The Horror Show: Victor LaValle rewrites H.P. Lovecraft
The Ballad of Black Tom asks who the real monsters are.
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The Ballad of Black Tom asks who the real monsters are.
Herbert’s novel combines elements of a haunted house story, a zombie tale, and a meditation on the nature of evil.
Being able to see King’s horrors is a significant drawback in terms of their emotional and affective impact – with one exception.
In order to establish a Folk Horror tradition, Canada would first have to reckon with the sins of its history as a settler-colonial nation.
McDowell’s mashup of Southern Gothic and a traditional haunted house story provides a slow burn as opposed to the anarchic energy of his earlier novel.
Black creators have made their mark in horror film and literature, though they have had to work to get noticed. There are signs that this is changing.
“You can imagine that character – Max Renn – you can imagine him having a Twitter account after going through and seeing the true colours of society.”
Weird Horror, an offshoot of the publisher’s book imprint, Undertow Publications, is a nostalgic magazine in the EC Comics, Weird Tales vein.
Horror fiction provides a buffer against the ongoing stresses and upheavals of the real world.
The story, which originally appeared in 1957, includes a framing structure that distances the reader from the main action.