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Horror and Me

Amidst growing up, the horror genre had been somewhat embedded within my life due to the primary socialisation in which I endured. My mother was the most influential, as she would watch films and television series including themes and ideas of the supernatural; vampires, witches, werewolves – you name it. My first vivid memory of being familiarised to aspects of horror, was my introductory to the 1998 series Charmed at the age of 4, then shortly after reaching the age of 5, Doctor Who made its return to the BBC, ultimately scaring me and many children with its pilot episode yet, the fundamental concept of fear intrigued my young self. And then… started my obsession.

The Autons in Doctor Who manifested an initial psychological fear, some labelling it as learned fear, for mannequins and antique-looking dolls. I remember refusing to enter shops or even pass shop windows with glass clearly shielding my skin from the human-shaped plastic. I also remember evading the once Georgian workhouse, the Red House Museum, or at least as much as I could. There was a corridor with a dead-end, lined with aisles of mannequins dressed from Georgian attire to Victorian and modern, showcasing how time and society had changed. Thus, all I could imagine when they entered the valley of plastic were my families deaths. And how this was it. How would I live without them? Where would I go? Who would I live with? By freeing my already huge imagination, those types of thoughts clouded my better judgment, up until I saw them emerge from the shadows alive.

Another early fear of mine, which has crossed over into my adult life, are anything and everything associated with clowns. I have avoided clowns for most of my life and I can’t remember and pinpoint a specific time for when I accumulated such a distasteful fear and discomfort for them as they have managed to bring me to tears before. Fiona Macdonald in 2016 for a BBC article delved into how the clown is seen as disturbing to many. A study was taken, asking more than a thousand individuals and tests ‘concluded that “being ‘creeped out’ is an evolved adaptive emotional response to ambiguity about the presence of threat” in other words… “a person is creepy if we are uncertain about whether he or she is someone to fear”.’[1] As in Kathryn Ptacek’s Dollies[2], horror notions of threat are seen in isolation and the destroying of innocence, further highlighting a commonly used motifs from the parent genre the Gothic such as ‘power and constraint’[3] leaving an audience in distress. Dollies closely link to the text titled Frightening Fiction, as it states ‘one effect… is likely to be the reinforcing of the status quo. By putting normality in jeopardy, it creates a desire for its return and future security’[4], underlining an understanding to the lore of attraction; that every action has an equal or opposite reaction. Yet, a stimulus of fear simultaneously became a reality as the article was written as lunatics dressed as killer clowns created hysteria across the globe, following a social media trend that proceeded further than it should have to begin with.

My belief is fear, whether it’s innate like my fear of heights, or learned through observation and experiences, function as subconscious warnings in our minds, stopping from mental self-infliction.

An unsettling quote from Ptacek’s Dollies lingered with me for a while after reading it as the words showcased why I love to write how I write now; I love to kill every character I create, adult or child to unease you there, reading this.

‘I laid my fingers gently across her nose and mouth. It didn’t take long. She didn’t really even struggle… I watched for her chest to rise and fall, and when it no longer did, I bent down and gave her a kiss on the top of her head, and then I got up and crossed to the closet and put her on the shelf beside the other Elizabeths.’[5]

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[1] Fiona Macdonald, “A surprising history of the creepy clown.” BBC Culture, 19th October 2016, Accessed 5th February 2020 http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161019-a-surprising-history-of-the-bad-clown [2] Mark Morris, eds., New Fears (London: Titan Publishing Group Ltd, 2017), 333. [3] Matt Elphick, “Horrific Origins,” Lecture, Winchester University, 2020. [4]Kimberley Reynolds, et al. eds., Frightening Fiction (London: Continuum, 2001), 8. [5] Mark Morris, eds., New Fears (London: Titan Publishing Group Ltd, 2017), 348.

SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Elphick, Matt. “Horrific Origins.” Lecture. Winchester University. 2020. Fiona Macdonald, “A surprising history of the creepy clown.” BBC Culture, 19th October 2016. Accessed 5th February 2020 http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161019-a-surprising-history-of-the-bad-clown Kimberley Reynolds, Geraldine Brennan, and Kevin McCarron Frightening Fiction. London: Continuum, 2001.  Morris, Mark, eds. New Fears. London: Titan Publishing Group Ltd, 2017.

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The Nature of Horror.

