Curated category
Horror genres
- Gothic fictionHorace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto in 1764, marking the birth of a new literary genre. This work appeared as a translation of a sixteenth-century…
- Survival horrorIn 1996, Capcom released Resident Evil and coined the term survival horror to describe a new kind of video game experience.
- Penny dreadfulIn 1836, the first penny serials appeared on London streets to meet a sudden demand for cheap reading material. Crime broadsides had been sold at public…