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  Horror fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any media intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader.
Horror fiction often overlaps with science fiction and/or fantasy, all of which have been placed under the umbrella category speculative fiction.
Modern horror fiction found its roots in the gothic novels that exploded into popularity in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, typified by Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho and Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Horror_fiction   (623 words)

  
 Horror
Horror can be thought of as the feeling of dread and anticipation that occurs before something frightening is seen or otherwise experienced (terror is the feeling that follows after the experience has occurred).
Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader.
Horror fiction often overlaps with science fiction and fantasy, all of which form the umbrella category speculative fiction.
www.jahsonic.com /Horror.html   (1732 words)

  
 Children of a Darker God: A Taxonomy of Deep Horror Fiction and Film and Their Mass Popularity
For present purposes, the phrase "deep horror" will be used to identify this popular fascination and to distinguish it from the merely shocking or terrifying and from the traditional intellectual roots of horror and further to stipulate its significantly dreadful character and appeals.
Deep horror is not the scion of the art of Poe and his fellows; rather, it descends from the popular spectacle of the public execution.
Given deep horror's punishments and the assumption that portions of the audience do identify with the normal characters and their inexplicable sufferings -- penance, purification, and catharsis for transgressions real or imagined (sins in thought, word, and deed) are certainly also important audience appeals.
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 Horror Films
Horror films are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens.
Horror films, when done well and with less reliance on horrifying special effects, can be extremely potent film forms, tapping into our dream states and the horror of the irrational and unknown, and the horror within man himself.
The earliest horror pictures, now-forgotten "vamp" pictures (films featuring devilish captivating ladies) in one-reel or full length features, were produced in the US from 1909 to the early 1920s, making the horror genre one of the oldest and most basic.
www.filmsite.org /horrorfilms.html   (2997 words)

  
 Queer Horror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
By many homophobes, we are seen as the villains in horror; corrupting families, spreading plagues and destroying the moral fabric of society.
However, we know ourselves to be much more the heros in horror, trying to fight to overcome almost impossible odds while always knowing that there is an evil presence out there that wishes to destroy us, no matter what the cost.
Whether this horror comes in the form of blame for society's woes, laws preventing us from living a normal life, rejection by family or friends for being who we are, or religiously sponsored hate crimes, no queer person is unaffected by the horrific.
www.queerhorror.com   (613 words)

  
 Horror Movies - Reviews and News - HorrorExpress.com
Usually the next big thing is the same old thing, which is why horror is big money for the studios about once a decade before they throw the genre to the wolves and treat it like an unwanted stepchild.
In the 1990s, the horror genre experienced one of its most polarizing booms in a resurgence of the slasher film.
But horror fans were a tad upset when Andrew was not brought on for the prequel, since many deemed him a fine Leatherface.
www.horrorexpress.com   (2990 words)

  
 Memento Vivere :: Horror
Horror is still very much under-appreciated as a book genre, in my opinion, but the popularity of it in the visual media is making me a bit worried that just as horror is taking off again it might be, well, done to death in the public's eye before it really has a chance to shine.
There were actually quite a few horror films in the 90's, but they weren't as recognized or thrown together in the huge pot of infamous boogeymen we had grown so familiar with in the eighties.
In the nighties, psychological horror was all the rage.
www.livejournal.com /users/ammepyre/266405.html   (627 words)

  
 Milwaukee TV Horror Hosts Home Crypt
In the 1950's horror films were released to television, and it was natural for local stations to show them on a regular, weekly program - often with a host.
In many cases, the history of television horror in the Milwaukee market is interwoven with the history of Milwaukee television.
Since horror films were working on Saturday nights for the other two independent stations in town, it purchased a package of films, and ran it as "Monster Mania".
www.milwaukee-horror-hosts.com /hosts_inline.html   (6921 words)

  
 Horror Hosts "Ghost To Ghost"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Some may say that the hosted horror film program is a thing of the past, but there has been a steady growth of horror hosts around the world in the past few years.
Count Gore was a TV horror host in both of the cities of Baltimore and Washington DC for years but has been off the air for some time.
Horror host, San Guinary, was a staple of local TV for a number of years and the locals grew nostalgic for it.
www.horror-wood.com /hhosts.htm   (3092 words)

  
 CULT FILM SITE: Horror Films
Sleazy horror opus about a demented woman who sets out to murder her abortion doctor father so she can claim her inheritance.
Edgar G. Ulmer directed this weird horror film that combines elements of the Robert Louis Stevenson tale with vampires and werewolves.
Seminal horror erotica from Ricardo Freda and Mario Bava.
www.sepnet.com /rcramer/horror.htm   (4334 words)

