1. History of Horror 1920s: German Expressionism – Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; Nosferatu; M (’31) 1930s: American Monsters – The Mummy; Frankenstein 1950s: Atomic Mutants – Godzilla; Them! 1960s: Psychological Horrors – Psycho; Onibaba; Rosemary’s Baby 1970s: Indies and Slashers – Night of the Living Dead (‘68); Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Halloween

2. Three From 1960: Film in Transition Psycho (dir. Alfred Hitchcock) – Pushed the boundaries of the Hays code – Hugely successful Breathless (dir. Jean-Luc Godard) – Helped inaugurate the “new wave” movement – Youth and Aesthetic Rebellion The Magnificent Seven (dir. John Sturges) – A remake of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai – Globalization of cinema

3. Peeping Tom: Life and Afterlife 1940s and 50s: – Powell and Pressburger (The Archers) build a reputation Ex. The Red Shoes (1948) 1960: – Powell’s Peeping Tom released to scathing reviews: “The only really satisfactory way to dispose of Peeping Tom would be to shovel it up and flush it swiftly down the nearest sewer. Even then the stench would remain.” 1979: – Martin Scorsese champions a restoration and re-release 1990s: – Criterion Collection Release

4. Peeping Tom: Things to Look For Mise-en-scene: – How does arrangement of space contribute to the suspense and horror? What happens onscreen versus off? – How is color used? Costuming? Light? – How does Mark arrange his subjects? What is the film’s point-of-view, and how does that shape your response? Is the film sadistic? In other words, does it take pleasure in suffering?