The flick credited as the first ever Horror film was Le manoir du diable (1896), directed by Georges Melies.
Yes. There is
The original Psycho is the best horror film ever. or Halloween, a nightmare on elm street, the Texas chainsaw massacre, or hellraiser. but not Friday the 13th
That's a matter of opinion. I don't think it's "the Best" horror film. If you believe it is, good for you.
The film Shiver was released in Spain in 2008. However, there is no mention that the film was ever released to a global audience. The horror film was reviewed to be one of the best horror films of its time.
The first horror film to be shot in two strip Technicolorwas 'Doctor X' from 1932.
The Devil's Daughter (1939)
Psycho
Horror is a genre onto itself. Thus a Horror film would be part of the Horror genre.
It is beleived that "Le Manoir de Diable" (House of the Devil) was the first horror movie.It was filmed by Georges Melies in France in 1896.There is a slight conflict as to which movie was the first horror film. First, "The Execution of Mary Stuart" was produced by American inventor Thomas Edison in 1895. It was only 18 seconds in length, and it depicted a woman being beheaded. In 1896, Georges Melies made "Le Manoir du diable" (The House of the Devil) which was 1-2 minutes in length and depicted Mephistopheles summoning ghosts and demons.Longer films didn't really appear until the 1900's. The first American horror film of the 20th century is Edison Studios' version of Frankenstein, made in 1910. Though many classify Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame, as a monster and thus as a horror character, I feel his story is more of a tragic romance. If you think Quasimodo is a monster, then the first full-length horror film is Alice Guy's "Esmeralda" (1906), otherwise the first full-length horror film is from Germany, Paul Wegener's "The Golem" (1910).Answers from other Answers contributors:The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) was a famous silent German horror film. It is the best-known and the most influential expressionist film.Nosferatu (1922) is the first best-know film to use dramatic lighting and shadows to make the scenes appear darker and set the mood for the horror scenes.Is believed to be the very first "true horror" movie to be made, the monster being played by Charles Stanton Ogle.
The film that you are speaking of is called "Bereavement".
Peter Cushing played a vampire in a French film called "Tender Dracula". But, it wasn't of a horror genre.
1903, it's called "The Great Train Robbery".