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The Horror's of The Great War

The Horror's of The Great War

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If cinema is an inward reflection on society, then horror is a pandora’s box of history’s deepest and darkest secrets. The Great War is arguably the pinnacle of humanity’s wickedness. World War One’s brutality didn’t make horror entertainment. It made it a barbaric reality. There is no question that World War One is one of the biggest influences on the horror genre as it is today.

For more information about this subject:

Scott Poole’s Wasteland-
https://www.amazon.com/Wasteland-Great-Origins-Modern-Horror/dp/1640092668/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38HHL0I3AZAN6&keywords=wasteland+ww1&qid=1667796991&sprefix=wasteland+ww1%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-1

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari

From Caligari to Hitler-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Caligari_to_Hitler

Albin Grau-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albin_Grau

Grau’s letter-

https://katzenfabrik.tumblr.com/post/81191137821/cloudsinvenice-posted-photos-of-this-essay-by

History on Nosferatu-

https://www.brentonfilm.com/nosferatu-history-and-home-video-guide-part-2

The Evolution of Horror-

https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/

Freud’s Uncanny-

https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/freud1.pdf

How WWI created the Zombie subgenre-

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2018/11/23/the-marching-dead-how-the-great-war-created-the-cinematic-zombie-apocalypse/

J’accuse-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%27accuse_(1919_film)

Zombies and Society-

https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/three-zombie-movies-something-say-about-human-existence

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/7/22/15985492/night-of-living-dead-movie-week-george-romero-zombies-get-out-jordan-peele

https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1116&context=english_theses

Music- All music is by the Orchestrails https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1116&context=english_theses

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