Christian Metz wrote 'Language and cinema' in 1974 and this explored the development of genre. He said that genre passes through four stages of existance which are the following:
The experiment: The phase of early films which explored and experimented with horror films in its narrative- Nosferatu (1922), The cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919).&usg=__j9s84zvBTVsqyoVIDvL9DqYvYGY=&h=341&w=220&sz=23&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&tbnid=koDd1canHZ-VbM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=77&ei=Tae7Tqz_DMqY8QPA6P3JBw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Ddracula%2B1931%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dvss%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D619%26gbv%3D2%26sout%3D1%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1)
The classic: The phase of films which established the narrative conventions of the horror genre in it's most successful period- Frakenstein (1931), Dracula (1931).
The parody: These are films that have mimicked the horror genre in some way- Carry on screaming (1969), Scary movie (1999).
The deconstruction: Films which have taken the generic elements of the horror genre and amalgamated them into varying sub genres- Se7en (1995), The sixth sense (1999), Blair witch project (1998), Scream (1996).
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