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Fear and Loathing
  in your library
What is Horror?
• An intense, painful
  feeling of repugnance or
  fear.
• That which excites horror
  or dread, or is horrible,
  gloomy or dreary.
• A shuddering with terror
  and detestation; the
  feeling inspired by
  something frightful and
  shocking.
What is horror fiction?
             Broadly defined, a
             story intended to
             scare, unsettle or
             horrify the reader.
             On the most basic
             level horror fiction
             contains a monster,
             whether it be
             supernatural, human
             or a metaphor for the
             psychological torment
             of a guilt-ridden
             human.
A guided nightmare ride
 that can shock,
 educate, illuminate,
 threaten, shriek,
 and whisper before
 it lets the readers
 loose. - Robert
 McCammon
“Horror is not a genre like
mystery or science fiction or the
western. It is not a kind of fiction
meant to be confined to the
ghetto of a special shelf in
libraries or bookstores. Horror is
an emotion.”
– Douglas Winter, Prime Evil
Did You Know?

Horror is one of the most pervasive
literary types. Elements of horror can
be found in almost every genre:
romance, fantasy, science fiction,
mystery, even westerns.
Not considered a separate genre until
about 1985 when the beginnings of
the Horror Writers Association was
formed.
Appeal Factors
Provokes a emotional/physical
response in the reader.
Allows a safe exploration of The Dark
Side.
Encourages escape from everyday
reality.
Validates a belief in supernatural.
Provides a place to face our fears.
Some Early Milestones
1764 – The Castle of Otranto – Horace Walpole
1798 – Wieland, or the Transformation – C. B. Brown
1818 – Frankenstein – Mary Shelly
1835 – Berenice – Edgar Allen Poe
1847 – Barney the Vampire – A “penny dreadful”
1847 – Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
1851 – The House of the Seven Gables – N. Hawthorne
1872 – Carmilla – Sheridan Le Fanu
1891 – The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
1897 – Dracula – Bram Stoker
1908 – The House on the Borderland – W. H. Hodgson
Topics and Themes
• Ghosts & Haunted     • Scientific & Medical
  Houses                 Horror
• Mythological Evil    • Psychological
• Demonic                Horror
  Possession           • Mind Control
• Witches & Warlocks   • Small Town Horror
  & Black Magic        • Dark Fantasy
• Vampires             • Splatterpunk
• Werewolves           • Detective Horror
• Mummies, zombies,    • Comic Horror
  and golems           • Classics
Ghosts and Haunted Houses
• Most often involves tales of buried guilt.
• Ghost or haunted house is usually a portent
  to the guilty party or even to someone
  innocent.
• Examples: The Turn of the Screw
                The Haunting of Hill House
                The Shining
                Nazareth Hill
                Mammoth Book of Haunted
                 House Stories
Mythological Evil
• Often based on monsters from religion or
  mythology.
• “Monster” derives from the Latin monstere, to
  show.
• Often involves divine warnings about
  consequences of human action.
• This type of evil often threatens entire
  populations.
• Examples: The Shadow Out of Time – Lovecraft
              The Servant of the Bones – Rice
              The Descent – Jeff Long
              Phantoms – Koontz
             The Oath – Frank Peretti
Possession, Witches, Black Magic
• Innocents possessed by demons or even Satan.
• Witches and Warlocks may or may not be evil.
• Pacts made with Dark Powers.
• Modern examples often involve Catholics in faith
  crisis.
• Examples: The Exorcist – William Blatty
             Rosemary’s Baby – Ira Levin
             The Omen – David Seltzer
             Dark Fall – Dean Koontz
             The Bible – Gospel of Mark
             A Ship Possessed – Alton Gansky
Scientific & Medical Horror

•   The fear of technology.
•   The perils of scientific investigation.
•   Close parallels with real life concerns.
•   Examples: The Invisible Man – H. G. Wells
                Toxin – Robin Cook
                Demon Seed – Dean Koontz
                Floating Dragon – Peter Straub
Psychological Horror
•   Horror with an explicable cause.
•   Torment from mental illness, child abuse, etc.
•   Questions the very nature of our world.
•   Examples: Silence of the Lambs
               Psycho – Robert Bloch
               Misery – Stephen King
               Church of Dead Girls – Stephen
                                          Dobyns
               Beasts – Joyce Carol Oates
               A Graveyard for Lunatics – Ray
                                          Bradbury
Mind Control
• Brainwashing, hypnosis, telekinesis.
• Based on our fears of being controlled by
  others.
• Often has outcasts with gifts going “postal”.
• Examples: Carrie – Stephen King
            Firestarter – Stephen King
            The Lecturer’s Tale – James Hynes
            Dragon Tears – Dean Koontz
Small Town Horror

