Author Archives: Alister

What is horror, and why are we drawn to it? As I said in my second post (when describing fear), horror is defined as “an extremely strong feeling of fear.” To take it from a more literary basis, the writer H.P. Lovecraft stated that “the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and theContinue reading “The Nature of Horror: why does it exist”

When writing a horror story, consideration of the location is of the highest order, as this is where you will be setting your piece. It will determine the tone and atmosphere and depending on how well it is used, it can progress, or hamper, the development of the story. As to exactly what landscape youContinue reading “Horror and Location: Finding the place”

Sometimes the most horrific thing about a story is the writer behind it To write horror, you must first understand what horror is.To understand horror, you must first know the meaning of the word ‘fear’. “The literal base of the word is physiological – it means ‘the standing on end of the hair’ (…) andContinue reading “Horror and the Writer: Emulating Fear”

Plainly put, horror provides a playground in which kids can dance with their fears in a safe way that can teach them how to survive monsters and be powerful too. It was there in the darkness, in the theatre, just me and the big screen.  The open ocean and one light, a glow in theContinue reading “Horror and Me”