Today we bring you an episode all about the horror genre; both in film and literature. We also have a special guest! Gwendolyn Kiste is the author of Reluctant Immortals which is out now in a bookstore near you. You can find her at http://www.gwendolynkiste.com/

Sources:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-hirsute-history-of-horror

https://phys.org/news/2007-10-ancient-greeks-romans-good-scary.html

https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-07771-0.html

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329200207_Horror_Personality_and_Threat_Simulation_A_Survey_on_the_Psychology_of_Scary_Media

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_fiction

https://www.thegothiclibrary.com/the-history-of-horror/

https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/

https://westportlibrary.libguides.com/Whatishorror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO7asdIg3a4 

https://www.ranker.com/list/horror-movie-tricks-for-scaring-the-audience/jacob-shelton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Student_of_Prague_(1913_film)

https://www.acplwy.org/the-birth-of-horror

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CatScare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_from_the_Black_Lagoon

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