Horror Story Essay

Throughout Poe’s stories he relentlessly creates an intriguing atmosphere of fear and horror through the symbolic use of details, an evil narrator, and the proficient ability to draw the reader in to the point where they could fall into the paper. Poe’s readers are drawn into the story on account of his use of the reader’s feelings for the victims and an engaging storyline to vividly paint a portrait of the narrator’s thoughts. Poe’s stories contain numerous bold details that retain the…

INFAMY presents with an original voice. It’s an engaging horror-thriller tale that is simply un-nerving. The lured tale is driven by solid themes about obsession and the need to be someone. The story utilizes some of the techniques that make for a successful horror tale: there are limited settings and a contained setting is used in the climax; there’s a sense of staking and a constant threat of harm; there’s solid suspense that intensifies; there are gruesome images, and deadly attacks. The…

Senior classes were given the assignment to write a horror story and allowed no restriction. As soon as I heard of this assignment I thought, “Yes! Finally my chance to show people how gory and gruesome of things I can imagine!” I told my youth minister of this assignment and the next thing he said was, “That sounds ungodly”. I started thinking and realized how ungodly it really was. Then, he told me, “You should write about the rapture and the people that will be left behind, now that’s…

century author and “Father of Horror” has a very unique and distinctive writing style, which he demonstrates through a variety of gothic elements, themes, and outcomes. When comparing “The Pit and the Pendulum” to other Poe stories such as “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Black Cat”, it is easy to see why he is revered as “The Father of Horror.” But what makes his writing so extraordinary is that he uses attributes that are very specific to only Edgar Allan Poe’s horror stories. One main…

It’s real! You can make so much more money in non-fiction nowadays, you know. The possibilities for dystopian horror stories to come true are all around the world, every day! Except instead of air, it’s water that is a scarcity; and instead of you it’s one of the million or more other people around the world who dies because they can’t pay for a natural resource. Like…

This is reality. Wake up brother, wake up! Everyone has their time to die and this time it was Bob’s.” To Tyrone’s sudden horror and sadness he realized, Bob has passed away too young. It was too shocking to be true. Therefore the investigation has begun. “Schreck, crouch. Schreck, crouch.” The RCMP wrote down information about the crime scene. Three days later the police…

Truthfully Shin has nothing to hide; it seemed to be a common occurence when he stumbled into a bar after a stressful day. There was always someone he sat next to, always someone who tried to read into him and figure him out before he's even opened his mouth to utter a syllable. It boiled down to Shin being a complete mystery; that of which was not human, though nobody ever made heads or tales of that. "No. I'm a when the need arises drinker, but typically I deal with my stress through dance…

memory, American Horror Story is built on its ability to one-up itself on a weekly basis” (Bishop 1). American Horror Story is a television series that has been on air for five years and was just recently renewed for a sixth season. In the five years of American Horror Story it has only continued to impress their audience. With every new season the ratings just continue to rise. Each season has jumped around five percent in ratings. So far in this season, which is American Horror Story: Hotel,…

I finally got around to watching the fifth season of American Horror Story. I was excited to see what they would be coming up with, seeing as this time it would take place in a hotel, possibilities galore, and with the little bits they released I was getting interested. When the show started I eagerly awaited what fate was in store for the first two victims, I mean women, yet as the show unfolded within the first five minutes, I found myself becoming disappointed with it. I stopped watching…

THE FATE OF DESTINY is a supernatural, sci-fi horror tale. The main hook about a group of teens finding a mysterious box and then discovering that they have special powers because of the box has merit. The story is driven by themes about fate and destiny. The audience is easily pulled into the mystery of the box. Unfortunately, while the idea is good, the story doesn’t fully deliver the promise of the premise. The script would benefit from further development. The main concern about the…