Horror fiction

of the J-horror genre both in Japan and in other countries. Kaiki films can be considered as the main inspiration behind the present-day Japanese horror films and could even be considered as the impetus behind the continued development of this niche industry. However, despite their connection to the J-horror genre, it cannot be stated that Kaiki movies can be categorized as horror movies under the context of English language horror films. While they do contain aspects related to horror, such as…

Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The Pit and the Pendulum” focuses on the abysmal terror and numerous horrors that a person experiences when undergoing physical and psychological torture. Anxiety is immediately revealed at the precise opening of “The Pit and the Pendulum” through the first time the narrator speaks, stating the “I was sick—sick unto death with that long agony” (Poe 1). This statement abruptly establishes a clear feeling of anxiety and terror of the narrator which suggests that…

show how horror film are a payback for people’s failure towards feeling responsible for social, economic, political, and ecological horrors that they themselves inflict on other people, and the world around them. This offers a unique way to analyze the audience of horror films, and understand how horror film elicit guilt by dividing alignment from allegiance or, visual ‘identity’ of people from their moral ‘identification’. The author does present the alternate view regarding how and why horror…

Most of color harmonies consist of combination of two or more colours within a specific relationship on the color wheel where one of them is dominant. For example in horror films if we use orange and teal, blue will be the dominant because we want to show more of the cold side and because we want it to look scary. Sometimes a red colour is shown to represent blood, while a blue represents an effect that makes the audience calm. To achieve orange and teal orange is pushed to highlights and…

In Loving Memory of Philip K. Dick SOMA is a sci-fi Horror experience developed by Frictional Games. They are the developers responsible for creating Amnesia: The Dark Descent and the Penumbra series. I don’t typically play games that are in the Horror genre, and this is the first game I’ve played by this particular developer. Now sci-fi games, that’s completely different. I can deal with a little bit of horror in that case. At first, I thought I was stepping into a space station. It was a very…

We all have something deep inside of us, that makes us crave horror. Is it true, or is it just a myth that people choose to believe in? In the article that Stephen King had wrote, “Strawberry Spring” he says that the it is apart of the “Human Condition” to have a dark. Stephen King also rightly claims that humans crave horror to face our fears and show that we are not afraid, also to re-establish our emotions or normalcy, and to experience this peculiar sort of fun episode. In order for humans…

the horror genre. From slasher flicks to supernatural beings, from masked men to grisly monsters, people enjoy being scared. Among the directors that crafted these horror movies was a man who aimed to break the mold of existing horror stereotypes and create new, innovative types horror. This man?s name was Wes Craven. Wes Craven was born into a strict Baptist family in Cleveland, Ohio and was settled into academics growing up and while this doesn?t seem to fit the bill for a master of horror,…

For as long as people have communicated, they’ve written and listened to horror stories. Whether it’s the old Mexican folktale of “La Llorona,” or even Stephen King’s “IT,” horrifying stories have been one of the most successful genres of all time. Why? The characters within these works often transform into better people by the end of the story, grasping the need for change in all those who watch it. Characters often face horror throughout their development in a narrative. These experiences…

It seems from Sittenfled's writing that she chose to use some of her ideas for longer works in a flash fiction format because she knew she wouldn't likely ever write them. Two of her ideas were those are had in mind for over 10 years (Sittenfled’s 2012). Rather than simply keeping those ideas locked up for decades, she chose to write them as short pieces for the One-Page Magazine. While reading Sittenfled's pieces, I found myself thinking that I couldn’t write like that. On my second read…

film itself is a work of fiction. However, research by Picart and Greek's (2003) would suggest that it goes beyond a suspended view. They use the terms 'reel' and 'real' to explain how film has the potential to entangled with reality.…