Lon Chaney's most popular films:

Universal Hunchback in 1923 and Phantom of the Opera in 1925

Creature from the black lagoon

the monsters represents the phallic urge of erotic tension

American Horror of the 1920s:

Old Dark House film Lon Chaney MGM, Tod Browning Universal

movement in the late 17 early 18 century Started Romanticism

Nosferatu director. Homosexual filmmaker

refer to a variety of small B movie studios.

Late 18th Century. Romanticism

Due to Age of Enlightenment, focus on feelings than logic.

Rise of film noir cinematic realism and social problem films

Founded by Carl Laemmle Jr. Made Dracula 1931 & Frankenstein

Weekend at the Villa Diodati (1816)

Here the novels Vampyre and Frankenstien were thought up.

Has a homosexual sidekick relationship.

Robin Woods 3 part thematic core to the Horror genre:

Normality, the Other, and the relationships between the two.

1950's Body Building magazines, physique magazine

in the 50s were used for hidden male desire

Gender Inversion model of homosexuality

In which one sex acts as the opposite?, gay men were actually women's souls trapped in a male body

The Mask of Fu Manchu

Made in 1932 by MGM showed foreign fear in the mise-en-scene

Late 1800's Victorian Era. Late 19th century

Introduced sexuality first lesbian vampire,Dracula,Dr Jekyll

Post-war culture, HUAC, Red Scare, atom bomb

gay in government were security risk needed to be eradicated

Melies made horrorfantasy Before ppl realized horror existed

Stock market crash Depression begins until US entry into WW2

Wrote about the dark side of American culture psychological.

Precursors to the gothic movement Gray, Cowper, Goldsmith.

Curse of Frank and Dracula movies started the Goth Revival., Christopher Lee and Peter Crushing.

The U.S involvement in WW2 Lewton, produces B Horror at RKO

Victorian gothic popularized Dr. Jekyll Dorian Gray Dracula

American International Pictures Sam Arkoff, James Nicholson

Pre-Cursors to the American Horror film:

Monsters were a trial or challenge vs. something to fear.

Psychiatry in WW2 pop culture

Queer people tried to be cured.

Traits of Hammer Films in the 60s

lot of color Gore studio Realism,male authority in crisis.

monster makeupartist who worked for Universal (Frankenstein)

A woman who posses naturally masculine characteristics

Germ. Expressionist Cinema flourish with horror/goth themes

The Production Code put into effect tone down their sex

wrote Dorian Gray which showed the monster queer

Founded to showcase gore. Paris theaterDidn't succeed in U.S

masculinity as monster,castration anxiety. trans killers.

During the 50s popularity of horror mag shows Zachary Roland

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

it's the end because these monster films are now comedic

Orgy of the Dead, he made sexploitation films

A repressed double of someone that showcases their repressed

50s masculinity and femininity

everyone is a little gay, Made a 6 point scale which showed that everyone on the scale

Ppl start rereleasing Universal classics B Film Phenomenon

Red Scare and the Rise of Horror hybrid films alien invasion, alien probing

More focus on the monster over the normals escapist films.

1st Horror Star famous for his use of SFX makeup

Makes the monster both related to and hated.

