Fascination With Horror?

It seems that there is a fascination with horror in media and in our general lives. Horror is everywhere. TV shows, movies, real life stories, books, wildlife, ghost scares and museums. Horror themes crop up in the fashion industry and fashion catwalks too. young children love the thought of horror in evil characters in movies and TV. The thought of being 'thrilled' or scared or feeling of tension gives humans an adrenaline. Halloween is a time which reminds me we are brought up excited to dress up as something traditionally 'scary' for fun, horror is a sense of excitement and fun in a different way.

TV Shows: Many TV series include the aspect of Gothic and Horror now. Many mini series are inspired with the idea of horror, I have seen lately especially lots of new shows which include supernatural beings such as vampires and werewolves! These are however original too as the aspect of Ghosts and creepy stories have been seen in e.g. Buffy the Vampire for years!

True Blood, American Horror story, Dexter are all shows which show a horror side of supernatural beings being included in their shows. I find it interesting how these shows have appeared more and more over the years and become very popular with award winning shows.

Movies: Dracula, Frankenstein, Amiteyville Horror, The Exorcist and The Interview With The Vampire are all horror movies which are either old or more new. It shows how horror has been remade for years and year and how new horror stories are being made all the time. I find Horror a really interesting genre which is popular in all ages.

Fashion: Fashion especially high fashion shows references of horror all the time. Even certain materials and colours show up each season to show references to Gothic. I will show within my blog many posts of how fashion and horror has a connection.

Books: In books ever since the Victorian age there have been books referencing horror, ghost stories etc! The original Dracula book was written in 1897. Now we have teens reading all sorts of horror books such as Twilight saga, True Blood etc. Different elements of horror appeal to different people too, some love the romantic style and some people purely love the original novels.

Wildlife: As I live in the Cotswolds we see a lot of roadkill unfortunately. People are always fascinated by the animals we see dead or alive! Even though I cant stand the thought of dead animals we see Gothic Horror examples in our every day lives which we cannot escape from. Creepy crawlers also have a sense of scare within us humans even though they're so small compared to us!

Ghost Scares: There are always people in my everyday lives talking about how 'they've seen a ghost' and tell you about their ghost stories! My grandparents always tell me stories of how they saw a ghost a few years back of a passed away loved one!

Museums: I find that I've seen a lot of horror within museums! The National History Museum shows Egyptian tombs which I was scared of as a child which I still memorise now! Gothic horror can be so memorable and having scares is also memorable as a child and as you get older too. I find this so interesting.

Children: Even children's Tv shows and movies include a 'baddy' in their shows and films. So from a young age we all experience the thought of an evil character.