Psychological horror

The themes of these stories are some kind of dramatic themes. In the story known as “the yellow wallpaper” uses a theme of psychological horror. In the story john’s treatment backfires going terribly wrong. His ignorance is what makes him no mere cardboard villain within the story. Johns’ unequal relationship with his wife keeps him from understanding her and her problems. After John ended the imprisoning relationship with his insane wife he fainted in shock and went unrecognized by his crazy wife. There was an ugly girl who always walked with a limp and lived in a ramshackle house and she was so alone. She had no friends and has never been married had no husband, no boyfriend, all alone. She never complained about anything including her life.…

Sarah Walters’ gothic novel, “The Little Stranger” is a thrilling psychological horror. Through this bizarre novel, numerous uncanny events happened to the Ares family. Readers are engaged in this journey through the eyes and thoughts of Dr. Faraday. In the end, the Ares family, including their dog, were taken from society. I selected the uncanny scene on page 492, in chapter fourteen. This scene was important to the book as a whole and raised questions about the hundreds ghost and the Ares…

People who live in solitude seldom interact with others, which breed some psychological thought processes that lock out the entire world, leaving one with only a minimal space for daily interaction or none at all in extreme cases. Solitude has inspired a new genre of horror films and videos that are focused on only one place starring individuals pitted against each other or against some supernatural powers with little or no room for escape. Isolation, in medical psychology, is defined as the…

During the construction of the writing piece, Bosch intended the audience to be late teen to young adult since the entire essay uses The Walking Dead as a comparison tool which its own audience is late teen to young adults. Throughout the essay she narrated some parts as first person which allows her to connect more emotionally with the audience and allow her to make claims that sound like facts. Bosch made essay points that were relevant and essay to interpret. One point she made was that the…

Carroll’s argument 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…

“the horror, the horror” (Conrad 69), conclusions about Heart of Darkness would be vastly different. In the event that this had happened, Kurtz’s journey to Africa would have been for nothing because he would not have gained the self-knowledge that is required of that of a mythic hero. The Intended considers being Kurtz’s last thought before his death to be a triumph, displaying the shallowness and ignorance of the women of European civilization’s blissful unawareness. Individuals hold the…

Horror fiction has been a part of pop culture since the 18th century when it presented itself as Gothic horror, but the concept of mythical creatures and monsters is no modern day invention (Mullan para. 3). In fact, stories of horror and mythical creatures date back to the earliest of civilizations, like the Utukku of 2400 BCE Syria and its vampire like tendencies, believed to walk the earth dead but unburied, or the later borrowed Hebrew tale of Lilith, believed to hate the children of Adam…

These psychological effects include; sleeplessness (which can potentially be long-term), residual anxiety, fear (which may result in nightmares,) phobia, mental trauma, and behavioral changes that may even evolve into aggressive or self-dangering behaviors. These effects are prevalent to anyone who watches a horror film, but because children are more impressionable than adults it is much more likely that they will suffer from these side-effects. The insomnia that plagues many watchers of horror…

that was superficially and customarily separate from “us” --the victims, and the audience--the same fear of our fellow man was created. No matter how “other” the tribal peoples were, they were human beings and therefore the horror instilled in viewers was that same horror and introspective confusion created by viewing Funny Games. Like Cannibal Holocaust, Funny Games calls to our attention the human capacity for needless cruelty but it also forces us to examine how we filter and…

Gore and horror are two types of popular genres used in various forms of media and literature. Gore: blood that has been shed, especially as a result of violence. Horror: an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust. Why do people like scary stories? —Because they are entertaining and want to experience feelings of fear and shock by simply reading a book or watching a movie. Critically claimed, classic that has both gore and horror elements was, The Omen. Released by 20th Century Fox in 1976,…