'''''Ghostwatch''''' was a controversial British horror-mockumentary television movie which was produced by the BBC and aired on BB
The 90-minute film was a horror story shot in a documentary style and appeared as part of BBC Drama's ''Scr
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...mber 21, 1947) is an American author best known for his enormously popular horror novels.
...e works in both literature and cinema. He also writes stories outside the horror genre, including the novellas ''The Body'' and ''Rita Hayworth and Shawshan
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In Lovecraft's fiction, R'lyeh is sometimes referred to in the ritualistic phrase "Ph'nglui mglw'n
...e southern Pacific Ocean. (Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu", ''The Dunwich Horror and Others'', p. 150 - August Derleth), however, placed R'lyeh at 49°51′
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*The horror story "The New Wing" by F.R. Welsh deals directly with the Bean legacy, wit
*''Sawney Beane: The Abduction of Elspeth Cumming'' is a work of historical fiction by author Frieda Gates. It takes the legend of Sawney Beane and examines i
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Yūrei have always been a major part of Japanese fiction, with almost every writer of note turning his hand to kaidan at one time or
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...he Vampire more direct harm. Some have no relevance at all, except for in fiction.
...most effective Vampire apotropaics. It is well known in both folklore and fiction that this potent herb’s pungent odor and spicy taste is known not only to
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In the early days of the Usenet group ''alt.horror.werewolves'' (around 1992), the members discussed fictional shapeshifters.
...and thus (but to a lesser extent) the [[goth]] scene and [[horror (genre)|horror]] [[fandom]], [[furry lifestylers]], [[cosplay]] and [[anime]]/[[manga]] fa
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Popular interest in exorcism boomed after release of the horror movie ''The Exorcist'' in 1973 and ''The Exorcism of Emily Rose'' in 2005.
==Exorcism in fiction==
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''Dracula'' has been attributed to many literary genres including horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature.
...16. Polidori is many times credited as the creator of the vampire genre in fiction, but his vampire story was inspired by elements of Lord Byron's vampire poe
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'''''Doom 3''''' is a sci-fi horror first-person shooter computer game developed by id Software and published b
...tire game. id Software focused on retelling the story and creating a tense horror atmosphere. The game's events and atmosphere show a great deal of influence
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...he playful trope of the clown is rendered as disturbing through the use of horror elements and dark humor.
*The science fiction movie ''Killer Klowns from Outer Space''.
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...ht of the Living Dead]], as well as the ''Alone in the Dark'' series of PC horror games, early seminal examples of the genre.
...anuary 27, 2006.</ref> which in turn was based on a Japanese [[horror film|horror movie]], スイートホーム (''Suiito houmu''). ''Sweet Home'' was relea
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...being tied to matter, shines above it. The ugly beast's head expresses the horror of the sinner, whose materially acting, solely responsible part has to bear
...and bare breasts. Baphomet makes a rare film appearance in the 1968 Hammer Horror film ''The Devil Rides Out''.
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Other guests wove tales of equal horror, but Mary found herself unable to invent one. That night, however, she had
...ach the power and fame of Frankenstein; The Last Man, a pioneering science fiction novel of the human apocalypse in the distant future, is, however, sometimes
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...es rather than their backs, so that she could watch their faces contort in horror at their fate.
