Danse macabre

What lies closer than to watch the King himself, in his young, wild, completely wasted, and high as hell years, dissect the mechanisms and history of terror, despair, and all our other, beloved story element. I don´t get two of the criticisms of this work, the first one that King writes too long and Leggi tutto

King's insightful look at the modern horror genre across books, film, TV and American culture. The book is quite interesting in the way King, with his own voice and humour breaks down the horror genre in easy to read chunks. It reads well as an information and opinion portal, but it lacks a heart. I Leggi tutto

Wow, what a massive book written by the Godfather of horror himself in the early 80s. You hear about all the inspiration he had: Weird Tales, E.C. Comics, Tales from the Crypt, some sci-fi movies. Then Stephen King talks about Lovecraft, The House Next Door, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, Ghost Stor Leggi tutto

"We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other." A non-fiction book that focuses on horror fiction throughout movies, film, television and radio, and what is it about the genre that captivates so many horror enthusiast Leggi tutto

3 stars if you are a casual King fan 4 stars for being a very decent dissertation on the horror genre (remembering that it was released in the early 80s, so any horror between then and now is missing) I have been in the middle of rereading King’s books in chronological order – mostly on audiobook. Thi Leggi tutto

I could read a phonebook-length tome of King’s assessment of the horror genre. (For the kids; a phonebook was not the first e-reader, but a thick physical book in which you could look up landline phone numbers back when we used to call one another [landlines are…oh, forget it]). Conversely, I have no Leggi tutto

I’ve been patiently parsing my way through a lot of the early works of Stephen King lately. I think “The Stand” is next in order of publication, but that’s a tall order to tackle, so I might put it off until early next year. In the meantime, I picked up a battered paperback copy of King’s long-form Leggi tutto

4.5⭐ ⚠️ No confundir Danza macabra con La danza de la muerte, posteriormente llamado Apocalipsis. Este ensayo se divide en tres partes principales: cine y literatura de terror y un último punto en el que King nos cuenta el origen de sus tres primeras novelas. Me ha gustado mucho y no se me ha hecho p Leggi tutto