horror histories and such

Question 1

roots of horror: what were some

Answer 1

gothic roots, romanticism, mythology, you could even argue cave paintings

Question 2

weimar era of cinema was when

Answer 2

1919-1923

Question 3

what happened in the Weimar Republic

Answer 3

economic crisis, hyperinflation, political extremism. Germany’s first attempt at democracy.

Question 4

the role of film in nazi cultural policy

Answer 4

gleichshaltung and the total control of culture with films central to this propaganda

Question 5

what were films in nazism meant to do/be

Answer 5

meant to be unpolitical and made to entertain

Question 6

underlying themes in nazi film

Answer 6

need for sacrifice, death noble, idealize nazism, beautiful, healthy, communal, happy

Question 7

1930s film genre

Answer 7

German expressionism revival in Hollywood horror

Question 8

when was the golden age of Hollywood horror

Answer 8

1931

Question 9

horror in 1920s

Answer 9

horor is born! expressionism! phantasmagoria

Question 10

1930s and 40s horror

Answer 10

decline under nazism but golden age Hollywood era

Question 11

1940s horror

Answer 11

still not much in Germany