#horror history

[goryhorroor]

video nasties was a colloquial term coined in the united kingdom by 1982 which originally applied to a number of films distributed on video cassette that were criticized for their violent content by the press, commentators such as mary whitehouse, and various religious organizations. 

while violence in films released to cinemas had received attention from an official body, the british board of film censorship, for many years, the lack of a regulatory system for video sales combined with the claim that any film could fall into children's hands led to public debate. many of these "video nasties" were low-budget horror films produced in italy and the united states. the furore created by the response to video nasties led to the introduction of the video recordings act 1984 which imposed a stricter code of censorship on videos than was required for cinema release. several major studio productions ended up being banned on video, falling within the scope of legislation designed to control the distribution of video nasties. due to a legislative mistake discovered in august 2009, the video recordings act 1984 was repealed and re-enacted without change by the video recordings act 2010.

#horror #horror history #video nasties #horror movies #the burning #green inferno #i spit on your grave #the last house on the left #tenebrae #evil dead #inferno #possession #bay of blood #the beyond #moviesedit #horroredit #filmedit #cinema

[lpa6zn]

English: Every March 24, the National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice is commemorated in Argentina, as a way of remembering the victims of the last coup in Argentina, which began on March 24, 1976.

It lasted 2,818 days

20,000 factories closed

340 clandestine detention centers were created

external debt multiplied ×6

more than 200 banned songs and movies

over a 100 banned books, including children's books

increased poverty from 4,4% to 37.4%

30,000 people missing

more than 4,500 people were murdered and tortured in ways so disturbing that I cannot speak here

Español: Cada 24 de marzo se conmemora en Argentina el Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia, como una forma de recordar a las víctimas del último golpe de estado en Argentina, iniciado el 24 de marzo de 1976.

Duró 2.818 días

20.000 fabricas cerraron

Se crearon 340 centros clandestinos de detención

Se prohibieron y censuraron más de 200 canciones y películas

más de 100 libros prohibidos, incluidos los de clasificación infantil

aumento de la pobreza del 4,4% al 37,4%

30.000 personas desaparecidas

más de 4500 personas fueron asesinadas y torturadas de formas tán perturbadoras que no puedo hablar aquí

#argentina #🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷 #march 24 #dictadura #charly garcia #la noche de los lápices #tik tok #history #horror history #horror stories #horror #argentina🇦🇷 #💔 #pls reblog #argentina 1985 #nunca más #verdad #justicia #justice #important #Spotify

[juju187hin]

🇧🇷: mais algumas artes de the boiled one phenomenon

🇺🇲:some more art from the boiled one phenomenon

#the boiled one phenomenon #the organate enterprise #the boiled one phenomenon fanart #horror history

[thefugitivesaint]

Whole Lotta Horror Documentary Going On

I basically appropriated the below from a post made over at metafilter: "A four part documentary about horror film up through the Eighties: Monster Madness Part One: The Golden Age Of Horror Film [1h17m] Part Two: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins [1h32m] Part Three: The Gothic Revival Of Horror [1h22m] Part Four: The Counterculture To Blockbusters [1h2m]"

#horror films #horror movies #horror history #documentaries #post appropriation #spooky season

[stevebuscemieyes]

Thirteen Ghosts was released 22 years ago today on October 26th 2001.

Thirteen Ghosts, October 26 2001

Dir. Steve Beck

#31 days of halloween #31 days of horror #thirteen ghosts #13 ghosts #matthew lillard #reblog #horror aesthetic #horror #movie #film #horror movies #horror film #classic horror #horror icons #slashers #for you #film history #today in film #horror history #like for more #follow me #follow #happy halloween #daily flicks #gif edit #user edit #like for me #october #spooktober #like this

[weirdlookindog]

Night of the Living Dead world premiere, October 1st , 1968.

#night of the living dead #george a. romero #horror history #horror movies #1960s

[aj-thedeadlyprincess]

House of 1000 Corpses is 21 years old!

