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Steve_Hutchison
11-18-2004, 05:00 PM
Always thought it was Nosferatu. But I read a while ago about something else being the the first horror movie ever made. So, what is it?
urgeok
11-18-2004, 05:02 PM
the Golum ?
The STE
11-18-2004, 05:03 PM
possibly The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, though there may have been some before that.
jay o2 waster
11-18-2004, 05:04 PM
no clue
urgeok
11-18-2004, 05:08 PM
ste .. this would suggest you're right :
In a similarly political statement, Sarah mentions: "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer's 1919 silent film -- generally considered the first horror movie ever made -- is even scarier when you learn its inspiration lies in murder, Mayer's faked insanity, and the very real horrors of World War I.
my pick - The Golum was made in 1920 (so i was close :)
Steve_Hutchison
11-19-2004, 02:14 AM
Hmmm thanks. I'll check them out. I tried really hard to enjoy Nosferatu but I failed.
flabby_man22
11-19-2004, 11:46 AM
:confused:i dun know:confused:
The_Return
11-19-2004, 02:50 PM
I imagine itz a total bitch to get a hold on. Impossible, more than likely.
La Manoir du Diable. A 2 minute long vampire film, made in 1896, by Georges Méliès. Yes, Ive been doing my homework.
urgeok
11-19-2004, 03:05 PM
2 minutes ? how does that give enough time to establish he just isnt a guy in need of dental work ?
The_Return
11-19-2004, 03:07 PM
Originally posted by urgeok
2 minutes ? how does that give enough time to establish he just isnt a guy in need of dental work ?
I never said it sounded good, lol.
KRUGERKID13
11-19-2004, 03:14 PM
first american horror film to be produced and released was frankenstein (not the karloff version).
or thats what ive been told by the history chanell
The_Return
11-19-2004, 03:24 PM
Originally posted by KRUGERKID13
first american horror film to be produced and released was frankenstein (not the karloff version).
or thats what ive been told by the history chanell
1910, for those who want a year.
KRUGERKID13
11-19-2004, 03:28 PM
thanks thats what i thought it was but wasnt + so didnt wanna post it
bwind22
11-20-2004, 04:00 PM
What? There were horror movies before Scream?
The_Return
12-20-2004, 10:22 AM
Im just digging up some oldies, lol
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/public/library/archives/shovel.jpg
horror_master
12-20-2004, 11:43 AM
I don't know ( this is my 299 posts.)
AUSTIN316426808
12-20-2004, 10:43 PM
i heard the first horror movie was made in 1896 i don't know how long it couldve possibly been with the suck ass technology they had.
Preacher
12-21-2004, 12:39 AM
Depends on what you call horror. Back when film was being introduced, the scariest piece of film was of a steam train hurtling towards the camera at full pace.
The punters in the theatre didn't understand what film really was then and thought the damn thing was heading towards them. Apparently half the audience had ran out of the building before the peice of film had even finished.
I think that must have been the most 'horrific' event in film history since no-one understood anythin about film then.
Ash
urgeok
12-21-2004, 12:53 AM
Originally posted by Preacher
Depends on what you call horror. Back when film was being introduced, the scariest piece of film was of a steam train hurtling towards the camera at full pace.
The punters in the theatre didn't understand what film really was then and thought the damn thing was heading towards them. Apparently half the audience had ran out of the building before the peice of film had even finished.
I think that must have been the most 'horrific' event in film history since no-one understood anythin about film then.
Ash
that was a funny time .... everything had to be extremely linear too. for example you couldnt show a guy getting up, and then suddenly outside on the street .. People didnt know what was going on unless the camera showed him going out the door, down the stairs, out the front door, and onto the street.
The_Return
12-21-2004, 12:07 PM
Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
i heard the first horror movie was made in 1896 i don't know how long it couldve possibly been with the suck ass technology they had.
Good job reading the whole thread
La Manoir du Diable. A 2 minute long vampire film, made in 1896, by Georges Méliès. Yes, Ive been doing my homework.
Most of the way down, 1st page
AUSTIN316426808
12-21-2004, 04:54 PM
Originally posted by The_Return
Good job reading the whole thread
Most of the way down, 1st page
my bad.
urgeok
12-21-2004, 04:58 PM
Originally posted by The_Return
Good job reading the whole thread
Most of the way down, 1st page
there was another thread that was to do with when you saw your first horror film ..
probably got confused when this one popped back up out of the cold earth ..