![]() I'd always urge anyone to read the book first. I'm told this was made into a film several years ago, but if you haven't come across that, as I hadn't (still haven't) I urge you to read the book before seeking it out. Among these is the less well-known The Haunting of Hill House. So it comes as no surprise that Penguin's Modern Classic series are unearthing other treasures from the vaults. ![]() The Mysteries of Udolpho also appears in numerous versions. Some will never go out of print: Bram Stoker's Dracula is perennial. On the other hand, it is a terrible delight that earlier proponents of what is now generally collected under the umbrella of 'gothic fiction' are still to be found. It is a shame that most modern writers have lost sight of this, or lost the talent to exploit it. ![]() As Hitchcock once remarked, and the classic original film Alien proved, what the mind imagines is far more horrible than anything that you can show to it. Suspense is the real core of the tale of horror. I owe a slight apology to Mr King, because along with the gutsier side of the genre, I will own that he is a master at suspense. There was a time when 'horror' was not rooted in blood, guts and gore. ![]() The darkest corners are in your own mind. ![]()
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