Interesting facts:
• Georges Melies' 1896 short "Le Manoir du Diable" is generally considered the first horror movie. Melies, a former stage magician, went on to pioneer early special effects in film.
• Over 160 actors have played Count Dracula in the movies, more than any other horror character. The most famous was Bela Lugosi, but others include Christopher Lee, Frank Langella, Gary Oldman, Jack Palance, Gerard Butler and George Hamilton.
• "The Silence of the Lambs" is the only horror movie to win a Best Picture Oscar. It also provided two of the four performers--Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster--ever to win Best Actor/Best Actress Oscars for a horror movie.