It all begins in 1816, the “Year Without a Summer,” when Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and friends—trapped indoors by volcanic ash-cloud weather—entertained themselves by writing ghost stories. What emerged was Frankenstein, the spark that ignited two centuries of macabre imagination. From there, the film traces the genre’s evolution: Poe and Stoker, Edison and Méliès, German Expressionism and Universal Monsters, Hammer Films and Giallo maestros like Argento and Bava. Horror’s heartbeat pulses through Night of the Living Dead, The Exorcist, Daughters of Darkness, and the outrageous rise of Troma with The Toxic Avenger.
Johan Vandewoestijne
Director
Frankenstein75%
Frankenstein76%
Bride of Frankenstein75%
The Curse of Frankenstein68%
Nightmare Cinema58%
Never Let Go60%
Books of Blood62%
Dolly58%
Totally Killer67%
The Horror of Frankenstein58%
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple71%
Frankenstein Created Woman64%
The Doctor and the Devils62%
The Cursed65%
Fear Street: 197871%
Frankenstein Unbound58%
Saccharine61%
American Horror House59%
They Reach68%
The Bride!61%
