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    breaks‚ yet people go anyway. This same concept can be said for many things‚ especially when it comes to Stephen King and his stories of horror. People know of the fear he can induce with his stories and their broad detail and interesting plot. Such as the short story‚ “Strawberry Springs” people who have read his stories do it to show that they can and that. “we are not afraid” (King‚ “Why we Crave” 1). The story itself has many deaths and a few in particular give out a gruesome end to the victim.

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    We tend to forget that our actions have consequences‚ but our subconscious remembers and tries to warn us by using a sensitive memory‚ usually one with a massive amount of fear‚ to help us perceive what will happen if we keep going. My subconscious chose the memory when I almost got my brother killed. While fishing with my younger brother‚ I saw an alligator across the bayou resting in the shading water. Bored of not getting a bit on my fishing line threw a rock at the alligator. The rock missed

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    as real as humans are. So if anyone asks if ghosts are real and you say no think about this then you might want to change that little answer of yours. So now we’ve covered all the facts about ghosts lets about the fake facts about ghosts. We all know about horror movies. But have you ever thought how they these stories. First they come up of a fake story. Then they make a movie about it and gain all the moolah!

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    A history of the sound in horror films Horror films are known for their ability to scare audiences‚ to get the audience’s hearts racing‚ their blood rushing. A good horror film will cause viewers to be on the edge of their seats and having their perception of reality distorted as they attempt to understand the unraveling plot of the horror film. The tone of the film aides in the amount of suspense that a horror film produces‚ since a much darker film will create a more suspenseful atmosphere than

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    The Shining‚ by Stephen King‚ is about a man and his wife and son staying in a hotel during the winter. The man is named Jack Torrance‚ who will be the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel from the months of November to April. Jack was notorious for losing his job‚ mostly since he had a bad temper and drank excessively. Thankfully though‚ his good buddy Al knew the owner of the Overlook‚ who needed someone to stay there when everyone else left; so‚ he was able to get him the job. Jack’s son‚ Danny‚ has

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    CONTEMPORARY HORROR FILM One might say that horror film- genre has been invented by feminists. Horror films seem to be one of the only genres that have women as heroines instead of dominated side characters. In horror genre women are the ones fighting against evil and men are the ones dying trying to help these heroines. Or perhaps the horror genre uses heroines to differ it self from hero dominant action genre. Or maybe horror films were created to represent the ultimate horror of the dominant

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    much I enjoy reading Stephen King’s book‚ On Writing. I love learning about his life and the unbelievable journey that has brought him to this point. He lived a number of difficult years‚ worked at horrible jobs‚ but enjoyed every minute of his life because writing and horror movies were his escape. His brother seemed to be a huge influence in his life‚ encouraging him to continue pushing the envelope. Many of the details King discusses in his book‚ such as a love for horror movies‚ I can relate

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    Stephen King: The King of Horror “The most important things are the hardest to say‚ because words diminish them. Fiction is the truth inside the lie. Monsters are real‚ and ghosts are real too. They live inside us‚ and sometimes‚ they win.” Some of the many themes Stephen King has provided to his audience‚ King has a way of making his readers feel as though there isn’t any good left in the world. He creates stories that draw in his audience and keeps them turning the pages in anticipation to

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    The Green Mile - Stephen King I have read the award winning novel from 1996‚ written by the very famous horror author Stephen King. He has wrote countless classic horror books‚ one of them being the world famous book version of the film IT. Stephen King is from Portland America‚ just like most of his books the green mile being no exception. The genre of the book - The Genre of the book The Green Mile is a mix between four different genres. Fiction‚ crime‚ dark fantasy‚ Gothic and historical fiction

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    Literature and Film in Horror Literature and film has been a large part of horror for a long time in history. Horror has been in literature since early 1200s because of the book called Inquisition. The book was largely inspired by religion and witchcraft. Film in horror started with the first horror film Le Manoir Du Diable by a French filmmaker named Georges Melies‚ this film was only two minutes long. Hopefully‚ in this paper you will learn about the history of literature and film in horror. Literature

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