Literary Horror

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  1. So for my pure teach presentation I got there, I
  2. chose literary horror.
  3. Now this is a type of literature that many of
  4. us are familiar with because we've watched some form of
  5. horror movie, but the literature that those movies are based
  6. off of, it's a very interesting subject.
  7. So first off, just a couple of questions that I'm
  8. going to answer throughout this plus some other questions.
  9. So what is literary horror, Who are some of the
  10. most known authors for this?
  11. Well, there is one of the most famous horror books
  12. now, there's the obvious ones that we'll see later on.
  13. But another question I'm going to answer is where did
  14. this start?
  15. Like what?
  16. Where and when did literary horror start to emerge as
  17. if form of writing?
  18. Thanks So, first, what is literary whore?
  19. Literary horror is a genre fiction that's designed to involve
  20. some form of fear or dread.
  21. It's designed to make you scared it.
  22. Nor gives most people an adrenaline adrenaline rush while reading
  23. it. And sometimes depending on the story can make it
  24. where you aren't able to sleep.
  25. That's what these stories are designed to do now.
  26. Where do these stories come from?
  27. Nowadays? They're normally based on some form of folklore or
  28. urban maths but occasionally they come straight from the minds
  29. of the authors or author.
  30. But normally when they come from folklore or urban myths
  31. there made scarier on purpose to add that extra kick
  32. to the story make that story feel more realistic.
  33. Right so who is on the most famous authors?
  34. Let's look we have Stephen King obviously Stephen King wrote
  35. a lot of horror stories ranging from it to pet
  36. cemetery and so many other stories.
  37. All of which are very good horror stories.
  38. You also have HP Lovecraft.
  39. H. P.
  40. Lovecraft wrote The Call of Cthulhu and that was his
  41. main focus was stories of a creature from somewhere else
  42. uh catholic.
  43. So in this case and then Bram stroke stroke er
  44. who wrote dracula one of the most well known and
  45. well loved creatures in all of literature especially in modern
  46. day. Now dracula's been produced as comedies and romcom sometimes.
  47. But the original dracula it was a very amazing horror
  48. story. That is an image from Pet Cemetery.
  49. It is one of the cemetery.
  50. The movie the original Pet Cemetery.
  51. Now for a little piece of history.
  52. For a story state all the way back to the
  53. Greeks and romans where they told tales about demons and
  54. deaths and normally something related to hell or the underworld
  55. showed up in their stories.
  56. Yeah there are tales of demons coming up from the
  57. underworld and creating chaos in the above world.
  58. The surface the world we live in.
  59. The one thing all of the majority of these stories
  60. have in common as they make people fearful of the
  61. unknown. Because it always starts out as a mystery.
  62. You don't know what is happening at the beginning.
  63. So for pet cemetery, you don't know what is happening
  64. in that cemetery until later on the movie.
  65. And for the movie and for the movie and book
  66. it unless you go in with knowledge about the story,
  67. you're not sure what's going to happen.
  68. And that's part of what makes horror stories so amazing.
  69. They're able to use that sense of mystery to make
  70. you feel.
  71. It gives you a sense of being alive.
  72. All right, okay.
  73. And this is an image from the original movie.
  74. It it the movie was for modern standards, not as
  75. scary, but for when it came out was a very
  76. good movie and it was a very accurate representation of
  77. the original book.
  78. And now there's a couple of parts of literary horror
  79. that is fairly common across all boards.
  80. It's you it's pretty non specific and you can see
  81. this in most types of literature, but it usually starts
  82. off with this air of mystery.
  83. It makes you question what's going on before revealing the
  84. true horrors underneath.
  85. I would like to end with a quote from client
  86. baker. Oh, little one, My little one come with me.
  87. Your life is done.
  88. Forget the future, forget the past, life is over, breathe
  89. your last Yeah.
  90. This quote is one of the most terrifying lines I
  91. have ever read and is a true representation of some
  92. authors adaptations of horror stories.
  93. These horror stories are amazing pieces of literature that I
  94. don't think good enough credit in modern society.
  95. I highly recommend reading any horror book specifically from Stephen
  96. King. He's an amazing author and feel free to let
  97. me know what you think about horror books, horror stories.
  98. I'd be interested to know everyone else's opinion