Screen Monsters

Screen Monsters

Film monsters have been frightening people for years. People love the shock that films can give them. Film-makers became aware of this fact even in the end of the 19^th century, when the films only began to appear.

“The Devil’s Castle’ was produced by the Frenchman George Melies in 1896. In this three-minute film you see ghosts, skeletons, witches and even the Devil. George Melies was one of the first people in the world who experimented with special effects. People loved that.

When film making became widely spread round the world even more people came to see the screen monsters. And soon the great classic monsters appeared. “The Werewolf” appeared on the screen in 1913. A werewolf is a person who turns into a wolf at the full moon. This was originally an American Indians’ legend. The first ‘Frankenstein” was brought to life in 1910. Dinosaurs were among the favourites, too.

Actors played roles of vampires, werewolves and other monsters, but with dinosaurs it was different. Special effects were made from rubber and they became more and more popular. Monster-making became an art.

Possibly the most famous “rubber” monster of all times is King Kong. This fifteen-meter-tall gorilla appeared on the screen in 1933. ‘King Kong” is still a classic film. The special effects were amazing at that time.

Special effects have improved greatly since then. Modern werewolves change from humans into wolves so realistically that you may even believe that werewolves are real creatures. Or maybe they really are!?

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