horror film

In the 1950s, some amateur filmmakers found a way to market themselves: the horror film. Scaring the audience was an easy way to make a buck. Many filmmakers were criticized for devoting little or no effort to crafting a good story, but their audience didn't seem to mind. People were satisfied with being scared. Using imaginative monsters and visual innovations, such as 3-D glasses, allowed filmmakers to create careers for themselves. In the 1990s, however, with horror films losing popularity, filmmakers needed to look for other ways of capturing an audience. They found it necessary to develop more sophisticated story lines and to have larger budgets to avoid losing money at the box office. Thanks to better story lines and more funds, horror filmmakers today have no trouble finding an audience.