Hello,
I've been working my way through this thoughtful book, and one sequence early on has particularly piqued my interest: King's definitions of terror, horror, and revulsion.
FYI:
Terror: The creeping feeling of dread as the door in a haunted house cracks open just a little bit. You know something ill and foreboding lies beyond, but as yet it is unknowable and outside of your direct sensory information. It's the atmospheric dread of the build-up.
Horror: The door swings open and a monster appears. You come face-to-face with a real threat, be it a ghost, bug monster, or wolf man. It is the shock value of immediate dread that hits you.
Revulsion: The monster disembowels your stalwart companion, and you lose your lunch. This is the primal, nauseating gross-out level. King views this one as cheap, or perhaps low class.
Anyway, I'd like to posit this question to the forum: Can you think of a particular King story that exemplifies one of these categories of horror fiction more than the others? Or that use a combination in an especially satisfying way?
For my two cents, I enjoyed the terror build-up in Pet Sematary. The Wendigo seemed unknowable and terrifying, while Gage and Winston were more horrific and revolting.
I've been working my way through this thoughtful book, and one sequence early on has particularly piqued my interest: King's definitions of terror, horror, and revulsion.
FYI:
Terror: The creeping feeling of dread as the door in a haunted house cracks open just a little bit. You know something ill and foreboding lies beyond, but as yet it is unknowable and outside of your direct sensory information. It's the atmospheric dread of the build-up.
Horror: The door swings open and a monster appears. You come face-to-face with a real threat, be it a ghost, bug monster, or wolf man. It is the shock value of immediate dread that hits you.
Revulsion: The monster disembowels your stalwart companion, and you lose your lunch. This is the primal, nauseating gross-out level. King views this one as cheap, or perhaps low class.
Anyway, I'd like to posit this question to the forum: Can you think of a particular King story that exemplifies one of these categories of horror fiction more than the others? Or that use a combination in an especially satisfying way?
For my two cents, I enjoyed the terror build-up in Pet Sematary. The Wendigo seemed unknowable and terrifying, while Gage and Winston were more horrific and revolting.