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It wasn’t long after the history of cinema began at the dawn of the 20th century that horror movies started to appear on the screen. Like many early films, these short, silent pioneering works were often theatrical \u2014 a byproduct of their stage origins \u2014 and based on established literary pieces.<\/p>\n
But it wasn’t long before the genre took on a life of its own, as you’ll see in the list below of\u00a0the Best Horror Movie From Every Year.\u00a0So, even though horror movies existed before 1920, it wasn’t until that year that they became a viable genre film and expert directors found ways \u2014 through lighting, camera angles and even storytelling \u2014 to make them infinitely more interesting than their stagey predecessors.<\/p>\n
Movies like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari\u00a0<\/em>and Nosferatu<\/em>\u00a0paved the way\u00a0for Frankenstein<\/em>, Dracula<\/em> and Universal’s famous monsters in the ’30s. Initially, the genre developed in stages \u2014 first by incorporating social commentary into its narrative, and later by addressing topics such as sexuality and psychology, as horror films matured alongside their audience.<\/p>\n