| "A Few
Thoughts on the Horror Genre": Excellent class notes by Robinson. |
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| Web Pages |
| Edward Gorey had a very distinctive artistic style,
and a rather sick sense of humor. I like him for that. |
| Was Edgar Allan Poe a hack or the most masterful
American writer? Somewhere in between if you ask me, but he does have an
impressive body of work and quite a few devoted fans. |
| Boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy puts girl on altar, Spawn of Yog-Sothoth
eats girl. No, it's not a John Hughes movie, it's
H.P. Lovecraft. |
| The Goth subculture didn't start out spooky, but most
people see it that way now; it earns a place on this page |
| For spirits, apparitions, graveyards, haunted houses and mediums, go to the Haunted
Links. |
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| Miscellaneous |
| Paranormal
World Webring |
| When you see a
"stereotypical" American haunted house, it's a Victorian-era style
(usually Second Empire). For inspiration, follow the links on the Victoriana
page. |
| An essay on the Origin
of Halloween. |
| Critters of all sorts are on Monstrous.com. |
| Dark Side of the Net. |
| DarkEcho Horror
site, for and about horror writers. |
| The
Horror Factor: Online source for horror writers. |
| Haunted
Computer is a website for thriller-writer Scott Nicholson; includes some background
into folklore. |
| Horror.net:
the Horror Network. |
| Halloween
Films and Classic Horror
Films. |
| Creepy stories in a different format: Dionaea
House and Ted the
Caver. |
| Lost
Destinations: Forgotten or abandoned places. |
| For halloween decoration:
Extreme Pumpkins. |
| Mark Powell's creepy
dioramas. |
| Eerie World: series of
theme restaurants. |
| Haunted House.com |
| Ichor Falls,
WV: Quaint little town with quaint little creepiness. |
| Unofficial
Addams Family Creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky. |
| I recently
discovered the source of a dim childhood memory of Vincent Price with a candle
and a rhyme: The Hilarious
House of Frightenstein. |