•   Isolated settings.
•   Untouched by our civilized values.
•   Where no one can hear you scream.
•   Reminds us of our powerlessness and dependence
    on others.
• Examples: The Stepford Wives – Ira Levin
              Desperation – Stephen King
              The Hungry Moon – Ramsey Campbell
              Unhallowed Ground – Gillian White
Splatterpunk
•   More a style of writing than a theme.
•   Characterized by a grotesque decadence.
•   Graphic sex and violence for their own sake.
•   No reluctant monsters or anti-heroes.
•   No taboos.
•   Examples: Every Dead Thing – John Connelly
               Ghoul – Michael Slade
               American Psycho – Brett Ellis
Detective Horror
A detective investigating the supernatural
Plot often secondary to the eerie background
Examples: Legion – William Peter Blatty
          Mystery – Peter Straub
          Children of the End – Mark Clements
          Primal Scream – Michael Slade
          Whispers – Dean Koontz
Comic Horror
•   Laughing at our fears
•   Comic characters
•   Off-the-wall situations
•   Ridiculous monsters
•   Examples: Lunatic Café – Laura Hamilton
               American Gods – Neil Gaiman
               Ticktock – Dean Koontz
Short Story Collections

Annual Anthologies – The Year’s Best Horror
Stories; Best New Horror: 10th Anniversary ed.
General Anthologies – Great Tales of Terror and
the Supernatural; A Touch of Chill: Tales for
Sleepless Nights
Theme Anthologies – Penguin Book of Vampire
Stories; Stories of the Walking Dead; Werewolf!
Individual Authors – The Darkest Part of the
Woods by Ramsey Campbell; Duel: Terror Stories
by Richard Matheson
Printed Resources

• Hooked on Horror: A Guide to Reading
  Interests in Horror Fiction. Libraries Unlimited,
  2003.
• Horror Reader’s Advisory: The Librarian’s Guide
  to Vampires, Killer Tomatoes, and Haunted
  Houses. ALA, 2004
• Horror: The 100 Best Books. Carroll & Graf,
  1998. 2nd ed. (new edition forthcoming)
• Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests in
  Genre Fiction. Libraries Unlimited, 2000.
Online Resources

• HCPL homepage – Books Lists
• Novelist
• Harriet – adult services – Reader’s Advisory
  Tools For Adults
• Bram Stoker Awards. Horror Writers of
  America/Horror Writers Association (includes
  a link for librarians). www.horror.org
• International Horror Guild Award. www.ihg.org
• August Derleth Award (best novel).
  www.bristishfantasysociety.org.uk
Personal Picks



