The year is 1915 and the first horror movie was made. The Golem was a film about a jewish statue (A Golem) that protects a ghetto in medieval Prague. When his job is finished and the ghetto is no longer in danger he isn't needed, but he doesn't want to go, so he runs riot around the place, eventually being defeated by a young girl.
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| A Picture from the first horror film 'The Golem' |
We now jump to 1919 and yet another horror film is made. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is about an evil doctor who is put up against a hero who is falsely put into a lunatic asylem. This film really plays with the audience because you are never 100% certain who is mad and who is sane. Because of its eerie vibe and jagged asymmetry of the mise en scene, this film is often cited 'the grandaddy of all horror films'.
In 1922 we see the first vampire film. Nosferatu is based on the novel 'Dracula' written by Bram Stoker in 1897. This film is believed to be the best vampire film because of its frightening bloodsucker and the fact that it is a "vampire movie that actually believes in vampires"
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