The horror genre has introduced countless stories and movies to the general public, and around the world, succeeding to scare us again and again. People can get a thrill from the feeling of being horrified and is the reason why horror is such a beloved platform to be entertained by. There is also a scientific reason behind why we as humans, can become addicted to being scared and similarly enjoy the feeling. Epinephrine, also known as adrenaline, is a known hormone in the human body[1] which effectively, in the context to reading or watching horror, feeds into an obsession for the platform itself. In contrast to the adrenaline we experience, movies and books also tap into our senses and shared phobias because it leaves a lasting effect that keeps you awake and wanting more. Some of the most successful horror films and books are those that include images of possession, haunting’s and clowns which is why It by Stephen King was adapted into film during 1990[2] and later re-imagined in 2017[3].

Having the ability to scare its audience, horror by definition, allows ‘an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust’[4] that people are solely attracted to through the use of the unknown. This is achieved by slowly drip feeding the audience with ques that indicate a danger is imminent, further causing an anxiety to form through adrenaline. Again, adrenaline affects how we react to horror and that terror;  ‘… if you loved the movie you were watching, the pending adrenaline rush will help you have a great mood… if you hated the movie, the adrenaline rush that you get can have negatives effects on how you feel…’[5], which highlights the idea that we choose to go and see or read what scares us to gain that rush which horror-junkies desire. Writers of horror focus around the unknown to isolate the reader as well as victimising their feelings so that emotions become heightened into a further state of a persons psyche.

The genre itself branched from the Gothic creating a new age of writing, which birthed the dark and the monstrous, toying with the phobias of the world. It started in the late eighteenth century during the pre-romantic era with Horace Walpole and his novel, The Castle of Otranto (1765)[6], introducing a new wave of writers such as Edgar Allen Poe, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley and more modern examples are Stephen King and Christopher Golden. Golden’s The Abduction Door stresses the instinctive fear of any parent; the fear of losing a child. It dwells heavily on the concept of isolation through notions of mental health, abduction and death. Using abduction as a main theme, as well as using it as apart of the title, projects thoughts and images of not knowing your surroundings; playing on the idea of uncertainty and not being in control, ‘Just in time to see them drag my little girl through the abduction door. It’s the matter of a heartbeat as she vanishes. I scream and lunge… but I’m too late and it clicks shut almost silently…’[7]

The overall influences of horror first gripped hold of society itself, using the hysteria that tormented the mainstream world as an advantage; descriptions of vampires such as Dracula and monsters such as Frankenstein, to force submission on its audience. The unseen and the unknown has been common in horror’s development, with its gradual invitation to film, because to see and to understand deems the reader with control, but horror’s intent is to remove any and all control. Once the control is lost, the readers emotions are victimised, leaving them defenseless and alone.

Someone’s behind you…

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[1] ‘Adrenaline/Epinephrine Molecule,’ Last Modified 2016, https://www.worldofmolecules.com/emotions/epinephrine.htm

[2] ‘It,’ Last Modified 2020, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099864/

[3] ‘It (2017),’ Last Modified 2020, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396484/

[4] ‘horror definition,’ Last Modified 2020, https://www.google.com/search?q=horror+definition&oq=horror+defin&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l6.3144j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[5] ‘ADRENALINE ULTIMATELY CONTROLS OUR THOUGHTS ON HORROR MOVIES,’ Last Modified 2014, https://horrormovieseffect.weebly.com/adrenaline-rush.html

[6] ‘Horror story,’ Last Modified 2020, https://www.britannica.com/art/horror-story

[7] Mark Morris, eds., New Fears (London: Titan Publishing Group Ltd, 2017), 355.

SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Encyclopaedia Britannica. ‘Horror story.’ Last Modified 2020. https://www.britannica.com/art/horror-story

Google Search. ‘horror definition.’ Last Modified 2020. https://www.google.com/search?q=horror+definition&oq=horror+defin&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l6.3144j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

IMDb. ‘It (2017).’ Last Modified 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396484/

IMDb. ‘It.’ Last Modified 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099864/

Morris, Mark, eds. New Fears. London: Titan Publishing Group Ltd, 2017.

THE EFFECT OF HORROR MOVIES. ‘ADRENALINE ULTIMATELY CONTROLS OUR THOUGHTS ON HORROR MOVIES.’ Last Modified 2014. https://horrormovieseffect.weebly.com/adrenaline-rush.html

World of Molecules. ‘Adrenaline/Epinephrine Molecule.’ Last Modified 2016. https://www.worldofmolecules.com/emotions/epinephrine.htm.

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