Horror fiction

When analysing Hitchcock’s Psycho, it is clear why it has been labelled as a horror. Although Norman Bates is not a monster in the physical form, his monster-like nature is within his human psyche. There are many reasons for this film to be regarded as a “horror”, the imagery of the old dark house is typical of “horror”, being set in an isolated place, off the beaten track presents a clearly gothic setting where as little as the appearance of a single woman unleashes forces of sexual assault,…

Furthermore, is the sound that one habitually senses when the pulse is racing uncontrollable, whether the situation is being dealt with fear, nervousness, etc. When a person is broadly watching or reading a horror movie/story, the person’s awareness level is thrilled with wanting us to perceive what will arise later. Authors build a progressive amount of suspense to conduct the reader’s interest. Suspense is a feeling of tension and expectation. Author’s employs anxiety to manufacture reader’s…

Gothic literature is meant to combine plot points of horror, death, and romance in a thrilling story, or tale. The history of children 's gothic literature goes just as far back as storytelling goes, and is marked by both classic gothic and gothic children 's literature characteristics. Classic gothic literature involves : romance, good versus evil, heroes and damsels; whereas today children’s gothic involves high tech computers, texting, the blurring line of good and evil, school grounds. But…

of art-horror qualifies Gilman’s story by causing a horrified feeling in the audience. Gilman creates this feeling through the story’s setting. In the story, “The Nature of Horror”, Carroll explains that the human experience of art-horror is reliant on two necessary conditions: disgust feeling, and monsters tied with the sense of being threatened. Carroll states, “We shall presume that this is an emotional state whole emotion we call art-horror” (Carroll 52). According to Carroll art-horror is…

Rosemary’s Baby produced by Roman Polanski was a sensational phenomenon horror film that depicts demonic and satanic acts through the world during the 1960’s. This movie opened discussion on the topic of religious concepts and gave a psychological thrill to its viewer. In Rosemary’s Baby, Roman Polanski demonstrates multiple literary devices in this film but the two that are most prominent were symbolism and conflict of human vs self. Throughout the film, Rosemary’s husband “Guy” is viewed as a…

Many horror stories contain monsters, psychopaths, and other irrational beings that would scare the reader if they were confronted by them. But, “The Black Cat”, “The Yellow-Wallpaper”, and “The Masque of the Red Death”, are different. These stories are about the horrors within one's own mind, as most of the terror from the stories come from the protagonist’s thoughts and resulting actions. These short stories all are early examples of the psychological thriller genre. The fright the reader…

“The Bride” Director: Svyatoslav Podgayevsky Genre: Horror/Mystery/Thriller Screenplay: Svyatoslav Podgayevsky Producers: Vladislav Severtsev, Dmitry Litvinov, Zaur Bolotayev Starring: Victoria Agalakova, Vyacheslav Chepurchenko, Alexandra Rebenok, Igor Khripunov, Lada Churovskaya and Victor Solovyov. Synopsis: The new Russian horror movie “The Bride” from the director of “Estate 18” and “The Queen of Spades: The Black Ritual” unravels the terrible traditions and rituals that used to…

The Horror Genre has many dynamic components to make it what it is.The three works I am using are The Nightmare before Christmas, The cinderella story, and High Beams. These 3 pieces of work use archetypes, setting and mood to achieve the horror genre and draw the reader into the story or movie.The horror genre is best represented by a spooky setting that helps set up the story. Most of the time a horror passage will have some type of archetype that is in danger or trouble. Then they will have…

6). And in the back end of this brilliant presentation is the subversion and the creativity that has driven the iconic Alfred Hitchcock. The shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous “Psycho” successfully combines a setup, on-screen graphic horror and unexpecting outcome into one of the most powerful and unconventional cinematic sequence in its era,…

Literary Techniques and the Horror of The Turn of the Screw One purpose of Henry James’ gothic novella The Turn of the Screw is to instill fear in the reader. There are several features of this work that make the story horror inducing; first, James’ deals with the idea of the corruption of innocence of children. In the story’s opening chapter, the observation is made that the corruption of a child in a ghost story “adds a particular touch” (James 115). Fear is also associated with the…