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Query: What was the first ever horror movie?
The first depictions of the supernatural on screen appear in several of the short silent films created by the French pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès in the late 1890s. The best known of these supernatural-based works is the 3-minute short film Le Manoir du Diable (1896), also known in English as The Haunted Castle or The House of the Devil. The film is sometimes credited as being the first ever horror film.[7] In The Haunted Castle, a mischievous devil appears inside a medieval castle and harasses the visitors. Méliès' other popular horror film is La Caverne maudite (1898), which translates literally to "the accursed cave". The film, also known for its English title The Cave of the Demons, tells the story of a woman stumbling over a cave that is populated by the spirits and skeletons of people who died there.[7] Méliès would also make other short films that historians consider now as horror-comedies. Une nuit terrible (1896), which translates to A Terrible Night, tells a story of a man who tries to get a good night's sleep but ends up wrestling a giant spider. His other film, L'auberge ensorcelée (1897), or The Bewitched Inn, features a story of a hotel guest getting pranked and tormented by an unseen presence.[8]
Filmcritic.com's Christopher Null gave the film the same rating as Glanville, writing that "Raimi's biggest grossout is schlock horror done the right way" and comparing it to Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" in its ability to create stark atmosphere. "Chicago Reader" writer Pat Graham commented that the film featured several "clever" turns on the standard horror formula, adding that Raimi's "anything-for-an-effect enthusiasm pays off in lots of formally inventive bits." The make-up effects in one of the final scenes was called "amazing" by "Time Out" critic Stephen Garrett, who commented that although the film was light on character development, the "relentless" barrage of violent imagery made for an entertaining film. The same site later cited the film as the 41st greatest horror movie ever made. Phelim O'Neill of "The Guardian" combined "The Evil Dead" and its sequel "Evil Dead II" and listed them as the 23rd best horror film ever made, announcing that the former film "stands above its mostly forgotten peers in the 80s horror boom." "Complex Magazine" composed a list of the twenty-five best horror movies available on Netflix, listing "The Evil Dead" at No. 21. Don Summer, in his book "Horror Movie Freak", and writer Kate Egan have both cited the film as a horror classic.
Summer of 84 was included on multiple published best-of-year lists with notable highlights: Buzz Feed News "The 19 Best Horror Films of 2018", LA Weekly's "The Ten Best Horror Movies of 2018" , Thrillist's "The Best Horror Movies of 2018, Esquire's "the Scariest Movies of 2018", Dread Central's Josh Millican's 10 "Best Horror Movies of 2018, The Ringer's "The 10 Best Horror Movies of 2018", and Pop Horror's Top 25 Favorite Horror Movies of 2018 (8/25). 
Referred to as a 'B Movie Queen', and an 'Indie Horror Queen', the bulk of her film work has been with shoestring-budget independent producers of horror films and erotic spoofs. In an interview at "Horror Society", she states that she was "discovered" at "Chiller Theatre" and has been acting "ever since". Her first feature was "Sorority Slaughter" in 1994. By the time she was in her 30s, she had become a "huge fan favorite".
The Cabining earned generally positive reviews from critics. DreadCentral.com listed The Cabining as one of the “10 Horror Comedies a True Fan MUST See” and one of the “10 Amazing Indie Horror Films You May Have Missed.”, saying, “it’s an awesome movie that blends slasher elements with satirical elements, and it comes together beautifully.” AddictedToHorrorMovies.com gave the movie a 4/5 calling The Cabining “a perfect Saturday night movie.” SearchMyTrash.com called it a “very enjoyable piece of genre cinema.” MatchFlick.com gave The Cabining 4/5 adding, “The Kopera Brothers… put together a clever send-up of this all-too-familiar scenario”. HorrorSociety.com called it, “the most detailed and well written slasher that I have probably ever seen.” HorrorFreakNews.com gave The Cabining 3.5/5 and described it as “sharp (and balanced) enough to draw genuine laughs and the charisma that the cast displays is really what low budget filmmaking is all about.”.
