A Critical Study of Horror Films - Week 2

This weeks assignment was to watch a trailer from the 1920's and 1930's
I chose
The Mummy, the Boris Karloff Movie (1932).

http://youtu.be/1i6xNScZRP4

The movie itself is in black and white and shows a the use of lighting and short shots that help the draw the intended audience into the movie. The Movie trailer hits on a lot of the points for the time that where needed to draw in the audience.

The Reading this week was focused on the Sub Generas of horror.

Ghost andParanormal

Natural Horror

Slasher Horror

Splatter and Torture Horror

Found Footage Horrors

Science Fiction Horrors

Comedy Horrors

Haunted House Horror

Monster Horrors to include Warewolves, Vampires andZombies

Creature Features

Pshyco Horror

Possession and Cult/ Deamonic Horror

Canibalism

Witches and Warlocks

And last but not least

B Movie Horrors

We also looked at the first of the Historical Eras of horror - Universal from 1900s to the 1930s. There are some horrors that actually pre-date this era from the late 1890's but are often lumped into the universal era.

This week I watched the 1^st Horror Feature Film The Student of Prague (1913) - 1st Horror Feature Film - Edgar Allan Poe - Paul Wegener | Devil Deal.

This movie touched on the long standing horror topic of how far would you go to get what you desire. Although this is not listed as one of the Sub-Generes I think it should. There are a lot of movies that fall in the Paranormal, Ghost and Pshyco horrors and Cult horrors that could easily be bulked into what might be called the Deal Horrors.