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…”
