Horror study

• "Physco" by Alfred Hitchcock has been ranked the number 1 horror film. It was made in 1960.Within Physco, Hitchcock creates tension, investigates state of mind of characters and treatment of women. Hitchcock has been noticeably cruel to women in films. This adds to the "Shock and Horror" element of Hitchcock's films as this is an uncommon aspect within films. 

• "Nosferatu" (1922) directed by Murnau features some interesting techniques to add to the "Horror Element". For example it uses a music score (no diegetic sound) and to add to the tension and visual elements of horror it uses colours, shadow and lighting to good effect. 

"Nosferatu" was an adaptation of Bram Stokers "Dracula" with slight alterations to escape copyright issues.

This links to the increasing popularity of film reworking.

For example, "The Evil Dead" (1981) was a rework of an old Japanese film. 

These 'students of film' re-make foreign aspects and incorporate them into Hollywood. This has been done many times, for example "The Ring" which was originally Japanese.