Fantastic film

Japanese: 怪奇映画 - かいきえいが（英語表記）fantastic film

A general term for films that deal with various supernatural phenomena. According to Michel Laclos' classification, it includes films that deal with ghosts, zombies (walking corpses), vampires, werewolves, sirene (mermaids), God and the Devil, heaven and hell, the invisible man, mediums, resurrection, souls that inhabit other bodies after death, split personalities, clairvoyance, hallucinations, sleepwalking, and golems (clay figures brought to life).
[The origins of horror movies]
The oldest theme of horror films was born from two literary works, "Frankenstein" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," both of which were made into films in 1908. However, in terms of film history, the conventional wisdom is that the origins of horror films can be traced back to "German Expressionist films" (Expressionism), which began shortly after World War I.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

さまざまな超自然現象を扱った映画の総称。ミシェル･ラクロの分類によれば，幽霊，ゾンビ(歩く死骸)，吸血鬼，狼男，シレーヌ(人魚)，神と悪魔，天国と地獄，透明人間，霊媒，復活，死後に他の肉体に宿る魂，二重人格，透視力，幻覚，夢遊状態，ゴーレム(生命を吹きこまれた土人形)等々を扱った映画が含まれる。
［怪奇映画の源流］
　怪奇映画のもっとも古いテーマは，《フランケンシュタイン》と《ジキル博士とハイド氏》の二つの文芸作品から生まれ，いずれも1908年に映画化されているが，映画史的には，怪奇映画の源流は，第1次世界大戦直後に始まる〈ドイツ表現主義映画〉(表現主義)に発するというのが定説である。

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