Horror novels

The horror genre is a severely underrated and neglected literary zone that not many writers choose to call home. Stephen King is an author who dares to face the odds, writing about what he truly enjoys, which has paid off for him in the end. If you have read any amount of King’s books, you can see a similarity in both tone and style. With over fifty works under his belt, including books, movie adaptations, and short stories, King has worked his way to the top, becoming one of his generation’s…

creates a monster by reanimating a dead body. As he says in the story, “Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?” (Shelley, chapter 4). This goes with another interconnected motif in the story, which is “Science Fiction”. Once Victor created this “monster” it brought its conflicts and horrors. He ends up feeling guilty for bringing a new life into the world with no provisions…

Due to the fact that Halloween was around the corner, I decided it’d be a wise idea to dip my toes into the young-adult horror genre. And, although this may not have been the greatest, Nightfall wasn’t a completely disappointing start. Firstly, the initial premise caught my attention straight away, I found it hard to envisage a world in which the day/night cycle is more than 24 hours, a world where people had to abandon their homes, and move across an ocean just due to it being nighttime. I…

Despite it is not our opinion of horror that makes us jump out of our chairs, Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein and modern horror are alike in many ways. Her novel reveals different elements of horror, and it does not just makes us think, but it instills in us, sending chills down our spin. The horror story is just a popular today as it was in Shelley's early nineteenth century England. This was a time period of tremendous change. Gothic horror and Realism writing style were at its…

At this scene in the novel, Henry has led Dorian out to the gardens surrounding Basil’s studio. While Basil perfects Dorian’s portrait inside, Henry describes the horrors of aging and the importance of savoring one’s youth. Throughout the conversation, Henry’s use of imagery and ethical appeals transform Dorian immediately from the humble and pure gentleman Basil adored to a fop whose balance of genius and reason is outweighed by his obsession for aesthetics. Henry contrasts symbols of beauty,…

early as the 1790s, then, Ann Radcliffe firmly set the Gothic in one of the ways it would go ever after: a novel in which the central figure is young woman who is simultaneously persecuted victim and courageous heroine. But what are we to make the next major turning of the Gothic tradition that a women brought about a generation later? Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, in 1818, made over the Gothic novel into what today we call science fiction. Frankenstein brought a new sophistication to literary…

Stephen King, a world renowned author who has written over 100 novels focusing on horror and occult themes. Graduating with a degree in English, not only is Stephen King renowned for his horror novels, but also for his teachings in Hampden, Maine. Although Stephen King is a famous horror author, the real horror lies in his text; where Stephen King fails to uphold proper Scholarly writing. For example, in King's essay My Creature from the Black Lagoon he fails to introduce his thesis. King opens…

Harry Hooks interpretation of the beloved novel Lord of the Flies, is not what viewers would expect after reading the famous novel created by William Golding, the film appears to be anticlimactic. The book sets the storyline after a tragedy of a plane crash sending many boys to inhabit a small island, the boys have to fight for survival, liberty and above all Hope. This not easy as the book so openly expresses. After one has read the novel, they go to watch the movie unexpectedly finding out…

The True Horror The portrayal of the town Kabul in The Kite Runner is a very good look at how the Taliban is shown throughout the story. The Taliban patrols the town constantly leaving everyone watching their back and not feeling safe. The life of Kabul is dead, as are the people and the colors have faded. This shows that the town is not how it should be and is showing the destruction of the Taliban. The horror of the Taliban is shown in chapter 22 when Amir goes to the house where he tries…

The well-known American Horror Novelist, Stephen King, has written many novels and short stories over the last six decades. He has sold over three hundred million copies of his novels and many movies have been made from them. Today, King is one of the most popular science fiction writers known and continues to write daily. He has made millions of dollars for his suspenseful, gruesome, and twisted work. In doing so, this has opened additional doors for King. He has also written several…