As a lot of our stronger ideas have been leaning towards the horror genre in one way or another I have decided to just provide some background research into the actual genre around the time period 30's - 60's to identify what was popular and what could be useful to work into our story.
Examples
- Always been some sort of Monster hanging around as a sort of fear symbol into the minds of people.
- Just before 1930, Horror stories were creatures of Prehistoric origin such as the early 'Lost World'
The Lost World (1925)
- This later led to Kong and Godzilla as missing link symbols and symbolised as destructive gods
- The Creature from the Black Lagoon in 1954 was a beginning of a hybrid mash, in this case half man, half fish
- rubber suit
The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
- A lot more low budget horror movies in the 50's such as It came from Beneath the Sea, a giant octopus - mutated by atomic radiation and attacks San Francisco, another example: The Abominable Snowman
It Came From Beneath the sea
- Also in the 50's were films of experiments gone wrong and one example is Tarantula (1955), a spider treated by serum and grows to a weight of 50 tonnes title creature was a result of effective matte photography
- The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) - "best effects of radiation films of all time" - Pg 34
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
- The Attack of the Crab Monsters - idea of creatures absorbing it's victim's minds and sending out telepathic messages to survivors and lure them to destruction
The Attack of the Crab Monsters
- A lot of giant atomical insect films 'The Monster that changed the World" a giant caterpillar and "The Deadly Mantis" - Praying Mantis
- Gorgo (1960) - monster with maternal instinct destroying most of the city to rescue her baby
The Deadly Mantis
Man-made
- Most well known is Frankenstein "Modern Promethus" created in a lab, scientist taking on a parental role over his creation
- Golem made from clay and mud, everyday becomes bigger and heavier, idea of growing in form
Frankenstein
The Human Fiend
- Popularity of crazed doctors doing strange thing to plants, animals and humans
- Individuals forced to hide away and carry out their ambitions
- The Island of Dr Moreau
- The Fly - accidentially achieveing a horrific result
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