Lovecraftian horror

Image. Unlike anyone else the Guards wear a purple sash on their uniforms. Purple is the Leader’s Image; the leader wears this colour with a symbol of The Tool on it. The Tool represents our struggle to escape The Horror. It is what we use to farm and gather food. All I know of the Horror was that it happened on the surface and forced our people to build this city underground so that we could survive. Every one must wear a smaller symbol of The Tool as a reminder of our people’s struggle. There are

I was to be teaching at. The classroom smelt stale after being closed up for the whole summer, as I met my students who I would teach for the next year. The one child I remember most had a trail of dirty footprints leading to his desk. The little horror looked like he was straight from the pig pen. After a hectic morning, the children were coming inside from the playground. The filthy child I noticed in the morning, walked past. He smelled of farmyard animals. I can still recall his stench now some

Tension and Suspense The writers in 19th century stories create tension and suspense through the use of gothic horror. This style of writing is designed to frighten and panic and cause dread and alarm. It innovates our hidden worst fears often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horrors effectively centre on the dark side of life, the forbidden, and the strange and alarming events. It deals

supports of this essay, which will help us with this question, and the four topics are the following themes listed: Loneliness, Paranoia, Fear, and Conditioning. (MoreStories102) Although the title of the story would make people assume that this is a horror story, it certainly is not. This story is just about a middle-aged man who is trying to keep himself busy at night, as he was afraid that the zombies would attack him. As he attempts to help a mouse in putting it out of its misery, a van pulls up

Throughout history, mankind has enjoyed a good horror story. Perhaps it is something in human nature, the desire for thrill without putting one in harm’s way, the desire for suspense and chills that make a person’s blood run cold. Horror stories and culture surrounding the macabre can be found in just about every society known to man, from the east to the west. This is especially prominent during the late 1700s when the Gothic literature first made its debut. Its origin is attributed to English author

‘Dead & Buried’ is a creepy and suspenseful American horror from 1981, originally declared by UK censors in the early 1980s to be a ‘Video Nasty’ (although it was later acquitted of obscenity charges). The film comes with an excellent pedigree, being directed by Gary Sherman (responsible for ‘Poltergeist III’, ‘Raw Meat’ and ‘Vice Squad’) and written by Dan O’Bannon (director of ‘The Resurrected’ and ‘The Return of the Living Dead’; writer of ‘Alien’, ‘Dark Star’, ‘Lifeforce’ and ‘Total Recall’)

perfect introduction into what Isabel Cristina Pinedo describes as the “unstable, paranoid universe” of the postmodern horror film, The Cabin in the Woods. Pinedo defines the postmodern world

smash cuts to a break room where two men have a mundane conversation, the viewer no longer knows what to expect. This serves as the perfect introduction into what Isabel Cristina Pinedo describes as the “unstable, paranoid universe” of the postmodern horror film, The Cabin in the Woods (9). Pinedo defines the

some "importance," governs and commands more than that. To take a very simple example, one could say that Ann Radcliffe not only wrote The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne and several other novels, but also made possible the appearance of the Gothic horror novel at the

“Hide and Seek” was written by Jakayla Towey. It is a horror story surrounding the ever changing life of Emily. I would recommend this read to those who are interested in psychological horror. Its development around the game Hide and Seek and the state of being completely insane is very intriguing and will leave most thinking. The story won wattpad’s Watty Award in 2016 for best horror. The story never heads in an expected direction and always keeps you on your toes anticipating the next event.