This October, I’m going to be doing something a little bit different with my contribution to 4 Shots From 4 Films. I’m going to be taking a little chronological tour of the history of horror cinema, moving from decade to decade.
Today, we start with the 1890s and the birth of horror cinema.
4 Shots From 4 Horror Films
The Execution of Mary Stuart (1895, dir by Alfred Clark)
The House of the Devil (1896, dir by Georges Méliès)
The Haunted Castle (1897, dir by George Albert Smith)
The X-Rays (1897, dir by George Albert Smith)
Through the Shattered Lens 