18 Horror Movies That Did It First

Find out who was Universal's first movie monster.
18 Horror Movies That Did It First

From the first ever werewolf in a film to the first time the censor boards finally allowed American audiences to see a flushing toilet (because we deserve it!), here are some of history's great horror movie firsts.

I would simply choose not to enter that house

18 Horror Movies That Did It First- The first horror narrative was a short film called Le Manoir du Diable (The House of the Devil) from 1896 by Geor
Source: Mental Floss

Probably no weird racial undertones to see here

18 Horror Movies That Did It First - The first zombie movie was the 1932 White Zombie, featuring a woman being turned into a zombie by a “voodoo maste
Source: Syfy

The eyes of the world are upon you.

18 Horror Movies That Did It First - Fredric March was the first actor to win an Oscar for a horror movie with his performance in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. H
Source: L.A. Times

I knew there was something up with cat people

18 Horror Movies That Did It First - The first significant jump scare as we know it today happened in Cat People (1942). This specific moment is also
Source: /film

The eyes of the world are upon you.

18 Horror Movies That Did It First - The first slasher horror movie was the 1971 A Bay of Blood. The Italian movie, along with 1974’s movies The Texas
Source: Gizmodo

Some footage should stay lost

18 Horror Movies That Did It First - The first ever found footage film is considered to be Cannibal Holocaust, an Italian exploitation film from 1980.
Source: Syfy

And Will Sasso did that lemon thing on Vine. 'MadTV' alumni are really going places.

18 Horror Movies That Did It First - In 2018, Jordan Peele became the first black person to win the Original Screenplay award for Get Out.
Source: L.A. Times

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