It has often been described as one of the scariest films of all time. Rex Reed called it the most terrifying film he had ever seen. "Empire" described it as "the most purely horrifying horror movie ever made" and called it "never less than totally committed to scaring you witless". Reminiscing about his first viewing of the film, horror director Wes Craven recalled wondering "what kind of Mansonite crazoid" could have created such a thing. It is a work of "cataclysmic terror", in the words of horror novelist Stephen King, who declared, "I would happily testify to its redeeming social merit in any court in the country." Critic Robin Wood found it one of the few horror films to possess "the authentic quality of nightmare". Based on 58 reviews published since 2000, the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 88% of critics gave it a positive review, with an average score of 7.9/10. The site's critical consensus states, "Thanks to a smart script and documentary-style camerawork, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre achieves start-to-finish suspense, making it a classic in low-budget exploitation cinema."
Boone and Lee originally pitched the film to Kinberg as the first in a trilogy. In October 2017, Boone said that the characters Warlock and Karma would appear in the sequels, which he wanted to be "their own distinct kind of horror movies. [The first film] is certainly the 'rubber-reality' supernatural horror movie. The next one will be a completely different kind of horror movie. Our take was just go examine the horror genre through comic book movies and make each one its own distinct sort of horror film. Drawing from the big events that we love in the comics." He added that connections to the wider "X-Men" universe could be explored more in future films.
In 2004, "Total Film" magazine named "Shaun of the Dead" the 49th greatest British film of all time. In 2005, it was rated as the third greatest comedy film of all time in a Channel 4 poll. Horror novelist Stephen King described the movie as "...a '10' on the fun meter and destined to be a cult classic." In 2007, "Stylus Magazine" named it the ninth-greatest zombie film ever made. In 2007, "Time" named it one of the 25 best horror films, calling the film "spooky, silly and smart-smart-smart" and complimenting its director: "Wright, who'd be a director to watch in any genre, plays world-class games with the camera and the viewer's expectations of what's supposed to happen in a scare film." Bloody Disgusting ranked the film second in their list of the 'Top 20 Horror Films of the Decade', with the article saying ""Shaun of the Dead" isn't just the best horror-comedy of the decade – it's quite possibly the best horror-comedy ever made." In December 2009, "Now" deemed "Shaun of the Dead" the best film of the decade.
This period saw the popularity of horror films in India increasing, with a number of popular titles. "Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche" (released in 1972 and directed by the Ramsay brothers) proved successful, laying the foundation for horror films in the following years. 1976 saw Bollywood's first-ever combination of horror and fantasy in Rajkumar Kohli's "Nagin". The star-studded film proved a major box-office hit. Two years later, Kohli gave Bollywood one of its biggest hits in "Jaani Dushman". It is considered to be the biggest horror movies to have come out from Indian film industry to date by many experts. The film proved to be a cult one and gave inspiration to the upcoming horror movies. Other horror movies released at this time were "Darwaza" (1978), "Jadu Tona" (1977), "Aur Kaun?" (1979) "Saboot", "Gehrayee", "Red Rose", "Guest House", "Dahshat" and "Sannata" (all 1980). "Gehrayee" (inspired by "The Exorcist") saw Padmini Kolhapure playing a young girl (Linda Blair's character in "The Exorcist"), while Rajesh Khanna played a psychotic killer in "Red Rose".
This psychological horror film has a variety of themes; "evil children", alcoholism, telepathy, and insanity. This type of film is an example of how Hollywood's idea of horror started to evolve. Murder and violence were no longer the main themes of horror films. In the 1970s and 1980s, psychological and supernatural horror started to take over cinema. Another classic Hollywood horror film is Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist (1982). Poltergeist is ranked the 20th scariest movie ever made by the Chicago, Illinois Film Critics Association. Both The Shining and Poltergeist involve horror being based on real-estate values. The evil and horror throughout the films come from where the movies are taking place.[51][52]
Some reviewers cited the film as groundbreaking. Pauline Kael called the film "one of the most gruesomely terrifying movies ever made – and when you leave the theatre you may wish you could forget the whole horrible experience. . . . The film's grainy, banal seriousness works for it – gives it a crude realism". A "Film Daily" critic commented, "This is a pearl of a horror picture that exhibits all the earmarks of a sleeper." While Roger Ebert criticized the matinée screening, he admitted that he "admires the movie itself". Critic Rex Reed wrote, "If you want to see what turns a B movie into a classic ... don't miss "Night of the Living Dead". It is unthinkable for anyone seriously interested in horror movies not to see it."
