We all like a good scare. Well…we all like a good scare that doesn’t come when you open a letter from the bank or a utilities company. There is a lot of discussion of why we like to be made to feel uncomfortable and I am nowhere near qualified enough to weigh in on any of those arguments. I’ll just say that Google is your friend if you want to find out more.
Horror as a genre has been around for a lot longer than the cinema. Mary Shelly, Edgar Allen Poe, Bram Stoker, and a whole lot more have been telling tales to make your flesh crawl for centuries. Superstition and folklore go back even further. Following on from the early days of cinematic horror, there have been many and various sub-genres developed.
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I can’t guarantee that we have identified, codified, and organised the whole creepy sub-culture but, as with all our other hubs, it’ll be a work in progress and continually updated.
Articles
Best Horror Movies About College Students
Clever Moments You May Have Missed During Us
The Conjuring Universe Explained
Current And Upcoming Blumhouse Releases
Entry Level Horror For The Squeamish Beginner
Five Ways Horror Folklore Is Fashioned In The Movies
M Night Shyamalan Horror Thrillers Ranked
Storyboarding For Horror – Seven Things To Remember
Tricks That Make Slasher Films Look Real
Unfaithful Horror Movie Adaptations
Urban Legends That Might Be True
Why There Won’t Be A Sequel To Cabin In The Woods
Reviews
Mainstream
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions
The House With A Clock In Its Walls
The Possession Of Hannah Grace
Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
Independant
Housesitter: The Night They Saved Siegfried’s Brain
Smoke And Mirrors: The Story Of Tom Savini
That Cold Dead Look In Your Eyes
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Former teacher, lecturer, homelessness administrator, pharmacy dispenser now happily retired, happily married, and a very happy granddad. I live next to the Mersey but on the side Daniel Craig and Taron Egerton come from rather than the side the Beatles came from!