https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6 Discuss how Russell's ideas about horror stories compare with your own knowledge of this genre. en-us 2016-11-14 12:44:22 UTC 2023-03-26 17:17:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137549472 My ideas about the horror genre are very similar to the ideas of Russell. Russell talks about the ideas of good and evil which is something we are looking to annotate for in our IR books. Also I agree with how many people associate horror with certain monsters like Dracula and Frankenstein, and settings like abandoned places and dark forests. I also think that Horror has to do with people not knowing what is coming next, because it makes people scared if they don't know what is happening. An author can do this by adding suspense to the story. ]]> 2016-11-14 20:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137549472 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137557380 My ideas about the genre, horror, are different and similar to Russel's. I thought the horror genre was just meant to spook people and be very suspenseful. Russel states that many people think of Frankenstein etc. when they think of horror. I agree with this because I think like that. I also think that the horror genre has a lot of fore shadowing. ]]> 2016-11-14 21:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137557380 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137564181 My ideas about the genre of horror are similar to those of Russell.  Russell mentions that we feel tension when a character is about to go in to a dark, abandoned, or haunted place, due to the suspense the author has created.  I definitely agree with this statement, since the feeling of not knowing what's going to happen next always tends to make me anxious and scared when reading or watching a movie.]]> 2016-11-14 21:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137564181 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137567995 My ideas about the horror genre are similar yet different to Russell"s ideas. I agree with the idea that many people associate horror with monsters and suspense. Monsters like Dracula, Mr. Hyde, and Frankenstein's monster are thought of when you think of horror novels. However, I also think that horror has to do with descriptive language, the cover, and era. Although the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover" is very true, in horror it definitely does matter. A book with a black and white cover with the monster, is more likely to scare than something not scary like brains. The picture below will show you a good example of a cover.The era also really matters because an old time is more scary in my opinion than one that is modern. However, that is just my opinion. Figurative language makes a huge difference in all writing. The intenseness of the wording is the tell in whether a book is a really good novel. In conclusion, Russell's ideas on the horror genre is similar and different to the one that I have.]]> 2016-11-14 22:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137567995 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137569466 I agree spot on with what Russel said about horror. Russel explains that people go in to horror movies with the knowledge that scary things are going to happen, so when the characters hear noises and ask who's there, you don't expect the monster to call out, "Oh yeah I'm just in the kitchen making a sandwich, do you want something?". No, you know that something scary is going to happen. Russel also touches on how curiosity drives them to make these decisions. I believe that this is true because someone isn't just going to explore an abandoned house because it's a hobby of theirs. They are going to go in there because they hear the house is haunted and are curious as to if the rumor is true. All in all, I believe that Russel's explanation of the horror genre is exact to my idea's of the genre.]]> 2016-11-14 22:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137569466 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137571643 My ideas about horror are fairly similar to Russell's. Russel states that the reader always cares more about what happens next rather than who the characters are or where the story is set. I do not think that this is always true. I believe that in some horrors, the characters and the setting are what make it scary. For example, in the novel, Carrie, a large part os what makes the story scary in my opinion, is the building rage inside of Carrie and the tension in her environment that might cause her to do something she has no control over. I also believe that the religious relationship between Carrie and her mother makes the story a little more creepy. In conclusion, I do believe that horror has a lot to do with what might happen next, but I do believe that there is much more to making something scary. However, I do agree with Russell's perception of horror when it comes to the points of suspense and good vs. evil. ]]> 2016-11-14 22:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137571643 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137572239 I agree with a lot of the ideas that Russel came up with about the genre of horror. I think that what causes the reader to continue reading is finding out what happens to the character or situation. I don't think that the setting plays a integral part in horror, but it could also depend on what the story is. For example, if the whole novel revolves around where they are, then it would. But in my independent novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, the setting doesn't really affect the story in any way. ]]> 2016-11-14 22:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137572239 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137572442 I agree with Russel's ideas about the horror genre because I think that all horror novels or stories are all very consistent. He wrote, "We know that characters involved in the world of horror always meet something awful when they go where they shouldn't. Part of the tension is created because they are doing something we know is going to get them in trouble". By him explaining that, I believe that all stories build up tension, but they are all very similar to each other.]]> 2016-11-14 22:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137572442 ariar01 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137577256 My Ideas about what the horror genre is are actually really similar to Russell's ideas. We both believe that the tactic of using suspense in this genre is one of the main aspects that separate horror form other genres. For example, int he novel I'm reading, And Then There Were None, the author, Agatha Christie uses a great amount of suspense in the chapters. In this novel, like in many other horror books, the author usually keeps us at a cliff hanger not knowing what will happen next or even what happened at all. I also agree with Russell when she says that another aspect of horror that makes it more intriguing is the character's search for information. In the Novel
