\Trends in (North) American Horror
1973 – 2006(ish)
Mainstream/Crossover and/or Prestige Horror
1973 The Exorcist (Friedkin)
1975 Jaws (Spielberg)
1976 Carrie (De Palma); The Omen; King Kong
1977 The Deep; Orca
1978 The Fury (De Palma); Jaws 2; Magic; Halloween (crossover)
1979 Dracula (John Badham); Nosferatu (Herzog); Amityville Horror (Rosenberg); Alien (Scott)
1980 The Shining (Kubrick); The Fog (Carpenter); Altered States (Russell); The Changling
1981 The Thing (Carpenter); An American Werewolf in
1982 Cat People (Schrader); Poltergeist (Hooper); Creepshow (Romero)
1983 Cujo (Teague); The Dead Zone (Cronenberg); Christine (Carpenter); Twilight Zone (Dante, Landis); The Hunger; Psycho II; Videodrome (Cronenberg); The Keep (Mann), Something Wicked This Way Comes (Clayton)
1984 Gremlins (Dante); Ghostbusters (Reitman); Children of the Corn (Kiersch); Firestarter (Lester);
1985 Day of the Dead (Romero); Lifeforce; Cats Eye (Teague)
1986 Gothic (Russell); The Fly (Cronenberg); Aliens (Cameron); The Hitcher
1987 Angel Heart (Parker); Prince of Darkness (Carpenter); Lost Boys (Schumacher); Fatal Attraction (Lynne)
1988 Beetlejuice (
1989 Leviathan; Pet Sematary; Vampires Kiss (Bierman)
1990 Arachnophobia (Marshall); Edward Scissorhands (Burton); The Witches (Roeg); Misery (Reiner); Jacob’s Ladder (Lynne); Tremors (Underwood)
1991 Dead Again (Branagh); People Under the Stairs (Craven); Silence of the Lambs (Demme); Naked Lunch (Cronenberg)
1992 Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Coppola); Raising Cain (De Palma)
1993
1994 Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Branagh); Interview with a Vampire (Jordan); Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (Craven); Nadja (Almereyda) ; Wolf (Nichols)
1995 In the Mouth of Madness (Carpenter); The Monster (Hooper); Seven; Species; The Mangler (Hooper); Vampire in Brooklyn; The Addiction (Ferrara)
1996 Mary Reilly (Frears); Scream (Craven), The Ghost and the Darkness; The
1997 Event Horizon; Mimic; The Relic; An American Werewolf in
1998 Sphere; John Carpenter’s Vampires (Carpenter); Deep Rising (Sommers); Fallen (Hoblit)
1999 Ravenous,
2000 Pitch Black; The Cell; What Lies Beneath; The Gift (Raimi); Shadow of the Vampire (Merhige)
2001 The Others (Amenabar);. From Hell; The Devil’s Backbone;
2002 Signs (Shyamalan); Resident Evil; Red Dragon; Darkness (Balaguero); Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (Madden); Eight Legged Freaks); Ghost Ship; The Mothman Prophecies
2003 The Missing; Willard; 28 Days Later (
2004 The Village (Shyamalan), Van Helsing, The Exorcist, The Beginning; Saw (crossover); Godsend
2005 King Kong (
2006: Lady in the Water (Shyamalan);
Low Budget Horror (excluding most planned franchises)
1971 Willard,
1972 Frogs, Last House on the Left
1973 Flesh for Frankenstein (Morrissey), Ganja and Hess (Gunn)
1974 Abby, It’s Alive,
1975 Shivers
1977 Eaten Alive (Hooper); The Hills Have Eyes; I Spit on Your Grave; Rabid (Cronenberg)
1978 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!; Faces of Death, Piranha, Halloween
1979 Driller Killer (
1980 Happy Birthday to Me; Motel Hell, Prom Night, Mother’s Day (Kaufman);
1981 Bloody Birthday, The Burning, Graduation Day, Hell Night, The Howling (Dante); My Bloody Valentine; Scanners (Cronenberg); Student Bodies; The Unseen (Foleg); Blood Monkey: The Beginning
1982 Basket Case (Henenlotter); Slumber Party Massacre; Alone in the Dark (Sholder); Parasite (Band)
1983 The House on Sorority Row; Frightmare (Vane); Sleepaway Camp; Disciples of the Crow
1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night, C.H.U.D.
