A quick introduction to A History Of Horror Podcast before we start. Christopher Brown sets the scene and explains what the plan is for the next year.

We begin our History of Horror journey right at the birth of cinema. From the beginning exploitation was present with horror films and we can see this with Edison’s productions among others. There was also the rise of the cinema special effect and the work of master film-maker George Melies

We’re back in America for the moment Hollywood realises that there is money to be made from horror movies. Universal introduce their iconic monsters to the world and the classic film versions of Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man and more are born.

From the grand gothic of Hammer we know slip over to a very English fear. There is old magic in the countryside, religious extremism and bloody murder as we take a look at the unique genre of folk horror

The 50s was a time of Cold War, nuclear bombs and paranoia. Gothic horror just wouldn’t cut it, so sci-fi horror began to grow

There isn’t much of it, but Russian horror is an interesting little subgenre, dancing between the surreal and brutal honesty