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It then follows Hollywood’s sound-era breakthroughs, spotlighting Universal’s 1931 “Dracula” and “Frankenstein” and their iconic monster performances. 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That was the work of Georges Melies, a French magician who traded his stage tricks for a camera and became one of the first people to put spooky illusions on film. He discovered that if he stopped the camera, moved something, then started filming again, objects could vanish or transform in a blink. His short films were only a few minutes long, yet audiences gasped as if real magic filled the room. Horror movies, it turns out, were born from a magic trick.  \nThat trick of fooling the eye grew into something far more haunting in Germany during  \nthe 1920s. There, filmmakers made movies with no sound at all, so they leaned on shadows, strange anglesand eerie makeup to unsettle their audiences. The most famous of these silent films is \"Nosferatu,\" released in 1922, which introduced a pale, creeping vampire whose shadow crawling up a wall still gives viewers chills a century later. Because the actors could not speak, every twist of a face and stretch of a shadow had to do the storytelling. Can you picture a horror movie without a single scream you can hear? Those early audiences watched exactly that.  \nThose silent shadows soon found their voices when Hollywood learned to record sound. In the 1930s, Universal Studios in California turned monsters into movie stars, releasing \"Dracula\" and \"Frankenstein\" both in 1931. Actors like Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff became famous for playing creatures that were frightening but also strangely sympathetic. Karloff's monster makeup reportedly took hours to apply, with heavy boots and layers that left him exhausted after filming. These films were such hits that the studio kept making them, and monster movies became a genre people lined up to see.  \nOnce the monsters could speak, filmmakers wanted them to look more real than ever. New special effects let creatures move in ways a costume alone never could, and color film slowly replaced the shadowy black and white of earlier decades. By the 1950s and 1960s, audiences saw horror in full color, which made painted blood and glowing eyes far more vivid. Later, computers gave artists tools to build creatures that would be impossible to film in real life. Each new invention changed the genre, giving directors fresh ways to surprise viewers who thought they had seen everything.  \nSeeing everything, of course, has never stopped people from wanting one more scare.  \nWhy would anyone pay to feel frightened on purpose? Scientists who study fear explain that a scary movie triggers your body's alarm system, releasing a rush of adrenaline, while a calmer part of your brain quietly reminds you that you are safe in your seat. That mix of thrill and safety can feel exciting rather than truly terrifying. Sharing the experience with friends, and laughing together when the tension breaks, makes the fear feel more like a rollercoaster than a real threat. In other words, we enjoy being scared because deep down we know nothing can actually get us.  \nThat safe kind of scare has kept horror popular for well over a hundred years. From Melies stopping his camera in Paris to today's computer-built monsters, the goal has stayed the same even as the tools  \ncompletely changed. Modern films use surround sound, digital effects and enormous budgets, yet many directors still borrow tricks from those silent shadows of the 1920s. The next time a movie makes you jump, remember that the very first movie monsters appeared before your great-grandparents were born. And it all started because a magician wondered what would happen if he simply stopped his camera and moved a skeleton.  \nThe History of Horror Films  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What did Georges Melies do before he began making films?\u003Cbr>A. He worked as a theater painter. B. He worked as a music composer.\u003Cbr>C. 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