The Dawn of the Horror Film


	The Dawn of the Horror Film

CarnivalBorn

5-30-2008 12:44 AM

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5-30-2008 7:32 AM

debbyski

YIKES! Can't we just talk about a nice little romantic comedy??

5-30-2008 10:39 PM

tanyamm

I like a good horror movie. Key word being horror, not just blood and guts and gore.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4d6a5c08-ccbd-43cd-b0f7-4518697ea7dc/7E513EDC-9E39-4B25-A3AC-1DFBFB873ADF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://horrorfilms.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_dawn_of_the_horror_film" href="http://horrorfilms.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_dawn_of_the_horror_film" style="font-size: 11px;">horrorfilms.suite101.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://horrorfilms.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_dawn_of_the_horror_film">Mankind has always been fascinated by stories of the dark and unnatural. Artists depicted macabre images on cave walls and canvas</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://horrorfilms.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_dawn_of_the_horror_film">The horror movie genre is nearly as old as film itself. The first "monster movies" were silent shorts in the late 1890’s. The earliest horror-themed feature films were created by German filmmakers in the early 1900s.<I> The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari</I>, <I>Destiny (Der Müde Tod)</I>, <I>Nosfertatu </I>and <I>Metropolis </I>are classic horror films from this era</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://horrorfilms.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_dawn_of_the_horror_film">German Expressionism as an art form was an answer to the grim reality of daily life. It was a way to represent a reality few could imagine</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://horrorfilms.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_dawn_of_the_horror_film">Following World War I, German Expressionism was recreated within the German film industry</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://horrorfilms.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_dawn_of_the_horror_film">Expressionist films often dealt with madness, clinical insanity, betrayal and other intellectual topics</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://horrorfilms.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_dawn_of_the_horror_film">Light and dark contrasts, exaggeration and tilted angles created a dread -like atmosphere</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://horrorfilms.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_dawn_of_the_horror_film">German Expressionism set the groundwork for horror films in the coming decades</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7E513EDC-9E39-4B25-A3AC-1DFBFB873ADF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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