Research: History of horror, 1990-2012

1996

The start of the 90's saw new serial killers enter the frame as becoming the scariest thing in a horror movie, Wes Craven's 'Scream' was released in 1996 and with thrilling special effects made viewers think that the murders were actually happening. Scream is about a killer known as "ghost face", he begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the "Rules" of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.  

 

2002
The start of the new millennium saw another huge rise in horror movies, making horror movies the most popular movies to watch in the cinema at the time. One of the most popular films released in 2002 was 'The Ring', The Ring is about a young journalist who investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it

2007
In 2007, a slightly different concept of horror was released under the name of 28 weeks later. Horror is usually known to contain gory scenes of blood and brutal murder, instead 28 weeks later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo created his movie based on a virus called 'rage' which turned people into zombies around the outskirts of London.

2010
In 2010, the rise of 3D films become a must in movies, but hadn't really entered the horror scene, the film Saw had been one of the scariest and brutal horror movies out however director Kevin Greutert believed it could get scarier, by going into 3D. Saw 3D was released o the 28th October 2010 and follows on from the previous Saw movie. As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror.

2012

Horror enters 2012 in a more gruesome fashion, the movie 'Sinister' has followed previous horror films in creating their film around a demon or a possessed being. The plot is about

Found footage helps a true-crime author realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.  The rise of scarier horror movies is just beginning.