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Christopher Brown looks at horror movie cinema across the globe. Episodes go from the silent age through to modern times.
Films are more freely available than they ever have been. Horror films can stream on Youtube and Netflix but people are still heading towards the cinema
After the twin tower attacks horror changed. The birth of torture porn and the return to retro shocks. America realised that the reason the killer might be the house was that they might not just like them.
In the 1990s what was, in Japan, a return to retro-styles of horror felt fresh for Western audiences. Vicious violence and sex fell away to be replaced by scary ghosts coming to get you
VHS brought democracy and freedom for film. It brought a new asthetic to horror too. Along with a flood of new nostalgia and, of course, the video nasties.
Taking a look at a very particular element of exploitation culture has changed how we see low budget horror. Christopher makes a case that the concept of Grindhouse has altered our view of 70s cinema.
The French love a bit of gore, from the theatre through to Eurocine, Cinema Bis and The New French Extremism. These films are all designed to make you think and shudder.
Italian cinema can get a bit of a bad reputation. Here we look at the scene and see if that's a tad unfair. There are, after all, plenty of classics too.
