As it’s the festive season I’ve decided to put aside my normal Scrooge-like persona and write about something a little more positive. To that end, I am going to tell you about an aspect of the horror genre I particularly enjoy and why I enjoy it – traditional ghost stories. This was prompted by the recent release of Stephen Volk’s The Awakening in the cinema (co-written with director Nick Murphy), which, judging from the reviews, harks back to the species of stories that started me off in the first place.
Re(a)d Letter Day: December 2011
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- Date : December 7, 2011
- Tags: christmas ghosts column, horror column, horror ghost stories, MR James column, nineteenth century ghost stories, Simon Marshall-Jones, supernatural horror
- Categories : Columns, Re(a)d Letter Day
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