if i might throw in some names...
early german horrors (cabinet of dr caligari, nosferatu, der golem)
then came the universal era (dracula, frankenstein etc..)
then some rko magical films (cat people, i walked with a zombie etc..)
the emergence of hammer in the 50's
era of atomic horrors in the us
low budget american indepedant films (roger corman)
italian giallo films
the bloody movies of the 70's and early 80's
mainstream studios taking over and diluting
asian extreme.
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