The knocking… Horror Story One day‚ a massacre occurred at 6 Lauren St. The massacre happened in a house located in East Texas‚ a place that is known for it’s low popularity‚ and it’s unnatural episodes. Rumours were spread all over the entire city‚ one telling that children was brutally murdered‚ and another telling that they got tortured but no suspects were chosen‚ neither found. The day started. Tommy was at school waiting for the lesson to be over. He didn’t make any homework for the
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HORROR WRITING WORKSHEET This worksheet will hopefully teach you the basics of writing a scary story – coming up with a frightening idea‚ making your characters come to life and turning their world upside down in a rollercoaster plot! But always remember the first rule of writing: Don’t get bogged down by the rules‚ just play around‚ have fun and write something that you find scary and entertaining! Part 1: Facing Your Nightmares! One of the most important things about writing a horror
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A Study of the Characteristics of 19th Century Horror Stories In this essay we will look at the Characteristics of 19th Century Horror Stories‚ commenting on: the structure of the story; the characterisation; the themes included in the story; the setting and the writer’s technique. I will be looking into two texts in detail: “The Monkey’s Paw” by William Wymark Jacobs; and “The Signalman” by Charles Dickens‚ whilst making references to “Captain Rogers” – also by William Wymark Jacobs‚ and
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Kendall Hutchinson October 3‚ 2011 English 102 Steve Sparks Is The Amityville Horror True? Based on a reportedly true story‚ Jay Anson’s‚ The Amityville Horror‚ took the nation by storm. It caught the eye of people mainly because of the subtitle it carried: “A True Story”. Jay Anson wrote this book based on George and Kathleen Lutzes’ claims “that they and their three small children felt threatened from strong supernatural forces while living at 112 Ocean Avenue” (Osuna). However‚ aside from
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According to Fobes.com‚ "Sinister” was the number one horror film within the last five years and “…the most terrifying‚ disturbing‚ well-acted‚ perfectly paced horror film…” (Hughes‚ The Top 10 Horror Films Of The Last Five Years). There are two different categories of horror stories. The first category is fiction. This category was created to relate to the person reading‚ make it something they believe could happen to them. The second category is psychological. This category was created to get the
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interactions of and between Conradin; his cousin and mentor‚ Mrs. de Ropp and Conradin’s Ferret and God: Sredni Vashtar. It can be described as a horror story because of its character’s description‚ themes and setting. It shows the religious downfall of the protagonist‚ the death of the antagonist and the lack of coherence in society. Saki emphasises the horror in the main characters‚ including both the protagonists and antagonists. "Conradin" is described as a "ten years old" boy‚ skinny and sick who
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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 the same time you’re “glued” to the screen or page – You can’t let go; you want to see what’s hiding in the dark. Another fascinating aspect of the horror genre is the fact that it remains controversial due to its extreme nature. A lot of critiques argue that horror
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interesting word to you all which is ”horror”. Most of the time we just simply say that “horror thing”‚ “horror movie”‚ “horror place”‚ but are we really know what is the meaning of horror‚ or define horror in a better way? In fact‚ horror can be defined as anything which causes intense feeling of shock‚ fear‚ terror‚ disgust or something frightening. Horror may caused by something ugly‚ bad or disagreeable‚ hence causing strong dislike or loath. Any definition of horror that asserts any form of fear‚
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The two TV Shows I will be comparing are The American Horror Story versus The Walking Dead I have decided to on these two as they are two of my favourite shows and relate around horror. The comparisons between the two are The Walking dead is revolved more around the gory side of horror with a group of people trying to survive a zombie apocalypse. Where as The American horror story has different creatures ranging from ghosts‚ ghouls‚ “freaks” witches‚ vampires etc. Here are some similarities between
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Media Analysis: American Horror Story American Horror Story is an FX horror-drama television show‚ as well as an anthology series; each season of the show has a different cast and storyline. The show was created by Ryan Murphy (creator of the FOX show Glee) and Brad Falchuk (producer of Nip/Tuck)‚ and premiered on October 5‚ 2011. The first season of the show follows the Harmon family as they settle into their new home in Los Angeles. They are unaware‚ however‚ that the mansion is haunted by its
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