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What is “All hallow’s read”All Hallow’s Read is a Halloween tradition. It’s simply that in the week of
Halloween, or on the night itself, you give someone a scary book.
Books by Neil Gaiman
What is “Horror Fiction”Webster's Collegiate Dictionary gives the primary definition of HORROR as:
"a painful and intense fear, dread, or dismay."
HORROR FICTION is fiction that elicits those emotions in the reader.
What must horror fiction have..● Horror can deal with the mundane or the supernatural, with the
fantastic or the normal. ● It doesn't have to be full of ghosts, ghouls, and things to go bump in the
night.
only true requirement:
it elicit an emotional reaction that includes some aspect of fear or dread.
horror, high school & stephen kingWhether it is the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe or the classics like Dracula or The Picture of Dorian Gray, many of the defining works of literature can be labeled as horror.
Question: So why is horror so generally frowned upon by the literary establishment?
Back in the seventies, an unknown writer burst onto the scene with a novel called Carrie. The work went on to be made into a wildly successful film, and a new genre was born. Stephen King set the stage for what horror was to become in the eighties and early nineties.
Almost overnight, King's brand of horror fiction became a multi-million dollar industry. They gave it a specific identity, a specific formula. Writers then popped out of the woodwork, eager to embrace and attempt to duplicate the stunning success of Mr. King.
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The author that redefined modern horror films. Let’s watch the top Stephen King book-to-film clips.
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1408: Movie vs. Short Story from “On Writing” by Stephen King
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