1985 Fright Night; Re-Animator (Gordon),
1986 April Fool’s Day; Chopping Mall, Troll, House, Critters, From Beyond (Gordon)
1987 The Gate, Cheerleader Camp, Hellraiser, Jack’s Back, Near Dark (Bigelow), Sorority House Massacre; The Stepfather (Ruben)
1988 Childs Play;
1989 976 Evil (Englund); Alienator; Chopper Chicks in Zombietown; Dr .Caligari; Pumpkin Head; Cutting Class; Puppet Master;
1990 Bride of Reanimator; Nightbreed (Barker); Def by Temptation (Bond)
1991 Begotten (Merhige); Children of the Night (Randel);
1992 The Resurrected (Obannon); Candyman (Rose); Demonic Toys (Manoogian); Mad at the Moon (Donovan)
1993 Leprechaun, Necromonicon; Carnosaur (Simon)
1994 Embrace of the Vampire (Goursaud)
1995 ALL ARE SEQUELS OR HIGH BUDGET
1996 The Craft (Flemming); The Dentist (Yuzna)
1997: Cube (Natali)
1998: The Faculty; Disturbing Behavior (Nutter); Strangeland (Piperlow)
1999 Lycanthrope; Terror Firmer
2000 Dracula 2000, Ginger Snaps;
2001 Dagon (Gordon); Jeepers Creepers; Joy Ride ; Wendigo; Bones; Faust: Love of the Damned (Yuzna); The Forsaken; Horror Vision
2002 Cabin Fever (Eli Roth); FeardotCom: Queen of the Damned
2003 Open Water; House of 1000 Corpses (Zombie); Wrong Turn
2004 Dead and Breakfast; Tomb of the Werewolf; Zombie Honeymoon
2005 Hostel (Roth); All Souls Day; Cry Wolf; Devil’s Rejects (Zombie); The Roost
2006 Room Six; See No Evil; Stay Alive; Slither; Silent Hill
Franchises / Sequels (chronological by first installment)
Exorcist (1973); Exorcist II The Heretic (1977); Exorcist III (1990); The Beginning (2004)
Jaws (1975); Jaws 2 (1978); Jaws 3D (1983); Jaws the Revenge (1987)
The Omen (1976); Damien Omen II (1978); Omen III The Final Conflict (1981)
Night of the Living Dead (1968); Dawn of the Dead (1978); Day of the Dead (1985); Return of the Living Dead (1985); Land of the Dead (2005) [ETC.]
Halloween (1978); Halloween 2 (1981); Halloween III Season of the Witch (1982); Halloween 4 The Return of Michael Myers (1988) [ETC.]
Amityville Horror (1979) : Amityville II, The Posession (1982)
Alien (1979); Aliens (1986); Alien 3 (1991); Alien Resurrection (1997)
Phantasm (1979); Phantasm II (1988); Phantasm III (1994); Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)
Friday the 13th (1980); Part 2 (1981); Part 3 (1982); The Final Chapter (1984) (ETC.)
The Evil Dead (1981, Raimi); Evil Dead II (1987); Army of Darkness (1993)
Scanners (1981); Scanners II (The New Order) (1991); Scanners III : The Take Over (1992)
Basket Case (1982); Basket Case 2 (1990); Basket Case 3 (1992)\
Slumber Party Massacre (1982); II (1987); III (1990)
Sleepaway Camp (1983); II (1988); III (1989); IV (2002); Return to Sleepaway Camp (2006)
Psycho II (1983); Psycho III (1986); Psycho IV (1990)
Gremlins (1984); Gremlins 2 (1990)
Silent Night Deadly Night (1984); 2 (1987); 3 (1989); Initiation (1990); Silent Nigh Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1992)
A Nightmare on
Children of the Corn (1984); Children of the Corn II (1993); III (1995); IV (1996) [ETC.]
The Ghoulies (1985); Ghoulies II (1987); Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1991)
The Step Father (1986); Stepfather II (1989); Stepfather III [TV] (1992)
Pumpkin Head (1989); Pumpkin Head II (1994); Pumpkin Head Ashes to Ashes (2006)
Hellraiser (1987); Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988); Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992); Hellraiser Inferno (2000); [ETC.]
Childs Play (1988); Childs Play II (1990); Childs Play 3 (1991); Bride of Chucky (1998)
976 Evil (Englund 1990); 976 Evil 2: The Astral Factor (1991)
Puppet Master II (1991); Puppet Master III (1991); Puppet Master 4 (1993) [ETC.]
Candyman (1992); Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
Leprechaun (1993); Leprechaun II (1994); Leprechaun III (1995); IV: In Space (1997) [ETC.]
Scream (1996); Scream 2 (1997); Scream 3 (2000)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996); From Dusk Till Dawn II (1999); III (2000)
Wishmaster (1997); Wishmaser II (1999)
Anaconda (1997); Anaconda: Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (Gillespie, 1997); I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998); I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006)
Blair Witch Project (1999); Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Ginger Snaps (2000); Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004); Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)
Final Destination (2000); Final Destination 2 (2003); Final Destination 3 (2006)
Jeepers Creepers (2001); Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
Saw (2004); Saw II (2005); Saw III (2006); Saw IV (2007)
Resident Evil (2002); Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004); Resident Evil: Extinctionl (2007)
Remakes
1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1982 Cat People; The Thing
1986 The Fly
1988 The Blob
1990 Night of the Living Dead (Savini)
1993 Body Snatchers (
1995 Village of the Damned
1998 Psycho; Godzilla; Mighty Joe Young
1999 The Haunting; The House on Haunted Hill
2001 Thirteen Ghosts
2003 The
2004 The Stepford Wives; Dawn of the Dead
2005 The Fog, Amityville Horror, The House of Wax; The Fog; King Kong; 2001 Maniacs; Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Fisher); War of the Worlds
2006 The Omen; When a Stranger Calls; The Hills Have Eyes; The Wicker Man; Night of the Living Dead 3D
2007 The Blob; The Hitcher; Halloween
2008 The Step Father (why, oh why?)
Remakes of Asian Horror
2002 The Ring
2004 The Grudge
2005 The Ring Two; Dark Water
2006 The Grudge 2; Pulse