Showing posts with label Psycho. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psycho. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Structural Elements of Horror

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 Copyright 2021 by Gary L. Pullman An analysis of horror films discloses the use of a number of specific types of scenic elements that tend...
Sunday, May 23, 2021

Just What I Needed: Another Exercise!

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  Copyright 2021 by Gary Pullman   We not only learn new skills but hone old ones by pausing in plotting, writing, and revision to pract...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

Knowing Your Endgame

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Flash fiction works well for horror. We have the word from both Edgar Allan Poe, who said that...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Mental Disorders and Ilnesses Will, Like Murder, Out

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Throughout the 1960s, a trend in horror movies is the human “monster.” Often the victim of a signi...
Saturday, March 7, 2020

A Literary Critic Offers Some Tips for Writing Powerful Horror Stories

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman In Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Inv...
Sunday, April 28, 2019

Ed Gein Jokes: A Bizarre Example of Gallows Humor

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Copyright 2019 by Gary L. Pullman After his father's death, Ed Gein (1906-1984) was reared by his mother, a religious fanati...
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Sunday, March 3, 2019

Developing a Sense of Horror

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Copyright 2019 by Gary L. Pullman Yesterday, as I walked through the house, I imagined the defensive and offensive actions that vari...