  
 Horror (2002)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This is one of the best horror movies to come out of the new millenium, Dante Tomaselli is a great Director, and I think we can expect much more from him in the future (or at least I hope so).
This is not a Hollywood horror film, so it might not have all of the fancy CG effects that some of you are used to (but who really wants CG anyway?) the effects that this does have however work great with the movie.
This film is a must for true horror fans and I am sure that it will become a cult classic one day.
us.imdb.com /title/tt0304166   (370 words)

  
 City of Tigard > Library > Teens > Reading for Fun > Horror List
A satire on the horror genre, this tale is about an obnoxious trio of girls who decide to teach a man-stealer a lesson.
The Dungeon of Horrors is Darcy’s summer home, but the fun turns to terror when real bodies are found with the mark of a vampire on their throats.
Having immersed herself in horror stories, Joanne is shocked when the hideous monsters from the tales come to life and begin haunting her days and nights.
www.ci.tigard.or.us /lib/Horror.htm   (1174 words)

  
 HORROR-WOOD Table Of Contents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Corridors Of Karloff--And Lee At the time that Hammer was to first showcase Christopher Lee as Dracula, another film teamed him up with Boris Karloff--and if that fright flick had been in color, we may know it a lot better today than we do...
A Tired Frankenstein Tale A TV pilot for a horror series made by Hammer, written by Curt Siodmak, and starring Anton Diffring as Dr. Frankenstein, should have been a fright film fan's delight--instead, it provokes more ennui than excitement...
The immortal Master of Horror, Boris Karloff, is the "ghast" of honor at this, HORROR-WOOD's Eighth Anniversary issue.
www.horror-wood.com /contents.htm   (308 words)

  
 HORROR TV - L'insolito televisivo e cinematografico
In horror tv trovate tutti i film horror, le recensioni e le anteprime dei film horror al cinema e in tv.
Tutto sul mondo dell' horror i vampiri della hammer, gli zombie di romero, i film horror del presente, i classici del passato e i b movie che hanno fatto la storia dell'horror e della fantascienza.
HORROR TV ha intervistato la band italiana L'Impero Delle Ombre, artefice di un sound senza tempo, tormentata colonna sonora di storie di fantasmi e racconti del terrore.
www.horrortv.it   (307 words)

  
 The Horror Channel :: It's gonna be a MONSTER!!!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
One of our goals for The Horror Channel is to give independent filmmakers a voice and avenue to have their features shown and get some exposure.
Horror comes in many forms, whether supernatural or through the cruelty of human beings.
It takes a great deal of talent to combine several elements of horror into a cohesive story, and still more to make that story resonate and disturb at the reader's core level.
www.horrorchannel.com   (942 words)

  
 T.V. Horror Host Gallery
I know there are those of you out there that live in areas that currently have horror hosts on their TV.
Finally, to all those I traded horror host videos with and without those tapes, the majority of images on the Gallery won't be here for your viewing pleasure.
NOTICE: All horror hosts are the creative property of their respective owners.
www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/3257   (329 words)

  
 Horror Writers Association - Stoker Awards
Any work of Horror first published in the English language may be considered for a Stoker during the year of its publication.
In addition, Lifetime Achievement Stokers are occasionally presented to individuals whose entire body of work has substantially influenced Horror.
Since all works of Horror published in a given year are automatically eligible for the awards, and since the entire membership of HWA is involved in the awards process, there is no way to submit works for consideration per se.
www.horror.org /stokers.htm   (466 words)

  
 Dark Side of the Net: Horror
Contamination Horror - History of horror and horror fandom, articles and research.
The Horror Channel - These people are trying very hard to create a horror channel carried by cable television providers.
Horror Host Gallery - Pics and info of TV horror hosts from the 1950s to the present, including Vampira, Jeepers Creepers, Ghouldardi, Svengoolie, Count Gore de Vol, Dr. Acula, Dr. Shock, and many more.
www.darklinks.com /dhorror.html   (524 words)

  
 UGO.com Film / TV Channel - Horror Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
We've been waiting for a horror anthology show like this for a long, long time.
The WB serves an atmospheric and genuinely unsettling horror series.
The latest horror offering looks and sounds great but lacks in the story department.
www.ugo.com /channels/filmtv/horror   (444 words)

  
 They're coming to get you, Barbara! Horror movie reviews -- good, bad, classic, and current
So this past weekend I've been watching a bunch of the History Channel specials on ancient Rome, which are supposed to make me want to watch HBO's Rome, which is doomed to failure since I don't get HBO.
I mean, they had a bit about a senator who kept a huge pool of eels at his villa, into which he used to throw disobedient slaves, leaving them to be slowly and painfully gnawed to death.
Not only is it not at all a horror movie (Shame on you, Wes Craven!) it's terrible even for what it is, which is a completely banal action/suspense movie.
www.theyrecoming.com   (957 words)

