Stacks-on+Horror!



**Horror,** used as an adjective, describes things that are centred upon or depicting terrifying or macabre events, such as horror stories and horror movies.

**Horror fiction** is fiction that elicits an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a painful and intense fear; dread; or dismay in the reader.

Horror is an intrusion into our comfort levels reminding us of how little we actually know and understand. It doesn't have to be full of ghosts, ghouls, and things to go bump in the night as its only true requirement is that it elicits an emotional reaction that includes some aspect of fear or dread. Just as our fears and terrors change with time, so too will the definition of horror, not just from age to age but from person to person. Sourced from the Horror Writers Association (2009) and dictionary.com

Horror stories have been told since man sat around camp fires in caves and scared each other by making up stories about what was out there in the dark. In the modern age you can scare yourself in a number of ways. You can listen to scary stories, hear and read interveiws with authors and directors making horror, read stories and whole books online, find tips on writing your own horror stories, watch scary movies and borrow the book it was based on from the library.

If you would like to learn more about Horror, follow the links on this pathfinder. It will help you find information in your school library and on the Internet.

Start exploring the horror here... if you dare!



= = =Searching for horror on the internet? =

Just using the word horror will bring up many results but not necessarily what you are looking for. To locate more books, use the keywords and phrases suggested below to search the library catalogue and online.

words about what you are looking for – genre, films, fiction, movies, movie name, literature, literary, books, writing, audio... words that describe the kind of horror you are looking for – sub genres, gothic, thriller, slasher... words that describe character types – vampire, zombie, stalker, monster...
 * Try to be specific: Use horror +**