Many works of fiction portray the countess as bisexual or lesbian, drawing on the belief that her
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...ern-day mummy. He asked that his body be displayed to illustrate how the "horror at dissection originates in ignorance"; once so displayed and lectured abou
==Mummies in fiction==
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* ''Do Det Ike'' by Gerry Connelly. A [[science fiction]] story published in ''Dream'' magazine in 1989 has the electronic voice ph
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...child, she killed it with her own hands out of distress. When she saw the horror she had committed, she began crying and screaming hysterically, drawing the
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*A small passing reference was made to the Borley Rectory in the horror film ''The Amityville Curse'', which also featured a house, this time in Am
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===Fiction===
...rnatural is also a topic in various genres of fiction, such as fantasy and horror. Some examples of supernatural phenomena are [[miracle|miracles]] and [[gho
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* ''Treehouse of Horror XII'', an episode of The Simpsons. At the bar, Moe suggests Homer use a lep
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The idea of doppelgängers is also seen in fiction involving time travel and parallel universes. In this case, the doppelgän
=Art / Fiction=
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...dialects) is a spirit in Anishinaabe mythology. It has also become a stock horror character much like the [[vampire]] or [[werewolf]], although these fiction
...eschews the aspect of cannibalism in favour of a more subtle psychological horror; a central theme is that whoever sees the Wendigo '''becomes''' the Wendigo
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While this unliving horror cannot be slain in the traditional sense, there is one way to defeat the Dr
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* The monster is featured in the 1981 American horror film ''The Loch Ness Horror'', directed by Larry Buchanan.
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...aditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, cinema, and contemporary fiction.
Even today, Roma frequently feature in vampire fiction and film, no doubt influenced by Bram Stoker's book ''Dracula'' in which th
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...The story of Alfred Packer was satirically told in the Trey Parker comedy/horror/musical film, ''Cannibal! The Musical'', released in 1996 by Troma Studios.
* H. G. Wells's ''The Time Machine'', an 1896 science fiction novel features cannibalism by the more advanced species, the [[Morlock]]s,
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*German horror writer Hanns Heinz Ewers used the mandrake method for creating a homunculus
*In the classic horror film ''Bride of Frankenstein'', Dr. Frankenstein's old teacher, Dr. Praetor
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...of women with sharp claws mounted on the bodies of vultures inspired both horror and disgust. They could fly as fast as a bolt of lightening
=Art / Fiction=
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...evision series ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' in 1999) . The 1993 "Treehouse of Horror IV" episode of ''The Simpsons'' included a segment titled "Terror at 5&frac
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...ing interpretations of wishes is a classic trait amongst genies in Western fiction. For example, in one episode of ''The Twilight Zone'', a poor shopkeeper wh
* The horror film [[wikipedia:Wishmaster (film)|Wishmaster]] features a hateful and evil
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...r Peaks'' was one of the few adventures released by TSR to include science-fiction elements, such as ray guns and robots.]]
...sions reflect this history. The game was influenced by [[mythology]], pulp fiction, and contemporary fantasy authors of the 1960s and 1970s.
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...in the opening section of Anne Golon's Angélique series, as the subject of horror stories told to children. Also he may be partly the basis for the book's ro
In the science fiction short story "Rumfuddle" by Jack Vance, a baby who would have grown up to be
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...im Reaper. Shinigami (often plural) are common in modern Japanese arts and fiction, and essentially absent from traditional mythology.
...at Abraham had sacrificed Isaac in spite of his wailing, and Sarah died of horror and grief. It was Moses who most often had dealings with the angel. At the
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...d to pull the door closed, then pounded the gas pedal and sped off. To her horror, she says, the creature ran along with the car and continued to try to open
=Art /Fiction=
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...ey are used in comic books as powerful adversaries in the [[Horror fiction|horror]], [[fantasy]] and [[superhero]] stories. There are a handful of demons wh
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...ppose that Tennyson's portrayal of Kraken also influenced the 20th century horror writer H. P. Lovecraft in his description of the octopus-headed monster-god
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*The popular Ju-on series of horror films in Japan and the Americanized version The Grudge, feature poltergeist
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...the abilities that the Vampire is commonly though to possess are based in fiction, not folklore.
As far as the Vampire of fiction goes, time equals power to the Vampire. The Vampire grows in strength for
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...ue to "lie, cheat, steal and listen to [[heavy metal]]." In [[Treehouse of Horror XI]] Homer ends up in Hell, being bullied by Satan. He makes so much noise
...series ''[[Doom]]'' also involves the concept of Hell, but with a science-fiction twist, as a future teleportation experiment accidentally opens a gate to He
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