Chillers and Thrillers

is a blog on the theory and practice of writing horror fiction.

Showing posts with label slasher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slasher. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Evolution, Psychology, and Horror, Part I

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Copyright 2012 by Gary L. Pullman   Source: kickstarter.com According to evolutionary psychologists, human behavior evolved through adaptat...
Friday, July 20, 2018

Body Horror and the Ghost in the Machine

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman In a nutshell, metaphysical dualism is the belief that the mind and the body are distinct from...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The Final Girl: Transsexual? Homoerotic? We Report; You Decide

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Note : In this and a few subsequent posts, I summarize and comment upon essays concerning horror ...
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Quick Tip: Victimizing the Victim

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Victims are important to horror, but one would hardly know it, for, from authors, critics, and readers, th...
Friday, November 28, 2008

Aphoristic Horror

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman Aphorisms, as themes, can give rise to story ideas. Consider the possibilities with regard to such a maxim...
Monday, February 18, 2008

Everyday Horrors: Teenagers and Young Adults

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman Sarah Michelle Gellar, about to get hers in The Grudge We speak of the “terrible two’s,” but, next to the...
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