There are 8 item(s) tagged with “horror” on this site.
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“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 (Ancient Greek ‘of the earth’), as apparently suggested by Lovecraft himself at the end of his…”
“This is an anthology of every work of narrative fiction H.P. Lovecraft wrote, in order. (I say ‘narrative fiction’ because he apparently wrote a bunch of poetry that isn’t in this book.) I had always wondered about Lovecraft. I was familiar with ‘Call of Cthulhu,’ the role-playing game. Then a few…”
“This generally means ‘massive.’ Obviously, it comes from the root of Cyclops, the monster from Greek and Roman mythology. ‘Cyclops’ means ‘round eye’ which was used to describe a giant creature with one eye. The word seems to be common masonry industry, to refer to stonework done with large stones….”
“Great novel. Does not read like it was written 121 years ago. Genuinely terrifying in parts. Suffers a bit in the middle as the characters run around London, and I got a little confused as to what they were doing. It turns into a bit of a detective story. I got the main gist of what was going on,…”
“This is technically French for ‘great puppet,’ but it usually refers to a theater in Paris called Théâtre du Grand Guignol (‘The Theater of the Great Puppet.’) It was known for its realistic, gruesome horror shows. Each performance would be several short plays. Here’s a description from a 1957 New…”
“So, here’s the thing – if you know the secret, there’s not much point reading the book. And everyone knows the secret by now – ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ has become a common idiom. But back when this was published in Victorian England, no one knew the twist, and it was probably a hell of a surprise in the…”
“I don’t normally read horror, but this book has a fascinating format: it’s a fictional ‘oral history’ of a war against a zombies virus that took place about a decade prior. The main character is an unnamed reporter or journalist or documentarian who compiles a set of interviews with people who…”
