Scare Tactics: The Evolution of How Horror Filmmakers have Scared Us Over the Century HD

Horror filmmakers have been scaring the pants off of us since the earliest days of cinema. Back then, it was monsters and mummies and science experiments gone wrong doing the frightening; today, it can be anything from masked killers to sound-hating aliens to pop-up book characters to, well, US. But how do filmmakers use cinema to scare audiences? What tactics have they employed over the century to tickle our terror bone – and how have those tactics evolved? In our latest video essay, Rotten Tomatoes Editor Jacqueline Coley chronicles the history of horror in cinema, introducing us to the masters of the genre and describing their fiendish strategies. It’s a suspenseful journey that will take you from the original cinematic universe to the slasher phenomenon right through to today’s ambitious, expectation-subverting horror works – with pitstops at torture porn and Hitch along the way. Watch Alfred Hitchcock at an AFI Master seminar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPFsuc_M_3E All titles available on FandangoNow and Vudu: 28 Days Later 2001: A Space Odyssey 78/52 Alien Arachnophobia Audition The Babadook The Black Cat Black Christmas The Blair Witch Project The Cabin in the Woods Candyman Cat People Child’s Play The Conjuring The Conjuring 2 Creature from the Black Lagoon Cujo The Descent Don’t Breathe Double Indemnity Dracula Exorcist III The Evil Dead Evil Dead (2010) Final Destination Frankenstein Freaks Friday the 13th 7 Gaslight Get Out The Green Inferno The Grudge (2004) Halloween (1978) Halloween (2018) Happy Death Day Hellraiser Hereditary Hostel House of Usher House on Haunted Hill I Know What You Did Last Summer Insidious Invasion of the Body Snatchers The Invisible Man (2020) The Invisible Man (1933) The Invitation IT It Follows I Walked with a Zombie Jaws Lights Out Midsommar Murders in the Rue Morgue Wes Craven’s New Nightmare A Nightmare on Elm Street Night of the Living Dead Pan’s Labyrinth Paranormal Activity Poltergeist Psycho Pulp Fiction A Quiet Place Raw Ready or Not Rear Window Relic The Ring Rosemary’s Baby Saw Scary Stories To Tell In the Dark Scream Scream 2 The Shining The Silence of the Lambs Sinister The Sixth Sense The Strangers Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1978) The Birds The Mummy The Witch Trick ’r Treat Tucker and Dale vs Evil Us Vertigo The Wolf Man You’re Next Watch More: ► New on RT: http://bit.ly/2D4vReA ► Exclusive Interviews: http://bit.ly/2APqfQl ► Rotten Tomatoes Originals: http://bit.ly/2EzyjGO ► Celebrity Games: http://bit.ly/2FNDBTs Music: Courtesy of Extreme Music Join the Conversation: ► Subscribe to ROTTEN TOMATOES: http://bit.ly/2EwugLH ► Subscribe to the ROTTEN TOMATOES NEWSLETTER: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/newsletter?cmp=RTYT_YouTube_Desc ► Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2mpschF ► Like us on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2COySMI ► Follow us on INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2FlxGC6 From original shows and celebrity interviews to Tomatometer scores, ROTTEN TOMATOES is your insider’s guide to mus