Stephen King

R.L. Stine One of the greatest author during the 90s, R.L. Stine, wrote books that became one of the best selling books. Because of his great success, he was often compared to Stephen King in horror books because of the horror books they made and was also considered one of the greatest authors in the world. Stine had made over 400 million copies of his books worldwide, He even had some of his books translated into different languages. His accomplishment made him a very well known author. From…

Do you remember the little kid from The Shining? Have you wondered how he’d be like as an adult after surviving a scary hotel that drove his drunken father insane? Stephen King has now told us what happens to Danny Torrance, and he’s just as screwed up from the experience as you’d expect him to be. Because of Dan’s past, his father’s life of alcoholism keep Dan drifting for years. Due to an AA community, he has been sober, and Dan’s gift can present itself more clearly. He meets a young girl…

wear makeup. Also dress up, of course. They acted like fools. They were also known as funny slaves. Joseph Grimaldi created the first circus clown. Also a comedian and dancer. They poke fun at the audience. Pennywise was a famous clown created by stephen king. Pennywise eats children in the movie and the book. Pennywise is also known as it, has many powers such as shapeshifting, summoning illusions, becoming temporarily invisible, regenerating itself, controlling minds, communicating through…

For as long as people have communicated, they’ve written and listened to horror stories. Whether it’s the old Mexican folktale of “La Llorona,” or even Stephen King’s “IT,” horrifying stories have been one of the most successful genres of all time. Why? The characters within these works often transform into better people by the end of the story, grasping the need for change in all those who watch it. Characters often face horror throughout their development in a narrative. These experiences…

Stephen King is claimed to be one of the greatest writers of all time with too many novels to count published. On top of the novels, majority of his novels have been turned into a movie or television series. One of the most recognizable novel turned movie is The Shining. The storyline takes place around a struggling writer and his family who became the caretakers of a hotel in the mountains of Colorado for the winter. They are trapped by the snow, and when cabin fever catches up to the man, Jack…

unsettle. A psychological horror fails to build any empathy within each characters, hence evoking a feeling of distrust among the readers. I was able to construct the story by borrowing certain elements from other literary text such as Carrie by Stephen King (see the characterisation of the mother that embodies the fundamental…

Horror Film Sub-Genres Over 29 million tickets have been sold just this year on horror movies alone. “When we pay our four or five bucks and seat ourselves at tenth-row center in a theater showing a horror movie, we are daring the nightmare.” said Stephen King in his article “Why We Crave Horror Movies”. People like the excitement of being scared. This is the same reason people go to haunted houses in the fall or tell scary stories by a campfire. Whether it be Creature Features, Slashers, or…

Author Stephen King once said, “Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.” Stephen King’s quote about the difference between books and movies exemplifies the contrast between the play, Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw, and the movie adaptation, My Fair Lady. Although both highlight the importance of phonetics and the teacher-student relationship that Henry and Eliza share, the alterations of the characters in the movie make it highly unrealistic.…

of horror writing, which is my specialty. Since genre writing isn’t a big trend for most MFA programs, and I want to change that. The amount of research I put into horror writing is extensive, mastering and modeling from the best Horror writer Stephen King because he has mastered all of the sub-genres of Horror. Therefore going into the Creative Writing program will give me an opportunity to share my ideas, research with other writers. The main purpose of a Creative Writing program is it's…

During the 1980’s, Stephen King wrote The Eyes of the Dragon for his little girl because she wasn’t exactly a fan of the books he normally wrote. A majority of his fans rejected the book because it wasn 't up to par with the present horror in his previous writing. In the book, Misery, Paul Sheldon feels the same way. Trapped in the stigma of Misery Chastain and feels as if he can 't escape it. But, when Paul Sheldon does attempt to write something different like Fast Cars, Annie Wilkes, his #1…