The male homosexual is monstrous he has feminine qualities

Homosexual Identity vs. Queer Identity

Homosexual is attracted same sex Queer is an umbrella term

Broad Trends of Classical Hollywood Horror

Reusing sets The Great Depression Gangster film were similar

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Lon Chaney's most popular films:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Universal Hunchback in 1923 and Phantom of the Opera in 1925
Nosferatu.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Creature from the black lagoon
shape of water
bestiality
the monsters represents the phallic urge of erotic tension
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American Horror of the 1920s:
Surface of the genre.
Old Dark House film Lon Chaney MGM, Tod Browning Universal
Films of fantasy and terror
showcase gore
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The Enlightenment
deep structure or ideological significance
movement in the late 17 early 18 century Started Romanticism
Homosexual identity
melodramas about the body.
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F. W. Murnau
Nosferatu director. Homosexual filmmaker
foreign actor that played foreign characters
Horror Actor.
wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Poverty Row Studios
People start re-releasing Universal horror classics.
refer to a variety of small B movie studios.
Universal decrees bankruptcy
a chain of bankrupt studios due to the big 5
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Late 18th Century. Romanticism
Due to Age of Enlightenment, focus on feelings than logic.
Incubus and Succubus, sexual demons like the vampire.
Precursors to the gothic novel
Blurring male and female monster
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Late 1940s
Universal mixes and matches its classic monsters.
The Production Code is written
Normality is threatened by the monster.
Rise of film noir cinematic realism and social problem films
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Universal Studios
Started in 1895
Founded by Carl Laemmle Jr. Made Dracula 1931 & Frankenstein
Made in 1932 by MGM
start re-releasing Universal horror classics
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Weekend at the Villa Diodati (1816)
Castle of Otranto
Gothic Novel
Here the novels Vampyre and Frankenstien were thought up.
gothic movement
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White Zombie
refers to a race of a zombie
Has a homosexual sidekick relationship.
gets banned because of sexual deviance
avoids sexual relations because of code requirements
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Caligari, Nosferatu, and Metropolis
contain a resurrection scene
were pre code
utilized color
All german expressionist films
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Robin Woods 3 part thematic core to the Horror genre:
Women and the Abject, the border
Normality, the Other, and the relationships between the two.
gothic novel and gothic movement, gothic women
trans killers, phallic women,masculinity
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1950's Body Building magazines, physique magazine
a protest tool
in the 50s were used for hidden male desire
part of the kincey reports
used as tools to inspire male masculinity
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Gender Inversion model of homosexuality
love triangles
In which one sex acts as the opposite?
gay men were actually women's souls trapped in a male body
aliens that probe straight people
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The Mask of Fu Manchu
Made in 1932 by MGM showed foreign fear in the mise-en-scene
not racist
makeup artist who worked for Universal
Male homosocial triangle
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Late 1800's Victorian Era. Late 19th century
Most important development of sci-fi and horror genres.
Experimental Horror
Introduced sexuality first lesbian vampire,Dracula,Dr Jekyll
"Films of fantasy and terror".
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Iconography
emojis
Surface of the genre.
icons presented on a screen
themes
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Post-war culture, HUAC, Red Scare, atom bomb
gay
revolt of the gays
gay in government were security risk needed to be eradicated
gay intelligence fighting against the USA
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Experimental Horror
political films
Melies made horrorfantasy Before ppl realized horror existed
sparked film clubs
early cinema
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1929
Red Scare
ABBOT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN
Stock market crash Depression begins until US entry into WW2
Hollywood horror films are forced to tone down their sex
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Poe and Hawthorne
Wrote about the dark side of American culture psychological.
Introduced sexuality.
wrote penny dreadfuls.
Didn't succeed in the U.S
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The Graveyard Poets
Founded in 1897 to showcase gore
Precursors to the gothic movement Gray, Cowper, Goldsmith.
Introduced sexuality.
Wrote about the dark side of American culture
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Hammer
Curse of Frank and Dracula movies started the Goth Revival.
Christopher Lee and Peter Crushing.
tanked as a studio
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1941-1945
Rise of film noir
Invention of Cinema
Stock market crash. Great Depression begins
The U.S involvement in WW2 Lewton, produces B Horror at RKO
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1870s-1900
Germ Expressionist Cinema flourishes, horror/gothic themes.
Invention of Cinema. (Hollywood is founded in 1911)
Victorian gothic popularized Dr. Jekyll Dorian Gray Dracula
The Golden Age of Silent Cinema. Films of Lon Chaney
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AIP
American Institute of Physics
American International Pictures Sam Arkoff, James Nicholson
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Pre-Cursors to the American Horror film:
Precursors to the gothic novel and gothic movement
Built "Strawberry Hill".
Due to Age of Enlightenment focus on feelings than logic.
Monsters were a trial or challenge vs. something to fear.
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Psychiatry in WW2 pop culture
Political scare of foreign gays
Japanese water torture
"its okay to be gay"
Queer people tried to be cured.
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Traits of Hammer Films in the 60s
this film signals the end of the monster mash films
People start re-releasing Universal horror classics.
lot of color Gore studio Realism,male authority in crisis.
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Jack Pierce
original Frankenstein
Director for Frankenstein
killed Frankenstein
monster makeupartist who worked for Universal (Frankenstein)
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The Phallic Woman
A woman who posses naturally masculine characteristics
Intersex
Trans
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1910s-1920s
Germ. Expressionist Cinema flourish with horror/goth themes
Stock market crash. Great Depression begins
The Golden Age of Silent Cinema. Films of Lon Chaney
"B" Horror Films at RKO
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1934
Stock market crash
the Golden Age of Silent Cinema
Victorian-era gothic novels are popularized
The Production Code put into effect tone down their sex
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Oscar Wilde
Played Victor Frankenstein
Orgy of the Dead, he made sexploitation films
Nosferatu director. Homosexual filmmaker
wrote Dorian Gray which showed the monster queer
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Grande Guignol
