If you believe that the horror film is the genre that is explored in the modern world, then you are wrong. Your grandparents are probably more horror film fanatics than you. In the 70s and 80s, horror movies were something one would remarkably enjoy watching. Yes, there weren’t any VFX, CGI effects, death traps, ludicrous amounts of blood, animatronic monsters, violence, and profanity like the modern horror films of this decade. People back then were a fan of the horror genre, and despite the lack of above-mentioned modern features, the horror films were spine chilling and terrifying.
Those movies didn’t even have colors, yet they had the potential to drain your blood out of fear with their vintage and scary looks. The horror films of the yesteryear mostly relied on the monster mind, scary storylines, science experiments taking an evil turn, creepy monsters, and their dark & gruesome castles. But when you watch the movie scenes, you’ll find every detail moving in sync. If you want to explore these movies or want to surprise your elders with the horror film of their generation, then check out the list of films given below:
Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein is a 1931 American pre-Code science fiction horror film based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein. In a village of the Bavarian Alps, a young scientist named Henry Frankenstein and his assistant Fritz, together try to create a human body out of different body parts of dead people and join every part through electrical devices. After the body comes alive, Frankenstein realizes that this monster-like creature is not fit for society and will wreak havoc. The village people get to know about him. Then, they maltreat and kill the monster after discovering the danger he has created in society.
The Mummy (1932)
This is a pre-Code horror film about an ancient Egyptian mummy, named Imhotep, who is discovered by a team of archaeologists and unintentionally brought back to life through a magic spell. The Mummy disguises himself as a modern Egyptian named Ardeth Bay using some makeup. Soon he meets a woman and believes her to be Anck-su-namun’s (Princess of his era) reincarnation. He tries to kill her for mummifying and resurrecting her so that he can make her his immortal bride.
The Black Cat (1934)
It is a pre-Code horror film that features two iconic actors named Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. This movie tells the story of Dr. Vitus Werdegast, a Hungarian psychiatrist who has spent the last 15 years in an infamous prison camp in Siberia. He is trying to seek revenge against Hjalmar Poelzig – a satanic cult leader who killed his wife. In that era, this film created and popularized the psychological horror subgenre, emphasizing the darker side of the human psyche, and emotions like fear, guilt, and revenge to scare the audience.
The Thing from Another World (1951)
This is a science fiction horror that starts with the scientist Dr. Carrington finding a UFO near his North Pole research base. He reports about this ‘another world’ object, and soon, the Air Force sends an investigation team under Capt. Patrick Hendry. They discover a wrecked spaceship and a human-like creature frozen in the ice. To know more about this creature and his object, they take everything back to their base, but Carrington and Hendry cannot agree to a similar decision. In the meantime, the human-like creature starts breaking havoc.
Psycho (1960)
Psycho is a psychological horror and thriller movie. The movie starts by showing that Phoenix secretary Marion Crane is tired of her life. Soon she is entrusted with $40,000 from her employer, but she seizes the opportunity and steals this amount to spend a good life with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis. Police are looking for her, but she avoids them and stays at the Bates Motel for a night. There she meets Norman Bates. Later, she is nowhere to be found, and everyone is trying to locate her.
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 independent horror film with a story that follows seven people trapped inside a rural farmhouse in western Pennsylvania. They took shelter in the farmhouse to protect themselves from mass murder committed by cannibalistic and reanimating corpses. The farmhouse itself is under assault by an enlarging group of cannibals, undead corpses, and ghouls. It would be interesting to watch if anyone makes it alive out of the farmhouse or not.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
This gothic horror film is based on the 1897 novel Dracula written by Bram Stoker. This movie starts with a young barrister, Jonathan Harker, who is assigned to finalize a land deal in a gloomy village in eastern Europe. An undead vampire Dracula imprisons him and travels to London after seeing a photograph of Harker’s fiance, Mina Murray. In Britain, Dracula begins a reign of terror, drinks the life out of Lucy Westenra – Mina’s closest friend. Later, Lucy’s friends come together to drive Dracula away.
These movies are in black and white, but their storyline and gruesome makeup make everything seem real and believable. These masterpieces will undoubtedly make you appreciate the horror films from the yesteryear.
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