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Wrong! The earliest horror films didn't even have sound, and one of the very first ones lasted only about three minutes. Back in 1896, a French magician named Georges Melies made a short called \"The Haunted Castle,\" where a bat flapped across the screen and turned into a devil before your eyes. Audiences had never seen anything like it, and the trick was simple: he stopped the camera, swapped one object for another, then started filming again.  \nThat vanishing-and-reappearing trick opened the door to a whole world of shadowy  \nstories on film. In Germany during the 1920s, filmmakers took horror somewhere new with movies that were still silent but dripping with mood. The most famous is \"Nosferatu,\" made in 1922, starring a pale, rattoothed vampire who crept through crooked hallways lit by flickering candles. Because there was no talking, the actors used wide eyes, twisted hands, and slow, creeping movements to make your skin prickle. Musicians even sat below the screen and played live piano or organ to match every eerie moment.  \nThose creeping vampires soon had plenty of company once American studios spotted a chance to sell tickets. In the 1930s, a company called Universal Pictures rolled out a parade of monster movies, including\"Dracula\" and \"Frankenstein,\" both released in 1931. These films had sound now, so audiences could hear creaking doors, howling wind, and spooky music swell at just the right second. Actors like Boris Karloff became famous for playing the monsters, spending hours in a makeup chair before the cameras rolled. The studio made so many of these hits that people started calling them the Universal Monsters, a family of creatures that still shows up on lunchboxes and costumes today.  \nSound was only the beginning of the tricks that would keep changing what a scary movie could do. When color film arrived, blood-red skies and green potions leaped off the screen, and later, special effects let creatures move in ways no makeup could fake. Directors learned that what you don't quite see is often scarier than what you do, so they used shadows, fog, and sudden silence to fill your imagination. By the time computers joined the crew, monsters could tower over cities or slither through walls without a single rubber suit. Yet many filmmakers still borrow those old silent-movie tricks, proving a goodscare doesn't need a big budget.  \nHere's the strange part: people line up on purpose to be frightened, and scientists think they know why. When you watch something scary from a comfy seat, your body floods with adrenaline as if you're in danger, but your brain knows you're perfectly safe. That mix of thrill and safety is a bit like riding a roller coaster with your eyes wide open. It's the same reason a haunted house at Halloween makes you scream and then laugh a second later. So the next time a black-and-white bat flaps across an old film, remember it started a chain of chills that has thrilled audiences for more than a hundred years.  \nThe History of Horror Films  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is the central idea that ties this passage together?\u003Cbr>A. Horror films have changed and improved over time while keeping their power to thrill viewers.\u003Cbr>B. Movie studios lost money whenever they tried to make scary films.\u003Cbr>C. Horror movies became popular only after computers could create monsters.\u003Cbr>D. Silent films from Germany were scarier than any movie made afterward. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) Which detail best supports the idea that Universal Monsters remain popular today?\u003Cbr>A. Musicians played live piano beneath the movie screen.\u003Cbr>B. The films \"Dracula\" and \"Frankenstein\" were released in 1931.\u003Cbr>C. 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