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Reader's Advisory: Horror

  • 1. Fear and Loathing in your library
  • 2. What is Horror? • An intense, painful feeling of repugnance or fear. • That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible, gloomy or dreary. • A shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking.
  • 3. What is horror fiction? Broadly defined, a story intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader. On the most basic level horror fiction contains a monster, whether it be supernatural, human or a metaphor for the psychological torment of a guilt-ridden human.
  • 4. A guided nightmare ride that can shock, educate, illuminate, threaten, shriek, and whisper before it lets the readers loose. - Robert McCammon
  • 5. “Horror is not a genre like mystery or science fiction or the western. It is not a kind of fiction meant to be confined to the ghetto of a special shelf in libraries or bookstores. Horror is an emotion.” – Douglas Winter, Prime Evil
  • 6. Did You Know? Horror is one of the most pervasive literary types. Elements of horror can be found in almost every genre: romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, even westerns. Not considered a separate genre until about 1985 when the beginnings of the Horror Writers Association was formed.
  • 7. Appeal Factors Provokes a emotional/physical response in the reader. Allows a safe exploration of The Dark Side. Encourages escape from everyday reality. Validates a belief in supernatural. Provides a place to face our fears.
  • 8. Some Early Milestones 1764 – The Castle of Otranto – Horace Walpole 1798 – Wieland, or the Transformation – C. B. Brown 1818 – Frankenstein – Mary Shelly 1835 – Berenice – Edgar Allen Poe 1847 – Barney the Vampire – A “penny dreadful” 1847 – Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 1851 – The House of the Seven Gables – N. Hawthorne 1872 – Carmilla – Sheridan Le Fanu 1891 – The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde 1897 – Dracula – Bram Stoker 1908 – The House on the Borderland – W. H. Hodgson
  • 9. Topics and Themes • Ghosts & Haunted • Scientific & Medical Houses Horror • Mythological Evil • Psychological • Demonic Horror Possession • Mind Control • Witches & Warlocks • Small Town Horror & Black Magic • Dark Fantasy • Vampires • Splatterpunk • Werewolves • Detective Horror • Mummies, zombies, • Comic Horror and golems • Classics
  • 10. Ghosts and Haunted Houses • Most often involves tales of buried guilt. • Ghost or haunted house is usually a portent to the guilty party or even to someone innocent. • Examples: The Turn of the Screw The Haunting of Hill House The Shining Nazareth Hill Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories
  • 11. Mythological Evil • Often based on monsters from religion or mythology. • “Monster” derives from the Latin monstere, to show. • Often involves divine warnings about consequences of human action. • This type of evil often threatens entire populations. • Examples: The Shadow Out of Time – Lovecraft The Servant of the Bones – Rice The Descent – Jeff Long Phantoms – Koontz The Oath – Frank Peretti
  • 12. Possession, Witches, Black Magic • Innocents possessed by demons or even Satan. • Witches and Warlocks may or may not be evil. • Pacts made with Dark Powers. • Modern examples often involve Catholics in faith crisis. • Examples: The Exorcist – William Blatty Rosemary’s Baby – Ira Levin The Omen – David Seltzer Dark Fall – Dean Koontz The Bible – Gospel of Mark A Ship Possessed – Alton Gansky
  • 13. Scientific & Medical Horror • The fear of technology. • The perils of scientific investigation. • Close parallels with real life concerns. • Examples: The Invisible Man – H. G. Wells Toxin – Robin Cook Demon Seed – Dean Koontz Floating Dragon – Peter Straub
  • 14. Psychological Horror • Horror with an explicable cause. • Torment from mental illness, child abuse, etc. • Questions the very nature of our world. • Examples: Silence of the Lambs Psycho – Robert Bloch Misery – Stephen King Church of Dead Girls – Stephen Dobyns Beasts – Joyce Carol Oates A Graveyard for Lunatics – Ray Bradbury
  • 15. Mind Control • Brainwashing, hypnosis, telekinesis. • Based on our fears of being controlled by others. • Often has outcasts with gifts going “postal”. • Examples: Carrie – Stephen King Firestarter – Stephen King The Lecturer’s Tale – James Hynes Dragon Tears – Dean Koontz
  • 16. Small Town Horror • Isolated settings. • Untouched by our civilized values. • Where no one can hear you scream. • Reminds us of our powerlessness and dependence on others. • Examples: The Stepford Wives – Ira Levin Desperation – Stephen King The Hungry Moon – Ramsey Campbell Unhallowed Ground – Gillian White
  • 17. Splatterpunk • More a style of writing than a theme. • Characterized by a grotesque decadence. • Graphic sex and violence for their own sake. • No reluctant monsters or anti-heroes. • No taboos. • Examples: Every Dead Thing – John Connelly Ghoul – Michael Slade American Psycho – Brett Ellis
  • 18. Detective Horror A detective investigating the supernatural Plot often secondary to the eerie background Examples: Legion – William Peter Blatty Mystery – Peter Straub Children of the End – Mark Clements Primal Scream – Michael Slade Whispers – Dean Koontz
  • 19. Comic Horror • Laughing at our fears • Comic characters • Off-the-wall situations • Ridiculous monsters • Examples: Lunatic Café – Laura Hamilton American Gods – Neil Gaiman Ticktock – Dean Koontz
  • 20. Short Story Collections Annual Anthologies – The Year’s Best Horror Stories; Best New Horror: 10th Anniversary ed. General Anthologies – Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural; A Touch of Chill: Tales for Sleepless Nights Theme Anthologies – Penguin Book of Vampire Stories; Stories of the Walking Dead; Werewolf! Individual Authors – The Darkest Part of the Woods by Ramsey Campbell; Duel: Terror Stories by Richard Matheson
  • 21. Printed Resources • Hooked on Horror: A Guide to Reading Interests in Horror Fiction. Libraries Unlimited, 2003. • Horror Reader’s Advisory: The Librarian’s Guide to Vampires, Killer Tomatoes, and Haunted Houses. ALA, 2004 • Horror: The 100 Best Books. Carroll & Graf, 1998. 2nd ed. (new edition forthcoming) • Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction. Libraries Unlimited, 2000.
  • 22. Online Resources • HCPL homepage – Books Lists • Novelist • Harriet – adult services – Reader’s Advisory Tools For Adults • Bram Stoker Awards. Horror Writers of America/Horror Writers Association (includes a link for librarians). www.horror.org • International Horror Guild Award. www.ihg.org • August Derleth Award (best novel). www.bristishfantasysociety.org.uk
  • 23. Personal Picks An early A post- Matheson’s For the YA’s effort of apocalyptic 1954 novella Gaiman Siddons and battle about a lone opens the her only between man’s last door into a venture into good and stand against creepy horror. A evil by a a plague of alternate Stephen modern vampires. reality. King favorite. master