In 1931 Universal Pictures released Dracula and Frankenstein, two
films that inaugurated the horror genre in Hollywood cinema. These
films appeared directly on the heels of Hollywood's transition to sound
film. Uncanny Bodies argues
that the coming of sound inspired more in these massively influential
horror movies than screams, creaking doors, and howling wolves. A close
examination of the historical reception of films of the transition
period reveals that sound films could seem to their earliest viewers
unreal and ghostly. By comparing this audience impression to the first
sound horror films, Robert Spadoni makes a case for understanding film
viewing as a force that can powerfully shape both the minutest aspects
of individual films and the broadest sweep of film production trends,
and for seeing aftereffects of the temporary weirdness of sound film
deeply etched in the basic character of one of our most enduring film
genres.
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