... era. During the 1930's when sound was coupled with film many of the horror films produced focused on the mad scientist or the monster movie such as "Dracula" (1931) and "Frankenstein" (1931). As the thirties ended America found itself facing nearly a decade of war therefore many of the horror films produced in forties were mainly man vs. animal films that reflected ... it is completely void of emotion reflecting the killer within. Another significant technique Halloween used was music. John Carpenter created the score for Halloween which only consisted of a few simple notes but became a...

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... the spring of 1895 Irving became the first actor to receive a knighthood from the queen. In 1890, when his romance novel The Snake's Pass was published, he was already making notes for a novel with a vampire theme. In August Stoker, looking for a quiet place to write, took a walking tour of the Scottish coast between Peterhead and Aberdeen, he returned to Cruden Bay ... at the Villa Diodati, where Lord Byron asked his guests to each write a ghost story. It was at the same time and place that Mary Shelley created her famous novel Frankenstein. Other well known vampire novels include; The...

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