod Browning starring Bela Lugosi. Produced by Universal. Based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.

Frankenstein (1931)

 Horror monster film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and adaoted from the play by Peggy Edbling which is based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

Parody Films:

Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (1948)

 American comedy horror film directed by Charles Burton. Distributed by Universal Studios.

Carry On Screaming (1969)

 The twelth Carry On film. Last of the series made by Anglo-Amalgamated before the series moved to The Rank Organisation.

Scary movie (1999)

 Horror comedy spoof film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. It is an American dark comedy which heaviy parodies the horror, slasher and mystery genres.

Deconstrution Films:

Se7en (1995)

 American thriller film directed by David Fincher and distributed by New Line Cinema.

Scream (1996)

 American slasher film directed by Was Craven, distributed by Dimension Films.

Blair Witch Project (1998)

American psychological horror film written and directed by Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánches. Produced by Haxan Films.








The Sixth Sense (1999)

American psychological horror/drama written and directed by M. Knight Shyamalan. Distributed by Hollywood Pictures.