Boogeyman opens with one of the most effective scare sequences in recent memory, one that recalls us to the fears of childhood and sets the tone for the rest of the picture. In the traditional old, dark house, eight-year-old Timmy (Caden St. Clair) is in bed, too scared to sleep. Commonplace items in the room [...]

Stephen King sets up the perfect horror scene in room 217 by buliding off of Hitchcock and hos own previous work, Salem’s Lot. King uses Hitchcock’s definition of great horror to set for the scene in romm 217. He also uses background from his old work, Salems Lot. Alfred Hitchcock’s idea of horror involves human [...]

Horror can be delivered through many different ways, be it through gothicism, the psychological aspect or the industrial view on horror. Bram Stokers writing involves gothicism. He wrote many novels and short stories and amongst them was “The Squaw”. I think that Stokers vivid and graphic descriptions of death add more aspects to his writing [...]