#REDIRECT [[Amityville Horror]]
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...er that between 1897 and 1962 staged macabre plays known for their cartoon horror and violence. Since then, the term Grand Guignol has been used more broadly
...o bawdy sex farces. But the staple of the Grand Guignol repertoire was the horror play, which inevitably featured eye-gouging, throat-slashing, acid-throwing
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H. P. Lovecraft is a writer who created stories of madening fright and horror
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Notes: People of New Orleans enjoyed the horror with 'Axeman' parties where everyone dressed as Italian grocers and axemen.
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...heir names as Deino ("dread", the dreadful anticipation of horror), Enyo ("horror" the "waster of cities" who had an identity separate from this sisterhood)
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...his is strange and reattaches the thread to an old stump, only to watch in horror as the stump is pulled into water by a water-spirit intent on eating the ma
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...lla by British author [[Clive Barker]]. Like most of Barker's work it is a horror story. It was originally published in book form as a collection, comprising
To his horror, Boone is informed by Decker during one session that he is responsible for
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...shed in the daily ''Suara Merdeka'' in the 1990s in Indonesia. A Genderuwo horror film released in 2007 in Indonesia also borrows many elements from the gend
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'''Mister Babadook''' is a fictional monster from the horror movie 'The Babadook' (2014) directed by Jennifer Kent.
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...s considered by many literary critics to be one of the greatest masters of horror fiction.
...try to the world through the mind of a children's writer. In its fusion of horror with awe, ''Midnight Sun'' shows the influence of [[Algernon Blackwood]] an
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...moaning (or thought they did, the case doubtless of the majority) fled in horror, fearing for their reason, while many were really affected in mind, and eve
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...Picture of Dorian Gray''. Masterton was also the editor of Scare Care, a horror anthology published for the benefit of abused children in Europe and the US
Masterton's novels often contain visceral sex and horror and arguably misogynistic overtones (for example, The House That Jack Built
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...ed as a character in an episode of the Showtime horror series ''Masters of Horror''. It originally aired in North America on December 9, 2005 and was directe
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...His heroes are usually young, rather cynical men, whose fight against the horror is abetted by the growth of a strong sexual relationship.
...r novels, influenced by the science fiction works of [[John Wyndham]]. The horror - mutant man-eating rats in the first, an accidentally released chemical we
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...er, editor and actor. He is best known for his Dead Series, a tetralogy of horror movies with a [[zombie]] [[apocalypse]] theme and which are known for provi
...n roughly $10,000 apiece to produce what became one of the most celebrated horror films of all time: ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' (1968). The movie, dire
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* The Tecmo horror series Fatal Frame shows hitodama being released from spirits that the play
...commonly featured as minor enemies in many Japanese video games that have horror, supernatural and folkloric themes, i.e. Pocky & Rocky, Ganbare Goemon, etc
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...ce of his now dead wife, Izanami in Yomi, he broke his promise and fled in horror from the underworld land of Yomi. Izanami sent the "eight hags of Yomi" (ei
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...e Elvish words for "orc" are derived from a root ruk referring to fear and horror, from which is derived an expanded form of the root, uruk. A noun *uruku is
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...o leave for work, but instead stayed behind to spy on his new wife. To his horror, he saw his wife’s hair part on the back of her head, her skull split wid
...ured in the episode "Imprint" in the American television series Masters of Horror
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In 2008, the 86-minute horror feature The Wild Man of the Navidad was made. It was written and directed b
horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The Wild Man of the Navidad premiered
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...ster of Glamis''' (born October 21, 1821), sometimes referred to as the '''Horror of Glamis''', was allegedly a deformed member of the Bowes-Lyon family, kep
* The short story ''The Horror at Chilton Castle'' by Joseph Payne Brennan also has striking similarities
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...Later he moved towards epic modern-day fantasy and urban fantasy with some horror elements in ''Imajica'' (1991) and ''Sacrament'' (1996). Barker's distincti
...pular author [[Stephen King]] to say of Barker: "I have seen the future of horror and its name is Clive Barker."
