LITERARY CRITICISM / Horror & Supernatural

Paper · Semantic Scholar

The primary objective of this study is to analyze the film The Pale Blue Eye, which combines the Gothic horror and detective genres in the same narrative, through its connection to Edgar Allan Poe. In the film, Poe appears as a key character who assists the protagonist in solving crimes. However, this is not the only connection the film has to Poe. The film’s narrative technique is created by utilizing the distincti…

Reference · Wikidata

subgenre of horror films, often centrally featuring ghosts or other supernatural elements

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Supernatural horror film is a genre that combines aspects of supernatural and horror film. Supernatural occurrences in such films often include ghosts and demons, and many supernatural horror films have elements of religion. Common themes in the genre are the afterlife, the devil, and demonic possession. Not all supernatural horror films focus on religion, and they can have "more vivid and gruesome violence".

Book · DOAB

From Outbreak to The Walking Dead, apocalyptic narratives of infection, contagion and global pandemic are an inescapable part of twenty-first-century popular culture. Yet these fears and fantasies are too virulent to be simply quarantined within fictional texts. The vocabulary and metaphors of outbreak narratives have permeated how news media, policymakers and the general public view the real world and the people wi…

Full text · Open Library

"The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow descent into madness. The poem makes use of folk, mythological, religious, and classical references. "The Raven" was first attributed…

Image · DPLA

Issue 13.2 of the Review for Religious, 1954.