Horror novels

Building Tension in The Shining by Tyler Johnson Chesapeake College The Shining (1980) is a horror-drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. Based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, The Shining is about a family who takes residence in a secluded hotel for the winter during its off season. The hotel is home to evil spirits that manipulate the father, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), into a violent state. His psychic son (Danny Lloyd)…

they were printed on low quality paper, sold cheaply (dime magazines), and in locations like drug stores and train stations. B. Psychoanalytic critics were particularly interested in the horror genre for its uncanny characteristics. The story deals in the realm of the id and ego battling it out. Past horrors are dealt with through the ego defence mechanism, with a lot dealing with repressed sexual tendencies. People love them because it is always more fun to read about someone who is mentally…

Horror, mystery, and masterful storytelling all put into one author. Stephen King is a classic American author, who wrote the famous book and movie, The Green Mile. From wanting to start off as a school teacher to ending up being one of the America’s best selling authors, Stephen King wrote one of the most interesting horror books of all time. In The Green Mile, Stephen King, like most of his books, added mystery and suspense. Mysticism is when people use explainable things that are deemed to be…

Watching a horror movie, nothing makes it more scary than seeing the words “Based off of a true story” right before the film begins. The film all of a sudden becomes terrifying from those six small words. Similarly, this still rings true when opening a book about a meth addicted 16 year old girl. The plot piques most people’s interest, but the knowledge of the truthfulness behind it is what makes them fully aware of the story. The realization that this could happen to a neighbor, a friend, or…

discomforting, The Exorcist thrived at the box office, becoming one of the top grossing films in that decade. It would go on to receive the first Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for a film in the horror genre. As a result of the film’s critical and commercial success, it influenced a new sub-genre of horror, consequently, spurning a few imitators (Olney 561). Overall, The Exorcist demonstrates how people come to grips with their values and beliefs. The opening sequence of the film sets…

can see horror in a few ways, but a short story is one of the best. Everyone know that Stephen King is one of the best authors of horror short stories and novels. Students who have not read his shorts stories have seen movies based on them. Because of his popularity with young people, assigning a Stephen King short story to a class and make an essay about it attract the most unwilling readers. Students will read and like his work. His frequently strong language or the grossness of the horror in…

From their dead eyes to their rotting bodies, the image of the zombie has become an icon in today’s society. Surpassing other horror characters, zombies over the years have become prevalent across a multitude of medias and genres. Although these brain-eating creatures are a work of fiction, author Chuck Klosterman argues that the life of the zombie apocalypse does not stray as far away from today’s society as some would think. Through his essay, My Zombie, Myself, Klosterman discusses the…

Ringu is a 1998 Japanese horror film directed by Hideo Nakata and adapted from Koji Suzuki’s novel of the same name. It follows a TV reporter, who attempts to solve a string of strange murders, whose cause is believed to be a cursed video tape. The movie opens with two teenagers talking about a videotape that kills anyone who watches it within seven days. It is also revealed that one of the girls, Tomoko, has seen it and she dies very soon after the conversation. Her aunt Reiko, a TV reporter…

It kind of adds to the eeriness of the who thing. So, I would say that worked as well as the audience in this read as well. The audience helps us to maintain the act of entertainment, when you read horror this can be forgotten from time to time. You forgot that your listening to this dark scary thing sometimes, while your trying to take in all the information about the cast of characters, there plot lines and also how it all is connected, almost like…

"The Black Cat" is a short horror story, written by Edgar Allan Poe. In this story, a narrator is in prison waiting for his punisment, as like hanging. The narrator, who is the main character ,tells us about the story of his own’s life that has gone bad… As a little child, he is decribed as a mild and kind boy who loves all kinds of animals. His favorite thing to do is taking care of his pets and spendig lots of time with them . His favorite animal is a dog. He gets married in his early…