Other songs on the album pay homage to horror films. The song "The Mourn" is based on the Japanese extreme horror movie "Flower of Flesh and Blood" from the "Guinea Pig" film series. According to the group, the film was the closest they had ever come to seeing what they felt was a real snuff movie. Footage from the film has since been used in their live shows.
Blaxploitation films, regardless of subgenre, spanned from race movies. These were films that started appearing in the 1930s–1940s. They were meant to segregate films featuring an all black class from mainstream Hollywood movies. Many of these films already had the element of horror integrated into them. Over time these films transcended into their own subgenre of film, blaxploitation horror films. In the 1950s to 1960s Hollywood started to integrate films produced and starring African Americans into mainstream media. There was backlash by several African American directors and actors that did not want to be integrated into mainstream media. They wanted to stay independent which caused them to create more of what were originally known as race movies. This happened during the 1960s–70s which was during the time of the Civil Rights Movement. African Americans were in fury at ongoing white oppression and wanted something that they could call their own. They began creating films that were directed, starring, and produced by African Americans. In an effort to maintain their cultural identity they made it a point to emphasize the stereotypes the white media was portraying them as. They called this genre blaxploitation. Many blaxploitation films has a mix of comedy and horror. However, director William Crain to the aspect of horror in these films one step further and created the first blaxploitation horror film, "Blacula". As a result, a new subgenre of blaxploitation was created, dedicated solely to horror.
For this release, Electric Wizard continued to be inspired by horror movies. "Eko Eko Azarak" is the title of the first in a series of Japanese horror movies directed by Shimako Sato, while "Tutti I Colori Del Buio" and "Living Dead at Manchester Morgue" are named after a 1972 Sergio Martino movie and a 1974 Jorge Grau horror movie, respectively. Furthermore, the track "We Live" samples dialog from Don Sharp's 1973 horror film "Psychomania".
Horror films' evolution throughout the years has given society a new approach to resourcefully utilize their benefits. The horror film style has changed over time, but, in 1996, Scream set off a "chain of copycats", leading to a new variety of teenage, horror movies.[82] This new approach to horror films began to gradually earn more and more revenue as seen in the progress of Scream movies; the first movie earned $6 million and the third movie earned $101 million.[82] The importance that horror films have gained in the public and producers’ eyes is one obvious effect on our society.
In 2012, director David Chase invited her to play a small role which he wrote specifically for her in his movie "Not Fade Away". Her first starring role was in the 2012 movie, "Electrick Children". In 2013, she starred alongside Ashley Bell in the horror film "The Last Exorcism Part II", and played the lead in the American remake of the Mexican horror film "We Are What We Are".
Perhaps the most notable movie scene involving menarche is that from the 1976 horror movie "Carrie". Carrie White experiences her first period as she showers after the school gym class, and unaware of what is happening to her, she panics and pleads for help, but the other girls respond by bullying her. The movie is an adaptation of the novel with the same name by Stephen King. Carrie's first period unleashes her violent powers and is central to her dangerous and out of control transformation. This theme is common to horror movies, another notable example being the 2000 Canadian horror film "Ginger Snaps", where the protagonist's first period is central to her gradual transformation into a werewolf. Girls experiencing their first period is part of many movies, though not central to their plot, including "The Blue Lagoon", "My Girl", "A Walk on the Moon".
Scary Movie is a 2000 American horror comedy film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. The film is a parody of the horror, slasher, and mystery film genres. Several mid- and late-'90s films and TV shows are spoofed, and the script is primarily based on the '90s hit horror films "Scream" (1996) and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (1997).
While on location in Ireland for "The Young Racers" in 1963, Corman, ever alert for an opportunity to produce a decent movie on a shoestring budget, persuaded Coppola to make a low-budget horror movie with funds left over from the movie. Coppola wrote a brief draft story idea in one night, incorporating elements from Hitchcock's "Psycho", and the result impressed Corman enough to give him the go-ahead. On a budget of $40,000 ($20,000 from Corman and $20,000 from another producer who wanted to buy the movie's English rights), Coppola directed in a period of nine days "Dementia 13", his first feature from his own screenplay. The film recouped its expenses and later became a cult film among horror buffs. It was on the sets of "Dementia 13" that he met his future wife Eleanor Jessie Neil.