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...influence" on her trial. Richard Ferguson, QC, said "Other than the sheer horror of the discovery of the remains of the victims, the most striking feature o
*[http://www.city-journal.org/html/6_2_oh_to_be.html A Horror Story] article from ''City Journal''
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*In the 1980 psychological horror film ''The Shining'', Danny has an imaginary friend named Tony who "lives i
*The 2005 horror / psychological thriller film ''Hide and Seek'', focuses on a young girl wi
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...rror, for they replace the penis, the absence of which is the cause of the horror. This is a confirmation of the technical rule according to which a multipli
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...Kaye Hamilton''' (born February 19, 1963) is an American [[horror fiction|horror]] and science fiction/[[fantasy]] writer. She was born in Heber Springs, Ar
...istory (a subset of [[science fiction]]), [[fantasy]], or [[Horror fiction|horror]]. The dialog and hard-boiled first-person viewpoint has been compared to
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...Boris Karloff. The film, directed by Mark Robson and produced by legendary horror producer Val Lewton, centres around a group of people on a small island, wh
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*[http://www.stateofhorror.com/momo.html State of Horror: Mysterious Monster Sighted in County]
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...' or '''Universal Horror''' is the name given to the distinctive series of horror films, suspense films, and science fiction films made by Universal Studios
Universal's earliest success in the horror genre was the costume picture ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' in 1923. Sta
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In the computer sci fi horror game [[Doom 3]] the '''Hell Knight''' is a gigantic demonic lizard-like hum
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''Jangan Pandang Belakang'' (or, Don't Look Back) is a Malay horror movie based on the "hantu raya" demon. The story is about a young man named
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...seminal horror film directed by [[George A. Romero]] which transformed the horror-movie genre.
...to produce) and helmed by a first-time director, the film is considered a horror classic by many film critics, and placed #93 on the American Film Institute
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'''Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter''' is a series of '''horror fiction'''/'''dark fantasy''' novels created by author [[Laurell K. Hamilto
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...iors” are highly evolved primates which play a central role in the fantasy horror novella ''The Cannibal Within'', written by the American historian and nove
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...t was unsafe, because of the Serpent, but Thor ignored him, and to Hymir's horror they rowed out further.
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*In some Japanese horror movies (most notably Ring and Ju-on) onryo are the driving force in the plo
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...ary creature]]s that frequently appear in [[mythology]], [[legend]], and [[horror fiction]]. The word originates from the Old French ''monstre'', which deriv
...en science and monstrosity became an important theme in many Victorian-era horror novels, where science was often depicted not merely as studying monsters, b
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..., they are passed from person to person and generally have the elements of horror, humor or caution found in legends.
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...AmityvilleHorrorCover.jpg|185px|right|thumb|This cover of ''The Amityville Horror'' stresses its claim to be based on fact]]
The '''Amityville Horror''' (- A True Story) is a best-selling book written by Jay Anson, and publis
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...urts Me", Michael Myers (voiced by Seth Green) appears as a housemate of ''Horror Movie Big Brother'', alongside other famous slasher movie killers such as [
...h Hewitt's character by placing her in scenes from the deceased's favorite horror movies, and one of the scenes involves Michael Myers.
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...on shows dealing with the supernatural. In 2008, for its annual "Halloween Horror Nights" events, Universal Studios Florida developed a new variation of the
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...truck driver will look over at his beautiful passenger and discover to his horror that she has goat's legs - like the god of mischief Pan. At this point the
* In the 1960 British horror film ''The City of the Dead'' (aka Horror Hotel) actor Valentine Dyall plays a centuries-old warlock who hitches a ri
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...an who pleads with him to not fish in the pond. He ignores her, and to his horror, she wipes her face off. Rushing home to hide, he is confronted by what see
...Stopping to relax, the man told the vendor of his tale, only to recoil in horror as the soba vendor stroked his face, becoming a noppera-bo himself.
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...d in a cave in the Aventine Hill in Italy, the future site of Rome. To the horror of nearby inhabitants, Cacus fed on human flesh and would nail the heads of
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...]s of most cultures and in many works of fiction, especially fantasy and [[horror fiction]].
Undead are a popular adversary in fantasy and horror settings. They feature prominently in many role-playing games, computer rol
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens ("Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror" in German) is a German Expressionist film shot in 1921 by Friedrich Wilhel
*1975 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the character of Riffraff (butler/handyman) was created with
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*In the survival horror video game Silent Hill, the Flauros is a mystical pyramid-shaped object. It
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...ong appeared in literature. Haunting is used as a plot device in gothic or horror fiction or, more lately, paranormal-based fiction. Roman-era authors Plautu
* The Amityville Horror (1979 & 2005)
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...bie creates dread among the living. Zombies have become a staple of modern horror fiction, where they usually engage in the consumption of human flesh. The t
Zombies are regularly encountered in horror]- and fantasy-themed fiction, |films, television shows, video games, and ro
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...Books; 2002)</ref> a leopard,<ref name="wereleopard">Worland, Rick. ''The Horror Film: An Introduction'' (Blackwell Publishing; 2006) pp73, 176–178, 184</
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