Three surprising things about Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a book that has become one of staple elements of the horror genre. Whether it is as movies or the book itself, there is no denying how big an influence this book has had on the horror genre. So here are three surprising things that you might not know about Mary Shelley’s classic.

She wrote it when she was a teenager

Mary Shelley did more when she was a teenager than most of us do in a lifetime. She ran away with the poet Shelley at the age of sixteen and had two children with him over the next two years. The pair then travelled to visit Lord Byron at Villa Diodati. She was 18 and whilst there began writing Frankenstein. It was published in 1818, when she was just 20 years old.

It was written for a ghost story competition

It wasn’t an official competition, but one that was suggested by Lord Byron after the group, along with John Polidori, read the ghost stories from the book Fantasmagoriana. Byron wanted to see who could write the best ghost story – Shelley, Byron, Mary or Polidori. Neither Shelley nor Byron ever finished their ghost stories, Mary won, and Polidori’s vampire story influenced Bram Stoker whilst he wrote Dracula. It was a rather competition in the end.

People thought the poet Shelley wrote the book

It was originally published anonymously as was dedicated to Mary’s father, William Godwin. Shelley wrote the preface to his wife’s book and many assumed that because of these things that he had written the book. It even continued after the book was reprinted with Mary’s name on it.

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Horror Books To Look Forward To In 2019

It’s never too early to get a start on figuring out your must-read books for this year. And these horror titles are guaranteed to get horror fans excited in 2019. Across all mediums this is turning out to be a golden age for horror writing, meaning that there are more and more great books vying for horror fan’s attention. These titles are some of the best the genre will have to offer in 2019 and must-reads for any horror fan.

Collision: Stories-J.S. Breukelaar

From the acclaimed author of Aletheia and American Monster comes another enrapturing collection featuring four never before seen anywhere stories and a novella. Breukelaar’s weird and deeply atmospheric stories have earned them comparisons to the likes of Kelly Link, Jeff VanderMeer, and Daphne DuMaurier.

The Familiars-Stacey Halls

Go back in time to 1612 with this enticing and imaginative debut novel from writer Stacey Halls. Melding the historical perspective of witch trials with a strange almost gothic fairytale atmosphere.

Inspection- Josh Malerman

With the Netflix adaptation of his novel ‘Bird Box’ taking the world by storm, Josh Malerman’s star has never been higher in the horror world, and deservedly so. This next book will be sure to cement his legacy as one of the defining voices for this generation of horror writers.

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Gross out: The top performing horror movies of all time

It’s one of the quirks of horror fiction that millions of us are prepared to spend good money to have the wits scared out of us. Horror is big business, whether in books or movies, and the thirst for frights shows no signs of going away.

Horror movies are grossing more and more every year. Even when you factor in the increased value of money, box office records are being broken all the time. Here are the top grossing horror movies of all time.

It (2017)

Stephen King's classic horror novel has already been given the big screen treatment with a well received 1990 movie. However, the latest version has shot to the top of the box office charts. That may have been down to the huge anticipation surrounding the movies release. It has all the creepy tropes of a classic horror flick – scary clown, evil demon and band of determined people who will find a few bumps along the road as they try to save the day. It already boasts a total box office take if $328m, almost ten times what it cost to make the movie.

The Exorcist (1973)

William Friedkin's iconic movie has its rightful place in horror movie folklore, it tells the tale of a young girl who is possessed and the efforts to exorcise her of the demon. It performed excellently on its release and was the second highest grossing film of that year, however its second place on the all-time list is down to several reissues which have brought its all-time box office to $232.9m.

Get Out (2017)

A critical hit as well as commercial hit, Jordan Peele's directorial debut has gone down a storm. It has already grossed $255m and won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

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The Origins of Halloween

Halloween, the scariest holiday on the calendar and also one of the sweetest, is associated with candies, costumes, and pumpkins. When asked about the origins of this holiday's most people jump to the Mexican tradition of: ‘El Dia De Los Muertos’, which translated to the day of the dead and is celebrated on the first of November. However, this is not the origin of this popular holiday. Although we currently celebrate this holiday on an almost global scale, it originated with the Celts in the regions of Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Originally the holiday was referred to as ‘All Hallows Eve’ and it was the equivalent of New Year's Eve. For the Celts, the year ended when summer and the harvest came to an end, and the new year would begin with winter. Their culture believed that All Hallows Eve was the only night where the living, which represented the harvest, and the dead, associated with winter, would come together. This was the only night where the boundaries between both worlds would blur allowing for spirits to walk amongst the living.

Most of the Halloween traditions we know originated around this traditional night where the Celts would try to scare off the ghosts as well as perform rituals to predict the following year, especially the harvest. Druids believed that this night was the best night to make specific and accurate predictions, so they would start large sacred bonfires where people would sacrifice crops and animals to predict the future. The tradition of wearing costumes also originated in Celtic culture, as they would wear animal skins and masks whilst they danced around the bofired to scare off ghosts and foretell each other's futures.

As the world became more connected with each millennial, the tradition of ‘All Hallows Eve’ began to fuse with other cultures until it became the holiday we now celebrate on the 31st of October, Halloween. If you want to warm up to this scary holiday, we recommend reading some creepy and scary novels you can find in our online library www.mediabinn.com.

The Unsettling Life of Stephen King

Proclaimed by the public as the king of horror, Stephen King has established a memorable career for himself in terror literature. With several decades as a successful writer, his name received international fame. However here is a look into his turbulent life that helped make him one of the best horror writers:

• Stephen King was born in Portland Maine in 1947. Consequently, a lot of his stories take place in Maine.
• King’s parents separated, his dad left his mom when he was very young saying he was going to buy cigarettes. This left his mom to raise him and his brother by herself.
• When he was young, he witnessed the death of his friend. He was killed by a train but King has no memory of it. Many people believe this death inspired many of the dark stories he would later write.
• He began writing short stories for magazines. In fact, the first story he sold was called ‘The Glass Floor’ which he sold to the Startling Mystery Stories magazine in 1967. At first, he wanted to be a teacher, but when he couldn’t find a job, writing short stories became a method of financial income.
• Married Tabitha Spruce and soon became a teacher at Hampden Academy.
• In 1974 he published his first novel, Carrie. It was picked up by a publishing company the year prior. King had previously become frustrated with the novel and writing about a teenage girl with psychic abilities. He actually threw the manuscript in the trash, which his wife later retrieved and encouraged him to continue.
• King moved to the South of Maine when his mom fell ill with cancer, during this time he was writing Salem’s Lot. King always said this book was special to him.
• After his mother’s unfortunate death he wrote his famous book The Shinning in Colorado. He later moved back to Maine making it his permanent residency.
• During the 1970’s he wrote his famous series The Dark Towers, which were an eccentric mix of Tolkiens Middle Earth and the American Wild West.
• However, he didn’t only write novels, in the 80’s he contributed to the Xmen comics. All of these profits he would later donate to fight famine in Africa. King would also later write musicals and own a radio with his wife among other achievements.
• In 1999 he was hit by a van that left him with a collapsed lung. King would later buy the van so that he could destroy it with a sledgehammer.

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