Exploiting subconscious, shared fears

Fear is personal, but horror movies reflect society's shared fears and are rooted in culture heritage and anxiety, according to experts.

Among the non-human creatures that kill people mercilessly in horror movies, vampires must are some of the oldest and most common characters.

The 1896 French movie Le Manoir du Diable directed by Georges Melies - released in the US as The Haunted Castle and in the UK as The Devil's Castle - is both the world's first horror and vampire movie.