Showing posts with label Asian horror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asian horror. Show all posts
Saturday, October 16, 2021

The Exorcist: A Marriage of Spirit and Matter in the Style of William Peter Blatty

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman William Peter Blatty, the author of The Exorcist, has an eccentric style that is marked by his...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Horror Film Structure: Some Thoughts, None Definitive

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman “Analyses of film structure are never theory-neutral . . . . Once the analyst determines which of the ...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

“An Ordinary Day, with Peanuts”: Shirley Jackson on The Problem of Evil

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman One way to gain insight concerning horror writers’ fiction and the techniques that the writers of ...
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Friday, November 11, 2011

11/22/63: A Book That Shall Live in Infamy

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman Stephen King can’t seem to help himself. For the past twenty years or so, he’s been writing when he re...
Friday, September 23, 2011

"Terminal Freeze," Blow By Blow

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman I just finished reading Lincoln Child's novel, Terminal Freeze .  It's 320 pages long.  I ...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Science Fiction Creature vs. Horror Monster

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Many horror movies have science fiction underpinnings or, to put the same thought the other way around...
Saturday, August 28, 2010

Horror from the Mouths of Babes

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman One, two, Freddy’s coming for you! Three, four, Better lock the door. Five, six, Get a crucif...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Bentley Little: Aberrant Sex as Symbolic of the Nature of Sin

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Quick Tip: The Importance of Setting

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman In “‘Closer Than an Eye’: The Interconnections of Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ,” Colin N. Manlove...
Thursday, December 31, 2009

Humor versus Horror

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman In the sexist teen sex comedy, 100 Girls , college student Matthew (no last name) has sex with a coed stud...
Saturday, November 7, 2009

Review of "American Nightmares: The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction"

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman One’s home is not only one’s castle, it has been argued, but one’s self. Writers of horror fiction from Ed...
Friday, October 23, 2009

Extrapolations

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman For many authors, plotting is one of the more difficult aspects of writing fiction. However, when one face...