Horror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people weren't really interested in seeing horror movies, because they had the real horror right on their front doorsteps.
“In the end of five years I made supplication to the king to go out of this land, desiring to see my poor wife and children according to conscience and nature.”
“Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.”