Content tagged with "horror"
Chthonic
From the Greek word “khthon” means “beneath the Earth.” This is likely the root of “Cthulhu.” From Wikipedia: Invented by Lovecraft in 1928, the name Cthulhu was probably chosen to echo the word chthonic , as apparently suggested by Lovecraft himself at the end of his 1923 tale “The Rats in the…
Grand Guignol
This is technically French for “great puppet,” but it usually refers to a theater in Paris called Théâtre du Grand Guignol It was known for its realistic, gruesome horror shows. Each performance would be several short plays. Here’s a description from a 1957 New York Times article entitled “Fading…
