The 1980s saw a wave of gory lower budget "B movie" horror films – although most of them were reviewed as being bad by critics, many became cult classics and later saw success with critics. An example is Sam Raimi's Evil Dead movies, which were low-budget gorefests but had a very original plotline which was later praised by critics. Other horror film examples include cult vampire classic Fright Night(1985) and The Lost Boys (1987).
Sunday, 21 October 2012
THE HISTORY OF HORROR
The 1970's saw a turning point, unnlike the early days, films were no longer just supernatural occurances, in fact many films in the 70's depicted possessed women and children and highlighted the devil as the main villan.. For example The exorcist (1973) and The Omen (1976). Many 70's films were inspired from the ideas in the 60's, some were even inspired from recent conflicts like the vietnam war. The Hills have eyes (1977) and The texas chainsaw Massacre (1978) are just some examples.
The 1980s saw a wave of gory lower budget "B movie" horror films – although most of them were reviewed as being bad by critics, many became cult classics and later saw success with critics. An example is Sam Raimi's Evil Dead movies, which were low-budget gorefests but had a very original plotline which was later praised by critics. Other horror film examples include cult vampire classic Fright Night(1985) and The Lost Boys (1987).
The 1980s saw a wave of gory lower budget "B movie" horror films – although most of them were reviewed as being bad by critics, many became cult classics and later saw success with critics. An example is Sam Raimi's Evil Dead movies, which were low-budget gorefests but had a very original plotline which was later praised by critics. Other horror film examples include cult vampire classic Fright Night(1985) and The Lost Boys (1987).
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