Origins of horror fiction![]() Explore the origins of horror by reading about the early horror writers and movie makers and their works.
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Skeleton Creek![]() Skeleton Creek is part novel, part movie. Sarah and Ryan live in the small town of Skeleton Creek. After exploring an abandoned mining dredge, Ryan falls and breaks his leg. There is something amiss in Skeleton Creek, and the adults around them are hiding the truth. While Ryan sits at home, banned from contacting Sarah, she continues to explore. Ryan writes his thoughts down in his journal, and Sarah keeps a video diary that you can watch online - if you dare.
As you read Ryan's journal, you will be provided with clues to enter into Sarah's website. Sarah's videos continue the story. Enter Skeleton Creek if you dare. |
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The Monkey's Paw
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A short story written by W.W Jacobs It tells the tale of a talisman in the form of a monkey's paw that promises to give the bearer 3 wishes - but the terrible twists that result teach us to be careful what we wish for.
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Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales
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Roald Dahl (1916-1990) is a master of the macabre. His tales such as The Ratchatcher, The Twits, Witches and Lamb to the Slaughter are all examples of how a something seemingly mundane can be turned into something more deadly.
Click on the link to explore some of Roald Dahl's finest works.
Click on the link to explore some of Roald Dahl's finest works.
Danse Macabre with Edgar Allen Poe
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Edgar Allen Poe was a master of suspense. His classic tales of the macabre where hugely influential and people continue to study them even today. His poem The Raven is his most famous work, and it made him a celebrity in his own time.
Poe's gruesome visions were often obsessed with what made people tick. His characters are often haunted, sometimes driven to murderous acts. If ever you want to find the inspiration for such chillers as Saw and Silence of the Lambs, you need look no further than on this page.
Poe's gruesome visions were often obsessed with what made people tick. His characters are often haunted, sometimes driven to murderous acts. If ever you want to find the inspiration for such chillers as Saw and Silence of the Lambs, you need look no further than on this page.
Hooked on Hitchcock
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Alfred Hitchcock. The master of suspense and macabre. He said once that suspense is found in "the satisfaction of temporary pain." - people like to be afraid. Films, he thinks, must look real, but should never be real - people don't want to go to the movies to watch reality.
Stephen King
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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American writer of contemporary horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and screenplays. An estimated 300–350 million copies of King's novels and short story anthologies have been sold, and many of his stories have been adapted for film, television, and other media. King has written a number of books using the pen name Richard Bachman, and one short story, "The Fifth Quarter", as John Swithen.
You may have heard of some of his works that were made into films, including Carrie, It, The Shining, 1408 and Secret Window.
You may have heard of some of his works that were made into films, including Carrie, It, The Shining, 1408 and Secret Window.