Good faces off against evil in James Herbert’s The Dark
Herbert’s novel combines elements of a haunted house story, a zombie tale, and a meditation on the nature of evil.
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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.
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.
This story of a man and his malevolent doppelgänger recalls Poe and includes a critique of apparent social respectability.
Horror fiction provides a buffer against the ongoing stresses and upheavals of the real world.
There are certain core texts that must appear on any list of the “best” horror novels ever written. Then what?
“I have always been drawn to adrenaline-cranking moments that straddle that delicate space between hysterical fright and laughter.”