  
 Mexican Horror Movies
Many of these had atmosphere and copy the mood of the old Universal horror films of the 40's but the plots were often weird.
The Nostradamus series of vampire movies were at first produced as a ten part horror serial.
In it's orginal form this was a horror comedy with comic Tin Tan and Lon Chaney Jr as a mummy who is brought to life and turns out to be the mummy of a werewolf.
mst3k.booyaka.com /lists/mhm.htm   (2083 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Genres: Horror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
About Horror Books and Movies - Links to horror books, writers, movies and general information on the genre.
Horror Diva - Examination of horror and the uncanny in films, books, games, and toys.
Mostellaria - Discussions and fiction related to ghosts, horror and the supernatural.
dmoz.org /Arts/Genres/Horror   (711 words)

  
 Fictionwise eBooks: Free eBooks, eBooks for Palm, PocketPC, PC, & Mac
You will think you are listening to classic radio drama, or the soundtrack for a lost 1940s horror film.
Produced in Stereo, this new audio dramatization is read and performed by a full cast with a lush, eerie and evoca...
This is the collection that true fans of horror fiction have been waiting for: sixteen of H.P. Lovecraft's most horrifying visions, including Lovecraft's masterpiece, The Shadow out of Time--the shocking revelation of the mysterious forces that hold all mankind in their fearsome grip.
www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/HorrorEbooks.htm   (1923 words)

  
 -=DarkEcho Horror=-
Interviews with top names in dark fiction, editors, emerging talents, overlooked but worthwhile writers, authors you may never considered as "horror writers" (until now), and the occasional surprise.
Scores of reviews of horror, dark fantasy, suspense, thrillers, nonfiction, noir, and dark fiction and nonfiction, including reviews from guest reviewers.
The Dark Fiction/Horror Writers Workshop is gone, but in its place we offer a do-it-yourself workshop for horror writers.
www.darkecho.com /darkecho   (290 words)

  
 Horror Movie & Science Fiction Movie Database | Brimstone Pit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Use the links at the bottom of the page to browse the movies alphabetically, browse the movies by year, view the entire list or search the movies.
In the meantime, enjoy browsing the many horror and sci-fi films in our database.
The Brimstone Pit is part of the Horror.net Horror Network of sites.
www.living-dead.com   (194 words)

  
 Horror World
Check out the Horror World Blog for the most updated news
Horror World is owned and edited by Nanci Kalanta
Horror World is dedicated to the memory of
www.horrorworld.org   (95 words)

  
 Vampire Stories - Vampire Erotica - Vampire Books
He wanted horror stories that stuck to the traditions within popular monster mythology but still offered something new and original.
Horror Quarterly #3 is The Blood Horror Issue and is filled with fantastic horror fiction, interviews, articles, game surgery and more.
My two stories up at Horror Quarterly #3 are Bug Chaser (co-written with Hertzan Chimera, originally published in CHIM + HER anthology,) and a brand new story entitled The Blood Blog.
www.alexseverin.com   (1372 words)

  
 HORROR.IT - il portale italiano per gli appassionati di horror
Tre milioni di copie vendute in Giappone per un libro diventato di culto prima ancora che uscisse il film campione di incassi che ha creato una vera e propria Ring mania.
Auguri di compleanno o di buona dipartita, le horror cartoline vanno bene per ogni occasione!
Il catalogo italiano dei migliori siti horror internazionali e nazionali del web suddivisi per categorie di interesse.
www.horror.it   (355 words)

  
 Cosmo's Factory - The Internet's Largest Rocky Horror Web Site
Imogene Chaire who played a Transylvanian in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the Waredrobe Mistress in Shock Treatment passed away Friday, June 24th in London our sources say.
The Rocky Horror Preservation Foundation intentionally bought two fake autographed photos on Ebay to use as an example in teaching others what to look out for.
The Rocky Horror Preservation Foundation is looking to publish a new RHPS book, one written for, and by, the fans.
www.cosmosfactory.org   (517 words)

  
 Horror of Buried.com - Site Features   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
opportunity to connect and talk with fellow horror fans.
talented and sexy ladies starring in horror movies today.
horror and sci-fi as well as genre specific independent films.
buried.com /features   (90 words)

  
 Horror of Buried.com - Joe Lansdale Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
You can't very well create the atmosphere for a horror novel if you don't have a sense of mystery, and you can't create the feel of terror you need for a mystery novel if you don't have a sense of horror.
Ultimately for a horror novel to be horror it has to be about scaring the reader, and that can be true of a mystery or suspense novel, but not always.
Suspense is a broader field that can also contain horror, and you can in fact write a horror/suspense novel.
www.buried.com /interviews/joe_lansdale.shtml   (562 words)

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