“Horror Film”: How the Term Came to Be

Abstract

Traces how the term "horror film" came to be in 1930s writing on cinema, particularly around the release of Dracula and Frankenstein (both 1931).

Keywords

• horror film
• horror cinema
• 1930s horror
• horror genre
• horror etymology
• silent horror
• silent cinema
• early cinema
• Dracula (1931 film)
• Frankenstein (1931 film)