Hi, I'm Raman. I'm an artist, multi-designer, and full-time student by trade. My forte is all things horror, so I decided to create this blog, focused on writing informative and intriguing articles about all of the strange things I find.
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This is for author’s purposes, to anyone lurking. This first post is here to give myself an idea of all mediums I will consider covering.
Horror: Fiction meant to scare.
Movies
Behind the scenes/set trauma and paranormal action.
Coincidence or consequence?
Classic Horror movie critiques, reviews.
What makes a horror movie? Where do the stories come from?
What about remakes?
The “Jumpscare”
What defines the “horror” genre, the “thriller” genre, the “suspense” genre, etc.?
What makes a lasting impact on viewers?
Horror fans vs. Horror haters
the “based off of a true story” cliche
Movies based off of books
Gore
Gorehounds
What makes an antagonist? A protagonist?
Marketing in horror movies.
The classic “found footage” films and their history
Blair Witch
Horror movies in different cultures
Tim Burton?
James Wan
Weird movies
The Silence of the Lambs
Writing
Creepypasta
Horror novels, stories, books.
SCP
Urban legends of the world
Legendary horror stories birthed from the internet (i.e Slenderman, Bed time.)
What makes fiction writing scary?
Famous horror novelists (Stephen King, R.L stine)
Books turned to movies (was the original better?)
Short stories and their impact.
What makes writing scary? Compare to the other mediums, such as visual, physical, and musical horror.
The plot in horror books
characters in horror fiction
Banned horror books?
Books like Coraline
Dante’s Inferno
Video Games
Why are horror games so popular? (The basis of let’s plays, pretty much, pewdiepie got famous off of amnesia.)
What makes a horror game?
Fandom vs. Lore (Ex: FNAF)
Sequel games, trilogies, etc. compared to a one-off game.
Games like Outlast vs. Resident Evil (Run and hide vs. Shoot and Kill)
Isolation horror games (you’re “alone”)
Enemies in horror games,
The input of the player in horror games, and horror aspects based off of player involvement.
Plot in video games, how the player progresses through the story arc.
A successful horror game vs. An unsuccessful horror game.
Cultural Horror games, i.e American vs. Japanese, etc.
Marketing in horror games.
Other genres of video games vs. horror.
VR games
Future of horror games?
The “Jumpscare”, as seen in basically all horror games.
The “Chase” (think Outlast)
Horror game reviews, ratings, critique.
Games vs. other entertainment, like movies and books.
Purpose in horror games?
What do games offer to the horror genre?
Where is the horror genre in the game industry? Is it as big as fps/adventure games/etc.?
Is there a “formula” in horror games?
Horror adventure games, horror survival games, horror fps, etc.
Games based off of movies/books
Music
Different horror songs
Can horror/thriller songs belong to different genres as well?
What other genres?
Songs like “I’m sorry I’m sorry” vs. Ambient game music, like the original Fire Temple Theme in OoT (the one with chanting)
Religious music
Ohm
Music in games, movies, other productions
How does it add to those productions? is it the only reason that thing is scary?
Music as a way of telling a horror/terrifying story (Korn)
Death Metal; not necessarily “horror” but dark music
Random spooky songs off of albums
Cursed songs/sounds?
Pink Floyd-esque music, like “one of these days”
Creepy music, stuff that keeps you up at night
Music that you have to listen to a lot before you realize how creepy it is (Skrillex’s Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, KILL EVERYBODY, etc.)
Atmospheric music
Ambient Music
Music with a lot of noise (bacterial contamination by Hatsune Miku)
Music by drug addicts
Music with weird messages
Series
Webseries and productions: reviews, messages, etc.
Alan tutorial, Marble Hornets, Clear lakes, Wyoming Project, that one Sleepwalking one
Professionally Produced series reviews, like Supernatural (NOT THE FANDOM), Stranger Things, American Horror Story, etc.
Who made them? Were they based off of real things?
Fandoms vs. Lore
“Based off of a True Story”
How does the series pull in its views?
The classic “cliffhanger” in horror/suspense series
Season Finale vs. Filler Episodes
Random horror episodes in normal series
Series based off of internet urban legends, like Slender Man with Marble Hornets,
characters based off of real people/ideas.
Lore?
The fandoms, oh god
Horror: Real phenomena, documentations, the stuff that movies are “based off of”.
Paranormal
Investigations, Hauntings, Possessions/Exorcisms
Famous Paranormal Investigators
Ed and Loraine Warren
Cultural stuff, legends, holidays like the Mexican Day of The Dead.
“Haunted” Places and Investigations that have occurred there
Les Catacombes
Religious stuff
Purgatory, Hell
Unsolved Mysteries
Murders
Disappearances
Is a house actually haunted?
Abandoned Places
Why was it abandoned?
Items
dolls especially
mirrors?
paintings
Documentaries
No, not “found footage” movies
Stuff like the Amityville horror, actual documentaries.
any other factual, real events
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