HORROR GENRE OF

LITERATURE

Made by :-
Iqra Bint Zahed and
Sukriti Gupta (11H)
PRAYER
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
WHAT IS HORROR
GENRE?
Horror is a genre of literature, film,
and television that is meant to
scare, startle, shock, and even
repulse audiences. The key focus of
a horror novel, horror film, or
horror TV show is to elicit a sense
of dread in the reader through
frightening images, themes, and
situations genre of fiction whose
purpose is to create feelings of fear,
dread, repulsion, and terror in the
audience.
FAMOUS URBAN
LEGENDS IN HORROR
NOVELS

1) SLENDER MAN

THE SLENDER MAN IS A

SUPERNATURAL SHADOW
CREATURE CREATURE WHO
IS 8 FEET TALL WITH A
MISSING FACE. IT IS
KNOWN TO STALK
HUMANS AND KIDNAP
CHILDREN .
2) Annabelle
A student nurse was
given this doll in
1970 and were told
that the doll behaved
strangely, and that a
psychic medium told
the student that the
doll was inhabited by
the spirit of a
deceased girl named
“Annabelle".
3) Kuchisake-onna
A Japanese suburb
experiences
terrorization by the
vengeful spirit of a
woman who asks
people a question
before slaughtering
them.
HORROR STORIES WRITTEN BY INDIAN
AUTHORS
1) MANIHARA
By Rabindranath Tagore

The story revolves around a

woman, who stays in a large
mansion with her husband. She
develops an obsession for her
ornaments and refrains giving
them to her husband as they
face financial crisis.
 2) THE AUNT WHO WOUDN'T DIE
By Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

At eighteen, Somlata married

into the Mitras: a once noble
Bengali household whose
descendants have taken to
pawning off the family gold to
keep up appearances. When
Pishima, the embittered
matriarch, dies, Somlata is the
first to discover her aunt-in-
law's body - and her sharp-
tongued ghost.
 3) THAT FREQUENT VISITOR
By Hari Kumar

Six decades later, Shiuli Dutta is

mysteriously lured into the
Mansion, where she encounters the
ghost of Richard Baxter. The
grieving ghost tells her an
incomplete story of its life. ... A
story so sinister that it could alter
the fate of an entire nation's future.
A story of courage and cowardice,
of deceit and insanity.
 4) FRANKLY SPOOKY
By Sriramana Muliya

A chilling collection of spooky

talesThis is an unsettling collection
of tales that will draw out the fears
that lie hidden in the deepest,
darkest recesses of your mind. You
encounter the dead in places you
would never expect: the corridors of a
swanky office, a busy shopping mall,
a quiet classroom-or may be
knocking at your door. Tales of
horror, unexpected yet not
unfamiliar, Frankly Spooking is
perfect for those nights when the
rains lash against your window pane
and the lights go off.
SOME HORROR NOVELS
FAMOUS AUTHORS WHO WRITE HORROR NOVELS

Stephen King Rabindranath Tagore Anne Rice

Clive Barke Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Ramsey Campbell

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