Released April 11 2003 🤘

RIP SID 🙏😢

#house of 1000 corpses #rob zombie #horror #spooky #horror history #horror icons #creepy

[nickysfacts]

Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse!⭐️

👻

#history #beetlejuice #betelgeuse #movie #spooky #horror history #astronomy #tim burton #halloween #film #space history #stars #horror movies #warner bros #universal studios #orion #behind the scenes #house ghosts #scared sheetless #halloween girl #movie history #constellations #horror #spooky season #halloween history #universal studios orlando #nickys facts

[diioonysus]

théâtre du grand guignol opened in 1897 and closed in 1962. one of the most notorious stages of all time, it was the place where playwrights staged horrific tales of violence and revenge under the haunting eaves of a former chapel. during its 65 years in operation, the grand guignol staged over a thousand plays to both the shock and delight of its audiences, going down in history as one of the foundations of horror-as-entertainment. in a typical grand guignol performance, patrons would see five or six short plays, all in a style that attempted to be brutally true to the theatre's naturalistic ideals. the most popular and best-known were the horror plays, which featured a distinctly bleak worldview and gory special effects, particularly in their climaxes.

#history #photography #horror #vintage photography #theatre du grand guignol #france #paris #vintage #horror history

[halloweenhundreds]

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind The Monster has to really sprint to try and cover the breadth of his life and career, and there are aspects to both you’ll wish they’d spent more time on, but it’s a great primer. Even I am going to be reprioritize a couple of films this year after watching this.

#halloween hundred #halloween hundreds #halloween #horror movies #halloween movie #horror film #horror #horror history #horror documentary #boris karloff #boris karloff documentary #boris karloff the man behind the monster

[normal-sea-urchin]

IM GONNA KMS I WAS WATCHING HORROR HISTORY ON YT AND THIS SHIT CAME UP IN THE FUCKING VIDEO

for those who don't know that's zach morris of whatever his name is and his channel is czsworld which is the channel with horro history

#the wheeze i wozed #sea urchin with a megaphone #czsworld #horror history #josh hutcherson whistle edit

[goryhorroor]

horror movie history: george méliès (1861-1938)

the man, the myth, the legend of horror movies is george méliès, who created the first horror movie "the house of the devil." originally an illusionist, his background helped him tweak and manipulate images on film. he created special effects on screen, such as spirits, dancing skeletons, giant creatures, and sudden appearances and disappearances. a trick that this early director used was what spirit photographers would use in the 1860s, which was the practice of using double exposures or superimpositions to depict ghosts within a frame of film. after dominating the very early film industry, he constructed a glass studio in paris, which is where he invented many cameras modifications and devices to help him bring his visions to screen. he is believed to be responsible for many special effects firsts: split screen, double exposure, overlapping dissolves, fades in and out, and stop motion photography.

#history #horror movie lore #horror history #the house of the devil #george melies #horroredit #horror movie history

[headedfawn]

b e g o t t e n

#horror #horror academic #dark acadamia aesthetic #goth aesthetic #gothcore #horror obsessed #horror history #elevated horror #god is dead #nature #grandmacore

[addieanesthesia]

Ginger Snaps (dir. John Fawcett, 1999)

#horror #horror film #horror movie #1990s #1990s films #1990s movies #1990s horror #creature #werewolf #horror history #film history #lycan

[lpa6zn]

Several times a day I remember how Anne Boleyn's ladies rushed to take her body away after the execution because they were horrified at what the men in the crowd were capable of doing to her corpse.

#anne boleyn #im not afraid of god im afraid of man #💔 #six musical #B #my little girl #queen anne boleyn #henry viii #queen consort #history #horror history #horror #💚

[kenny-alghul]

I wear sunscreen at night because I am a vamp

#elvira #elvira mistress of the dark #Horror host #Horror history #Emo #Girlboss #Vampire