Author | : Charles George Harper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Ghost stories |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles George Harper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Ghost stories |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Paul Meehan |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2019-12-06 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1476638209 |
A popular phenomenon since antiquity, the image of the haunted house is one that has translated elegantly into the modern medium of film. The haunted house transcends genre, appearing in mysteries, gothic romances, comedies and horror films. This book is the first comprehensive historical and critical study of themes surrounding haunted houses in film. Covering more than 100 films, it spans from the Mystery House thrillers of the silent era to the high-tech, big budget productions of the 21st Century. Included are the works of such acclaimed directors as D.W. Griffith, Robert Wise, Mario Bava, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Tim Burton and Guillermo Del Toro. The book also covers the real-life "haunted house" phenomenon and movies based on paranormal case files, including those featured in films like the Conjuring series.
Author | : Shawn Paul Jones |
Publisher | : Page Publishing Inc |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2021-03-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1662429436 |
The Smith family have just moved to the country, outside the boyhood town Rick Smith had grown up around. The house that they've bought is an old farmhouse Rick remembered as an iconic relic of local lore as being haunted. Rick had heard stories, of course, just as most everyone in the community had heard of the ghost stories out at the old house. Only it wouldn't be until the Smiths would settle into the place that suppositions would begin to occur, when sounds they would hear in the night would grow into supernatural phenomenon that will terrify the Smith family for the rest of their lives.
Author | : Hilaire Belloc |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Mystery and detective stories |
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Author | : Peter Haining |
Publisher | : Robinson |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2011-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1780333641 |
Expanded and with great new stories, this is the biggest and best anthology of ghostly hauntings ever. Over 40 tales of visitation by the undead - from vengeful and violent spirits, set on causing harm to innocent people tucked up in their homes, to rarer and more kindly ghosts, returning from the grave to reach out across the other side. Yet others entertain desires of a more sinister bent, including the erotic. This new edition includes a selection of favourite haunted house tales chosen by famous screen stars Boris Karloff, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Plus a top ranking list of contributors that includes Stephen King, Bram Stoker, Ruth Rendell, and James Herbert - all brought together by an anthologist who himself lives in a haunted house. Stories include: Something unspeakable lurks in a Connecticut apartment closet, in Stephen King's 'The Boogeyman'; An Irish castle holds something truly horrifying in wait, in 'The Whistling Room' by William Hope Hodgson; The lecherous old ghost of a Georgian country house eyes up his latest tenant, in Norah Lofts' 'Mr Edward'; An ancient mansion on a shelf of rock previously occupied by a doomed castle, in 'In Letters of Fire' by Gaston Le Roux; The hunter is hunted in James Herbert's tale of nineteenth-century country mansion, 'The Ghost Hunter'; Psychic phenomena and poltergeists, avenging spirits and phantom lovers - curl up and read on, but never imagine you are safe from a visit...
Author | : |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2021-03-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1787557448 |
Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy deluxe edition short story compilations, Supernatural Horror, Murder Mayhem, Lost Souls and many others, this latest title takes housebound trapped spirits and creepy gothic mansions as its chilling subject. Contains a potent mix of classic and brand new writing, with authors from the US, Canada, and the UK. Oh, what is that sound within the walls? The creaking floorboards, the children hiding in the mirror, the spirits that rake across the flesh of the mind – all find a home in this anthology of spine-tingling tales. New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Rebecca Buchanan, Ramsey Campbell, H.B. Diaz, Tom English, John Everson, Marina Favila, Shannon Fay, Adele Gardner, Gwendolyn Kiste, Bill Kte'pi, John M. McIlveen, Kurt Newton, M. Regan, Zandra Renwick, Zach Shephard, Morgan Sylvia, and Mikal Trimm. Classic authors include E.F. Benson, Sheridan Le Fanu, Elizabeth Gaskell, W.W. Jacobs, M.R. James, Edith Wharton and more.
Author | : Peg Kehret |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2002-06-10 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101661704 |
It was a job any kid would kill for: to play a role in the Historical Society's Haunted House Halloween fundraising event. Ellen Streater was thrilled to play Joan of Arc, burning at the stake. It was for a good cause—to benefit the eerie old Clayton House, soon to reopen as a museum. They said the house was haunted. Ellen didn't believe it—until she felt a strange, icy feeling when she touched the beautiful Fairylustre bowl. Then she saw the ghost in the mirror—a beautiful phantom who beckoned her into a nightmare beyond her wildest dreams. "Entertaining and appealing, with lively and believable young people and a personable ghost." —School Library Journal
Author | : Kevin Michael Guest |
Publisher | : Kevin Michael Guest |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2010-04-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1451583869 |
Something is wrong in the Davis House. Every person who has crossed the threshold has been irreversibly changed or killed. How do you cope with the sudden terror that your house is haunted? How can you fight what you don't understand? How can deal with emotions you cannot explain? Terror is an emotion you feel when something is about to happen to you. There is no word for the emotion you will feel as it is happening to you. Don't believe me? Why don't you come inside? You're guaranteed to have a lustful, thrilling time. What are you waiting for? She wants you...WarningSexually Explicit Version
Author | : Louise Hart |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2005-11-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1411681991 |
Based on real events in a real haunted house, Haunted House Diary tells the story of two fathers, two daughters and their families. In an effort to understand his own daughter, a developer reads a tattered diary found by his workmen in an old abandoned house. Seeking to learn if the diary is real, the developer searches but cannot find the author. Seeing the parallels between the family in the diary and his own, the developer begins to fear that what happened to the mysteriously missing diarist could happen to his own duaghter, unless he acts.