Something interesting happened to me recently. It was a book event for the novel “How to Sell a Haunted House” by Charleston-based acclaimed horror writer Grady Hendrix. But it was billed as a one-man show. Lately, I’ve been intrigued by the idea of live performances slipping into the literary lane, disrupting the accepted protocols of …
This year brings too many good horror novels to list them all by name, but here are a few I’m looking forward to that span a wide range of takes on the genre at a time when horror fiction is undergoing a renaissance. Strongly represented in the following offer are haunted buildings of various types, …
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The scary parts of horror can come from many different places in a narrative. There’s the classic monster lurking in the woods or in the attic or under the surface of the water — think King’s classic Itor at Seanan McGuire’s Into the depth of drowningor Certain dark things written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. These are …
The 2021 novel The Final Girl Support Group is the perfect vehicle for a recent slasher trend: the Final Girls crossover movie. The classic slasher genre is experiencing a bit of a boom right now. WITH A violent night and Halloween kills dominating the box office, fans are clearly excited for more masked, knife-wielding assassins …
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Netflix hit, Stranger Things, is full of references that pay homage to the 80s, specifically 80s horror. Since Season 1, the Duffer Brothers have carefully edited these aspects into the show, even casting popular actors from the decade to take on the lead roles. One of them is Winona Ryder who had a distinguished career …
A terrifying plot and a great setting make for an excellent horror novel. Thousands of creative minds are put to work to craft the perfect engaging environment, and the writers have admitted to watching dozens of movies to get their creative juices flowing. But what about those weird, beyond creepy and uncanny sites that already …
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