A Horror Story - Original Writing
It was a windy night. John was home alone,because,his Mom and Dad had
gone out to dinner.John was doing his homework,because,he was bored.
After a half an hour John rang his girlfriend up.He asked her to come
over and bring her girlfriends with her,because,his friends are coming
too.His girlfriend(Mary) said; 'okey,I'll come and I will bring my
friends with me too'.What Mary did not know was that John had an
plan.Not just a plan but an evil plan.
After half an hour Mary and her two best friends(Julie an
Monica)arrived.'Hi sweety' said Mary.'Hi honey' replied John. John
told the girls to come in.Mary asked John 'where are your friends'?
John said'they are coming in a few minutes'. Mary believed that.
Julie and Monica put some music on and started dancing. John asked
Mary to go upstairs with him. At first she said 'no,that is not a good
idea'. John asked her again'please,come upstairs with me'. This time
Mary said'okey'. He took her upstairs and he closed the door. And he
even put some music on so that Julie and Monica could not hear them.
John and Mary started dancing. John wanted to go futher but Mary did
not want that. She told him to stop but John did not stop. Mary
started to screaming but her friends could not hear her. 'Please stop'
said Mary.
'No ,if you scream again,I will kill you'said John. Mary screamed
again. John grabed a knife and killed his own girlfriend. John hid the
body quickly.John went downstairs like nothing happend. Mary's friends
asked John 'where is Mary'?John told them she's dead. The girls did
not believe it and started laughing. John replied'I am not joking,she
is really dead, I killed her and you two are next'. The girls were
quiet and afraid.then John started laughing and closed the front door.
Julie started crying and grabbed Monica by the arm.' Don't be afraid,
this will only take a minute' said John. He grabbed the knife and took
Monica by her hair and he stabbed her four times.
Mary had been waiting for her husband to come home in the story, “Lamb to the Slaughter”. “Mary Maloney was waiting for her husband
A man starting from nothing with only the urge to write becoming so much more. The King of Horror is a member of many guilds, writer of some of the best horror novels, and has even made a couple movies. Although, with a current net worth of 400 million dollars, Stephen King was not always the King of Horror.
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Horror movies have captivated audiences for over a century. People everywhere flock to theaters to view chilling horror movies like Saw, Insidious, or the Conjuring. There is just something about horror that humans can’t get enough of. So why do we pay to scare ourselves sick? Why do we pay good money to watch others murdered and tortured to death? What do we possibly get from it all? In a culture were peace and non-violence is constantly promoted, there is still a part of the human that desires the opposite. So why is it that people watch horror movies in the first place? Experts believe there are different theories on why, but the three biggest are: the thrill, the Gender Socialization theory, and simply just because people actually want a scare.
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Near the middle of the story we see Mary exhibit her bad sinister character; her personality and feelings suddenly change when she murders her own husband by hitting him at the back of the head with a frozen lamb leg. After denying all of Mary’s helpful deeds, Patrick told her to sit down so that he can tell her something serious; the story doesn’t tell us what he says to her but Mary suddenly changes after he tells her something, her “instinct was not to believe any of it” (Dahl 2). She just responded with “I’ll get the supper” (Dahl 2) and felt nothing of her body except for nausea and a desire to vomit. She went down the cellar, opened the freezer, grabbed a frozen leg of lamb, went back upstairs, came behind Patrick, and swung the big leg of lamb as hard as she could to the back of his head killing him. This act of sudden violence shows how much she has gone ...
In his book, Horror and the Horror Film, author Bruce F. Kawin remarked “horror itself resists formulation and can be difficult and unpleasant to contemplate.” This year was a phenomenal year for both horror and contemplative movies. Two prime examples: Get Out and mother!. Despite being both horror films with subliminal messaging and allegories, they had drastically different reactions and box office performances. To understand why this happened, it is imperative to analyze marketing, storyline, climate, and audience interpretation.
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My stomach retched, my throat dry, had I got myself into this mess? A distant thud echoed across the cold, hard floor, ricocheting into my ear. Someone was coming.
I think it was at its peak from about the age of twelve to roughly
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