A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss is a Documentary programme.

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A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss: Frankenstein Goes to Hollywood

Series 1, episode 1

Series in which Mark Gatiss celebrates the greatest achievements of horror cinema. He begins by exploring the golden age of Hollywood horror, from the late 1920s until the 1940s, the era of Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. Mark explains just how daring and pioneering these films were, and traces how horror pictures evolved during this period, from camp and subversive to dark and perverse, before a final flourish with the psychological horror of RKO Pictures' films.