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Originally posted by FreddyC.Krueger
Blacula? I wouldn't really call him Horror. More of a comedy.
So you want to know about the History of Horror? Or is it the History of Halloween?
P.S. For Wufong:
Well, he IS king of the long post...
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The history of horror (even though The History of Halloween would seem more appropriate). This came about after I delivered a lecture to my Creative Writing class on writing horror stories. The son of the editor of the paper is in that class, and he (the editor) gave me a call when his son came home talking endlessly about the stuff I talked about. The editor thought that if it interested his son so much, I should write an article about it in the hopes of getting more young people to read the paper. Go figure.
And I don't plan on making it a long article ... although, any "history" has to be longer than your average newspaper article in order to be done justice. I think I can write about 4 pages, typed. I'll then let the paper hack and slash to its heart's content (shudder).