What is Horror? (Feat. Kim Newman)
The Evolution of Horror
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Dracula and Frankenstein
When Universal were green lighting Dracula and then Frankenstein, they were looking to well-established literary properties that had also been Broadway plays. I don't think it's until the sequels to Dracula and Frankenstein, that people could go to a studio head and say, let's make a horror film. The very mention of the name brings to mind things so evil, so fantastic, so degrading. You wonder if it isn't all a dream, a nightmare.
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