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From Edison's Frankenstein to The Golem to Son of Frankenstein, with Caligari and Nosferatu in between, this is your home for Horror movies from cinema's earliest decades, 1900-1939!

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Horror Movies 1940s-1950s

Want to discuss the groundbreaking work of Val Lewton or zero in on Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Discuss films from 1940-1959 here!

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The friction of the sixties gave way to groundbreaking Horror like Psycho while giving us a trove of Hammer Classics, leading towards Night of the Living Dead. This in turn led us into the 70s, where filmmaking auteurs got really serious with the likes of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Last House on the Left. Discuss movies from 1960-1979 here!

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Horror Movies 1980s-1990s

The 80s built off of the transgressiveness of 70s, while ushering in a new wave of slasher films that would ultimately give way to the meta-slashers of the 90s, with lots of interesting stuff in between. Discuss Horror movies from1980-1999 here!

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Horror Movies 2000s

As old franchises fell to the wayside, new voices in Horror emerged...and then a lot of these franchises started to come back! All the while, Horror remained as dynamic and vital as it has always been. Discuss movies from 2000-2009 here!

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Horror Movies 2010s

The second decade of the 2000s saw old franchises like Halloween continue to thrive and genre-defining new Horrors from Jordan Peele as new voices and old continued to push Horror and unlock its potential. Discuss Horror movies released between 2010-2019.

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Horror Movies 2020-the Present

With well over a hundred years of frights, commentary, and exploring our darker impulses, Horror continues to confront us with truth, discord, and innovation, especially as more and more diverse creators demand their seat at the Sawyers dinner table. Discuss Horror movies from 2020-the present here!

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Franchise Horror

Horror walks a crazy tightrope between originality and familiarity, and both of those things are on regular display in beloved franchises. Discuss your favorite franchises here, whether in Universal Films' Classic Monsters, A Nightmare on Elm Street and the eternal struggle between Jason and Freddy, or Haddonfield where death comes with inquisitive head tilts.

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Horror People

Part of what makes Horror great is that it is a grassroots community, founded on the familiarity and accessibility of the people who make it. Discuss your favorite Horror movie people here, whether you love Bruce Campbell crashing through the trees, James Whale directing clever Queer-coded movies before the advent of Hays Code, Millicent Patrick designing the iconic Creature From the Black Lagoon, or Jordan Peele's revolution of the Horror genre. Actors, Directors, Make-Up Artists, Composers, if they're involved in making Horror movies, talk about them here!