And Then There Were None, the characters go on a kind of investigation to find out information on who a mysterious character is. The search for knowledge of this character also helps build up horror. I also agree with the themes of horror that she states that are evident in most of the horror genre. For example she talk about setting, and in the novel I'm reading the setting, which is in a house in the middle of nowhere on an island far away form he mainland, also is scary. Setting plays a huge role in shaping an authentic horror story. ]]> 2016-11-14 23:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137577256 romdy011 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137588701 My ideas are very similar to Russel's ideas on the topic of horror. I strongly agree that the most effective strategy when writing horror is using fear to build suspense. I believe by scaring the reader, but not only scaring them but by using an event to leave suspense and to scare them, you are hooking them to read more. Russel also recognizes the theme of good vs evil which usually allows for there to be some type of plot to occur in the story. I disagree with him when he says monsters and unrealistic creatures are not a main part of horror. I think that in the best horror novels and movies, there is usually and fictional monster or creature that fascinates the reader. New and creative ideas are what the people look for when they read any book, let alone a horror novel. Finally, the last thing I agree with about what Russell said is that in a horror film, it isn't only about scaring the reader. It is also essential to build a good story, so the reader isn't just reading a bunch of scary sentences.]]> 2016-11-15 00:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137588701 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137599078 My ideas about horror directly relate to Russell's, more specifically in the way that authors are able to not only use suspense, but the organization of a story and using horror coming from inside the character. I can completely relate to when he said that he wanted to hang garlic outside of his window after reading Dracula. I was stuck in some of those same positions. Sometimes the author is able to use such description that you can't help but think that it's real! Suspense also plays a huge role in the theme of horror. Suspense not only helps with horror but it also keeps the reader always guessing and actually interested in the book. When reading books about how a normal character slowly turns into an evil one is also a part of horror. Although it would never happen to me, I always think after reading one of those books that it might and I may one day wake up and be a vampire or werewolf. ]]> 2016-11-15 02:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137599078 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137601055 My ideas about horror are very similar to Russel's. Think the author can add suspense by a character going into a scary place. Also i agree that people associate horror with monsters. but that isn't all horror is, horror has to do with building up suspense. Not only that but the cover of a book matters because that is what adds horror to the book. You need something very scary on the cover of the book. ]]> 2016-11-15 02:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137601055 gfeldenkrais https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137603909 The ideas Russell explains about horror is similar to mine in that there are multiple different sections of horror stories such as monsters, paranormal activities, alternate universes, etc. I know that the horror genre is, like Russell explained, much more descriptive than more positive genres. This is because adding detail adds suspense and tension into the words and into the reader's mind as they are reading. I also know that many horror stories take the same idea and elaborate the idea differently. An example of this is Ouija (the movie) because when I saw this movie two years ago it was about a group of people who gather and try to contact and say a final goodbye to their dead friend Debbie. However, they instead make contact with another spirit and strange events begin happening to them. In this year's Ouija, a little girl is possessed by a spirit in the Ouija board and is terrorizing her family. ]]> 2016-11-15 03:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137603909 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137620114 I agree with most of Russell's ideas about horror because I also believe that there are many parts to horror such as the characters, the setting and the suspense the author adds. However, I believe that suspense isn't always the most important. Different things such as characters, setting, and even the cover of the book can impact the effect of the horror in the novel. In the novel Carrie her relationship with her mother and her mother's religion and strong belief in it scare me the most. This scares me even more than the increasing suspense that the author, Stephen King builds throughout the story.]]> 2016-11-15 06:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137620114 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137939793 I agree with what he calls the source of horror and how were the horror and characters come from change the type of horror. and the difference between self conflict and external conflict]]> 2016-11-15 23:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137939793 michaelweinbrum15 https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137961820 I agree with russell when he says the the author plays with you. What he means by that is that if you think you know whats going to happen he might surprise you and do something different. I also agree with him when he says that the setting is every important with a horror book. The reason it is important is because you can imagine it because a book is not like a movie you have to imagine and visualize ]]> 2016-11-16 03:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/carissanolla/Horror6/wish/137961820