The Change Within the Genre of Horror Shown Through the Sub-Genre of Vampires
The genre of horror was created in 1896 and set out to frighten the audience with induced feelings of terror and horror. The sub-genre of Vampires does this, but the way it induces these feelings has changed over time, with the two features of Male Vampires and Female Victims representing this change. Three movies that exemplify the aspect of change within the two features are, Dracula (1931) directed by Tod Browning, Fright Night (1985) directed Tom Holland and Twilight (2008) directed by Katherine Hardwicke. These three movies represent the change in the genre and society itself.
The film Dracula directed by Tod Browning is the story of legendary vampire Dracula. Dracula was the first ever vampire film and therefore the audience of 1931 was not desensitised to the idea of vampires being real, so Tod Browning had to be careful, with the strict laws on what violence was allowed to be shown on the screen, Browning had to induce feelings of horror without creating out cry. Browning did this through make Dracula a vampire of folklore, the epitome of evil that lived far away, in Draculas case it was Transylvania a country only really known by the public to be foreign. This not only subconsciously connected to the audiences annoyance at foreigners, for taking jobs and space, and therefore gave them an escape to actually dislike them through Dracula, but also created fear within them with the idea that vampires may be real, but did not push so far over the edge of fear into distress because Dracula was foreign, and not in their own backyard. Also the fact that Dracula was injured by religion and the cross and there being Van Helsing who knew exactly how to kill a vampire meant that Browning had another safety netting in case audiences started to distress to much over the idea of being vampires. Dracula being injured by religion also gave the, majority religious, audiences of 1931 another subconscious reason to stay religious, or even become it. But even with these
The film Dracula directed by Tod Browning is the story of legendary vampire Dracula. Dracula was the first ever vampire film and therefore the audience of 1931 was not desensitised to the idea of vampires being real, so Tod Browning had to be careful, with the strict laws on what violence was allowed to be shown on the screen, Browning had to induce feelings of horror without creating out cry. Browning did this through make Dracula a vampire of folklore, the epitome of evil that lived far away, in Draculas case it was Transylvania a country only really known by the public to be foreign. This not only subconsciously connected to the audiences annoyance at foreigners, for taking jobs and space, and therefore gave them an escape to actually dislike them through Dracula, but also created fear within them with the idea that vampires may be real, but did not push so far over the edge of fear into distress because Dracula was foreign, and not in their own backyard. Also the fact that Dracula was injured by religion and the cross and there being Van Helsing who knew exactly how to kill a vampire meant that Browning had another safety netting in case audiences started to distress to much over the idea of being vampires. Dracula being injured by religion also gave the, majority religious, audiences of 1931 another subconscious reason to stay religious, or even become it. But even with these