Essays on Horror

This post contains full spoilers for Silent Hill 2. If you have somehow still not played through it then rectify that immediately and then return here. October is here dear readers; the month that everyone’s minds begin drifting towards the slew of horror games on…

“It drives you crazy, doesn’t it? To be the smartest person in the room with no real power because of that smelly clam between your legs. ” (season 2, episode 2) This is arguably the best line in the whole season of American Horror Story:…

The recently published novel, in May 2018, by Stephen King, The Outsider does not disappoint. The book includes all the qualities that should be in a horror novel. Ralph Anderson is about to arrest Terry Maitland and put him on death row for the murder…

Silence of the Lambs is a movie released in 1991 whereby the major casts are a new student detective (Clarice) with a psychology background following in her deceased father’s footsteps in law enforcement, and a serial killer (Hannibal the Cannibal) who is helping aid her…

Horror Fiction Horror is in many ways a unique genre. It has the ability to make us feel frightened, disgusted and fascinated at the same time. During an intense scene in a horror movie or book you often feel tempted to look away, but at…

Horror is a genre that has startled our psychological thoughts and frightened us for centuries. The author allows the readers to embrace themselves in another reality with a horrific twist to leave the readers trembling with fear. Like a lot of other genres, the author…

How does Algernon Blackwood use the conventions of Gothic Horror to create a sense of fear and horror in “The Kit Bag”? INTRODUCTION Gothic Horror is a genre which tries to create a sense of fear and horror in the reader. Writers of gothic horror…

Viewed as a great post-911 horror film Drew Goddard’s Cloverfield (2008) is a great representation of what horror films became post the September 11th attacks from 2001. The film contains scenes similar to those taken place during the 9/11 attacks, where two planes crashed the…

In “Why We Crave Horror Movies,” Stephen King claims that everyone has monstrous inclinations, and horror movies allow viewers to purge the negativity without consequence. According to King, everyone has internal dark desires that should not be acted upon. Rarely are these urges as awful…