Knight's first leading role in a feature film was Will Burton in "Big Spender" (2003). After performing on various television shows, he appeared in the movies "Peep" (2004) as Harry and in "The Greatest Game Ever Played" (2005) as Young Francis Ouimet. In 2006, he won a starring role with Rhona Mitra as Rachel Talbot, portraying her son Timothy Talbot, a young boy with huge supernatural responsibilities, in the werewolf film "Skinwalkers". After this horror movie, he appeared in several other horror films, including "The Grudge 2" (2006) and "The Grudge 3" (2009), as Jake Kimble.
"Oh The Horror" states simply that ""Things" is bad. Really really bad." The review states that "Everything that sucks about shitty movies is here in one 84 minute package", but grants that it's worth it: "To get the full effect of "Things" you need two things: a group of friends and enough beers to kill your kidneys. Only then can you see the greatness of "Things" and laugh yourself silly". They panned the lighting, the audio, and the music, writing ""Things" is the epitome of bad Canadian horror", and concluded that the film "earns place as the Worst Canadian Horror Film Ever Made and definitely defines what a cult movie really is".
Critical response in the United States proved to be less favourable. In a review published in Virginia in January 1983, Edward Jones of "The Free-Lance Star" offered praise for the "novel touch" of casting a would-be-mother as the principal villain, commenting, "In what has to be a new low, even for extraterrestrial-horror films, all the men end up punching this pregnant woman in the stomach. What a time to have twins!" Nevertheless, "Inseminoid" is discarded as "no more than a mix of everything-you've-ever-seen-in-a-horror-movie-and-didn't-particularly-want-to-see-again." In a November 1983 edition of the Floridian newspaper "Boca Raton News", Skip Sheffield branded the film "horrible" and "cheapo", suggesting that his readers "Imagine "Alien" without the fantastic sets, convincing special effects and literate dialogue, and you have a picture of "Horror Planet"." He added his opinion that brutal violence does not guarantee narrative suspense, punning on the name Run Run Shaw in his downbeat conclusion that ""Horror Planet" is a film to run, run away from—fast."
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 American psychological thriller–horror film produced and directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, about an aging former actress who holds her paraplegic ex-movie star sister captive in an old Hollywood mansion. The screenplay by Lukas Heller is based on the novel "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" by Henry Farrell. Upon the film's release, it was met with widespread critical and box office acclaim and was later nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one for Best Costume Design, Black and White.
This Canadian low budget, independent, horror exploitation film "Things" was written and produced by Andrew Jordan & Barry J. Gillis. It cost approximately $35,000 in total to make and marked the mainstream film debut of porn star Amber Lynn. It was ostensibly made as homage to horror icons and films, such as George A. Romero and his "Night of the Living Dead". "They Came From Within: A History of Canadian Horror Cinema" author Caelum Vatnsdal described "Things" as "the worst Canadian horror film ever made". "Critic Online" called it "definitely one of the worst atrocities ever committed to film". "Severed Cinema" announced that "a new generation of horror fans and people who have been desperately seeking this glistening turd for years can now experience this infamous abomination". "Cinema Sewer" magazine has repeatedly proclaimed that "this is the worst movie ever made". Robin Bougie, its founder and editor, wrote "I don't mean ["bad"] like the way Troma makes bad movies. I'm talking about bad with the best of intentions, like all of the best "bad" movies. You like tormenting yourself with hilariously trashy, moronic, gory, "idiotic" bad films? "Things" is the fucking "king" of bad movies. This is the movie you put on when you have a get together of pals — and just blow them away. Trust me, you have never seen anything like this in your life. It's absolutely astonishing in how it is able to "mentally wreck" anyone who watches it." Jeff Kirschner of Dread Central has also named it the worst movie ever made. "Things" was covered in an episode of RedLetterMedia show "Half in the Bag"; during the discussion Jay Bauman stated that "Things" was "probably one of the worst movies ever made", to which Mike Stoklasa replied "I would remove 'probably'."
"Raaz 3D" released in India and overseas on 7 September 2012. "Raaz 3D" is India's second-ever 3D horror movie. The movie released in stereoscopic 3D, Imax 3D and 3D worldwide. There are more 3D prints of the movie than its 2D version. "Raaz 3D" is the biggest release for an Emraan Hashmi film as it released on over 2000 screens in India, including in its 3D format. This movie is Emraan Hashmi's first ever 3D movie. The movie received an Adult Certificate from the Censor Board of India without any cuts.