THE HISTORY OF HORROR SPANS TIME IMEMORIAL!SINCE MAN WAS A ONE CELLED ORGANISM,HE FEARED BEING EATEN BY AN OMINOUS AMEBA!EVEN THERE,WITH NO OTHER SENSES,HORROR WAS WITH US!

   FROM PRIMORDIAL OOZE TO PRIMEVIL SAVAGERY,HORROR HAS STALKED US LIKE A PREDATOR!FEAR OF INJURY AND FEAR OF SICKNESS!HORROR OF DEATH,AND ALWAYS THE EVER PRESENT,FEAR AND HORROR OF BEING EATEN ALIVE!

   AS WE EVOLVED BY FIRE,AND ARMING OURSELVES,FEAR WAS DIMINISHED SOME,BUT HORROR HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITH US!

   AS CIVILIZATION AROSE,FEAR AND HORROR WERE REDUCED TO THE POINT WHERE,NOW THEY HAD TO BE CREATED,BY US!

   FROM STONE AGE,TO STEEL AGE.FROM WAR,TO GODS,TO DRAGONS,TO ORGANIZED RELIGION! MAN HAS WOVEN HIS WEB OF HORROR,DESIGNED TO INSTILL FEAR,AND COMMIT ATROSITY APON THE WEAK!

    NOT THAT ANYTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED SINCE,BUT THEN,ONE DAY CAME A MAN NAMED LON CHANEY,AND THIS COOL NEW THING CALLED A MOVING PICTURE!

   NOW,HORROR AND ATROCITY CAN BE PUT ON FILM!