One genre that has always led the path with independent films is the horror film. Many filmmakers have strayed away from the major studios right from the early days in the fifties, and the films from these mavericks and others, are some of the many horror movies online today. It does not matter whether you are looking for the huge scary blockbusters, or the films so obscure you cannot find them in the video store, the internet is now the best way to find just about any scary title.

Some of the first films ever made were horrors. Vampire films like the original Nosferatu are over a century old now, and this title and many other classics have become part of the public domain. There were many silent movie classic horrors, but when sound came to cinema, things changed, starting with the scream.

While there were the occasional scary movies in the thirties and forties, it was during the 1950’s that they really took, with many studios popping up making horror films only. During this time there many film legends like Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price and Peter Cushing who became famous in tales of the monsters and creatures like Frankenstein, the Wolfman and Dracula.

The Fifties and Sixties saw thousands of B-movie titles released. It was a time in America that people flocked to the Drive-In and the most popular genres were science fiction and horror. The internet has become an archive for these B-movie classics and a quick search will lead you to them.

In the Sixties it was the turn of many top directors to lead the genre. If you watch any of Alfred Hitchcock’s horror movies online like Psycho or The Birds, you will see the work of a true master of the craft at work, and they normally won many awards. But it was also the decade that introduced George Romero to the world. Night Of The Living Dead, released in 1968, would influence an entire generation of filmmakers and fans alike.

Today zombies are big business. There have been major studio re-makes, video games, and even home-video fan versions. Fans loved them so much, that many of these home-videos are actually pretty good, and has even led to professional careers for many of the make-up artists, special effects artists and directors who made them.

In the Seventies scary movies began to dominate all the markets, whether they were award-winning studio films like Jaws and The Exorcist, or independent gore films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

This period also led to a number of very successful franchises, including Friday the Thirteenth, Halloween and the Nightmare on Elm Street. This became the normal trend with successful horrors, while more recently these titles have also been re-made for a new audience.

The past two decades has seen scary productions come from all corners of the world, with many of the best coming from Asia, and Japan specifically. The web has brought all these productions one step closer, so if you are looking for a fright, get searching now.