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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film 00:01:16 1 History 00:01:24 1.1 1890s–1900s 00:07:33 1.1.1 Trick Films 00:10:39 1.2 1910s 00:18:02 1.3 1920s 00:18:11 1.3.1 German Expressionism 00:23:50 1.3.2 Universal Classic Monsters 1920s 00:28:39 1.3.3 Other productions 00:33:21 1.4 1930s 00:33:30 1.4.1 Universal Classic Monsters 1930s 00:42:56 1.5 1940s 00:46:36 1.6 1950s 00:59:00 1.7 1960s 01:07:22 1.8 1970s–1980s 01:16:40 1.9 1990s 01:22:59 1.10 2000s 01:34:07 1.11 2010s 01:44:41 2 Subgenres 01:52:31 3 Influences 01:52:39 3.1 Influences on society 01:55:18 3.2 Influences internationally 01:57:02 4 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.8368518648830455 Voice name: en-AU-Wavenet-D "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= A horror film is a film that seeks to elicit fear for entertainment purposes. Initially inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley, horror has existed as a film genre for more than a century. The macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Horror may also overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction, and thriller genres. Horror films often aim to evoke viewers' nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, extraterrestrials, vampires, werewolves, demons, Satanism, evil clowns, gore, torture, vicious animals, evil witches, monsters, zombies, cannibalism, psychopaths, natural, ecological or man-made disasters, and serial killers.Some sub-genres of horror film include low-budget horror, action horror, comedy horror, body horror, disaster horror, found footage, holiday horror, horror drama, psychological horror, science fiction horror, slasher, supernatural horror, gothic horror, natural horror, zombie horror, disaster films, first-person horror, and teen horror. |