Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror
Blumhouse’s Compendium of Horror revisits iconic cinematic horror moments from the 1930s to today. The series reflects how quintessential horror films have revealed and reflected the real-life scares of the world.
- 2022-2022
- 1 season
- Documentary, Horror
- TV-MA
Blumhouse’s Compendium of Horror revisits iconic cinematic horror moments from the 1930s to today. The series reflects how quintessential horror films have revealed and reflected the real-life scares of the world.
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
American Monsters
Sun, Oct 2, 2022
The horror film genre evolves from the German silent classics of the 1920s to America's Universal monster movies of the 1930s, like Dracula and Frankenstein, before declining in the 1940s.
Episode 2
Atomic Nightmares
Sun, Oct 9, 2022
Post-WW2 fear of apocalyptic nuclear destruction stirs a new era of horror films in the 1950s, based around the science fiction of atomic mutations and alien invasions. Then Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho changed it all.
Episode 3
Unholy Dreams
Sun, Oct 16, 2022
Horror films reflect the frightening, rapidly changing times of the 1960s and 1970s, epitomized by George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead and continued by Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist and Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Episode 4
Relentless Evil
Sun, Oct 23, 2022
In the 1980's, 24hr cable news was dominated by the threat of new modern terrors. Moviegoers embraced iconic slashers like Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees; vampire films saw a resurgence.
Episode 5
A New Horror
Sun, Oct 30, 2022
The emergence of cellphones and new technology in the 2000's exposes Americans to new and perpetual terrors; horror filmmakers adapt, and seminal films like "The Blair Witch Project" open new doors; Blumhouse reinvents the genre with new nightmares.