How much has horror as a genre developed over time?

Item 1

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/what-scares-me-most-losing-my-ability-to-write-stephen-king-tells-all-30525363.html

In this article Stephen King talks about his career, he is one of the most known and most sucesfull horror writers, he has sold in excess of 300 million books since his debut novel, Carrie, published in 1974. Stephen King is also talking about how its becoming difficult to come up with new ideas.

Item 2

http://writingonthecitadel.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/the-development-of-horror-fiction-does-it-reflect-a-change-in-society/

This article talks about how Horror affects society, this is relevant because it states how horror has changed over the time and how the genre developed, and how society changed and evolved to the genre.

Item 3

http://www.ocala.com/article/20081031/ARTICLES/810311002

This article talks about how much horror movies evolved over the years. It talks about ancient tradition of horror movies which includes mythical creatures such as werewolves, demons and monsters being passed around in different films. A few of the first full-length silent films, like "The Golem" of 1915, are based on traditional horror tales.

Item 4 

http://www.markedbyteachers.com/as-and-a-level/media-studies/why-horror-genre-has-changed-over-the-time.html
This article talks about WHY the horror genre has changed over the time. It also states that horror films are being re-made from older films and making a more updated version of the film and its told in a different way.

Item 5:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/07/why-stephen-king-spends-months-and-even-years-writing-opening-sentences/278043/
This webpage talks about how Stephen King writes his novels and why it takes him months and years to write his opening sentences. This shows that Stephen King puts a lot of thought into his novels and that's why they are so meaningful.

Item 6:
http://www.vulture.com/2012/04/ranking-all-62-stephen-king-books.html
From here we can find out Stephen King's best selling books and it talk about why each book was a great success, and we can get in-depth explanation of each novel/book and how and why they were such a big success.


Item 7:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/14/stephenking.fiction
This is an interview with Stephen King of him talking about one of his best selling books and explains how it was to write the book.

Item 8:
http://thoughtcatalog.com/nico-lang/2013/10/13-modern-horror-movies-that-give-the-genre-a-good-name/
This is an article talking about 13 modern horror films that has good horror conventions.


Item 9:
http://www.ssninsider.com/inside-the-horror-genres-shifting-trends-consistent-bankability/
The article by Neil Turitz talks about conventions and trends of the horror genre and how much it has changed over the years.


Item 10:
http://twitchfilm.com/2014/03/sxsw-2014-interview-texas-chainsaw-massacre-director-tobe-hooper-talks-his-legacy-of-unspeakable-hor.html
In this article Tobe Hooper talks about his legacy of unspeakable horror. He talks about where he started and how he got where he is now.


Item 11:
Screen international (2010) n1728 October 2010
Article on the box office performance of the horror genre, which typically provides solid returns for a relatively low budget.


Item 12:
Science Fiction Film and Television (2013) v6 n2 Summer 2013 page 153-175
Discusses the sub-genre of horror and science fiction cinema which purports to include footage of actual events, including titles such as 'The Blair Witch Project' (1999) 'Paranormal Activity (2009)', 'Trolljegeren (2010)', and 'REC (2007)'.


Item 13:
Fangoria (1995) Fangoria n141 April 1995, pages 12-18, 85
Interview with Mara Corday about horror films in the 1950s.

Item 14:
http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/a-brief-history-of-horror/
Article talking about the history of Horror.


Item 15:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNReoA8BV_Y
A Youtube clip of a horror movie from 1897.