Founded to showcase gore. Paris theaterDidn't succeed in U.S
"Films of fantasy and terror".
Started in 1895.
dark side of American culture
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Monsters
masculinity as monster,castration anxiety. trans killers.
Normality, the Other, and the relationship
The Other family
Queer people tried to be cured.
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"Monster Culture"
exploitation tactics, gets people in theaters.
During the 50s popularity of horror mag shows Zachary Roland
Gore/blood/sex content rises
The Other family,
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
it's the end because these monster films are now comedic
comedy duo that kill classic monsters
a focus on why comedy and horror should stay separate
A new way to create new monsters
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Ed Wood
much sex
all the sex
Orgy of the Dead, he made sexploitation films
many sex
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The Doppelganger
A repressed double of someone that showcases their repressed
A german gang member
German Prostitutes
A film made in Germany
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50s masculinity and femininity
everyone is a little gay
Made a 6 point scale which showed that everyone on the scale
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WWII Horror Films
Ppl start rereleasing Universal classics B Film Phenomenon
Begin to be censored
only have political connotation
must get seal of approval
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Early 50s
monsters for comedy
Great Depression
Red Scare and the Rise of Horror hybrid films alien invasion
alien probing
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WWII Horror Trends
any type of queerness in films
More focus on the monster over the normals escapist films.
Showcases deformities
"sex/crime perversion" scandals.
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Lon Chaney Sr.
Founded in 1897 to showcase gore.
Wrote about the dark side of American culture
Introduced sexuality.
1st Horror Star famous for his use of SFX makeup
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Thematic Myth
A movement in the late 17th century
Makes the monster both related to and hated.
Surface of the genre.
a theory that movies are useless
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Julia Kristeva
The male homosexual is monstrous he has feminine qualities
focused on feelings rather than logic.
We cannot survive without Basic Suppression
Normality, the Other, and the relationships between the two.
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Homosexual Identity vs. Queer Identity
Homosexual is attracted same sex Queer is an umbrella term
homosexual refers to a sexual act while queer is a feeling
homosexual refers to a person while queer refers to a leaf
homosexual is with men queer is women
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Frankenstein (1818)
by Mary Shelley.
by Vincent Price
by Ed Wood
by Oscar Wilde
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Broad Trends of Classical Hollywood Horror
hyperrealism
Reusing sets The Great Depression Gangster film were similar
sepa tones
reusing actors that didnt get much show time
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Homosocial Triangle
two different sex people vying for the female
two different sex people vying for the male
Two same sex people vying for the same sex.
Two same sex people vying for the opposite sex.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
gay picture
failed novel
An English Gothic novel written by Oscar Wilde in 1890.
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The Black Cat
A MGM film that focused on the monster
Urban legen
Stars Karloff and Lugosi, a sado-machocistic queer couple.
An evil icon in horror cinema
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1960
Films of Lon Chaney, Old Dark House Thrillers.
German Expressionist Cinema flourishes
Universal mixes and matches its classic monsters.
PSYCHO/PEEPING TOM change horror into psychological
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Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
heterosexual Monster rivals that clashed in most movies
Universal foreign directors
Teamed in mid1930s films, the queer sado-masochistic couple.
Directors of german expressionism
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1910 Frankenstein
By Thomas Edison, the 1st adaption of the novel.
was not a success
Introduced sexuality.
was banned
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"sex perversion"
when a film hints at sex
a diversion given to avoid sex
when a film avoids talking about sex
any queerness in films, a category in the production code.
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The 1930s
Universal mixes and matches its classic monsters.
PSYCHO and PEEPING TOM change horror
Red Scare and the Rise of Horror hybrid films alien invasion
Classical Hollywood Cinema,Universal, Boris Karloff, Lugosi
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Schauerfilme
Films of fantasy and terror Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu.
German expressionism
Hitlers personal film collection
Founded in 1897
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Vincent Price
Horror Actor. In Masque of the Red Death, the Raven
triller voice
a director
a raven
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Mid 18th Century
Gothic was a subset of Romanticism.
Lull: pulp culture, like penny dreadfuls.
Red Scare
Monsters were a trial
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"Pre-Code Hollywood"
(1930-1934) Classic Hollywood Cinema
The Golden Age of Silent Cinema.
Victorian-era
Invention of Cinema. (Hollywood is founded in 1911)
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Ernest Thesiger and Colin Clive
Dr. Pretorius & Victor in Bride of Frankenstein
gay queens
directors
hey play a part in the Male homosocial triangle
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Horace Walpole
A theater in Paris. Didn't succeed in the U.S
Lull: pulp culture, like penny dreadfuls.
Wrote the Castle of Otranto (1764), the 1st Gothic Novel.
Introduced sexuality.
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What inspired German Expressionism
Dr. Caligari, and Nosferatu.
Thomas Edison
Mise-en-scene over montage,Painting/theater, Freud
experimental horror/fantasy.
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Classical period of horror 1931-1936
monster films are now comedic
Big Directors were: Tod Browning, James Whales, begin cencor
red scare
Big Actors were: Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.
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The 1920s
The U.S involvement in WW2 Lewton, produces B Films at RKO
The Golden Age of Silent Cinema Film of Lon Chaney/ Thriller
The Production Code
German Expressionist Cinema flourishes
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Freaks
Film by RKO
FIlm by universal
Film by 21st century fox
Tod Browning 1932 by MGM.
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Robin Wood- Return of the Repressed
Introduced sexuality.
Wrote about the dark side of American culture,psychological.
Normality is threatened by monster Basic/Surplus repression
Contained the "Old Dark House" films
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James Whale
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Made Dracula 1st
Cat and the Canary
Director of Frankenstein in 1931. Had queer sensibility.
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1894-1896
The Production Code is put into effect
Invention of Cinema. (Hollywood is founded in 1911)
Rise of film noir cinematic realism and social problem films
The form and style of Classical Hollywood Cinema is codified

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