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CLASSIC HORROR BLOG

Literary Essays on Classic Horror, Ghost Stories, & Weird Fiction

— from Mary Shelley to M. R. James —

by M. Grant Kellermeyer

Aug 15, 20198 min

Bram Stoker's The Burial of the Rats: A Detailed Summary and a Literary Analysis

Part “Three Skeleton Key,” part “The Most Dangerous Game,” “The Burial of the Rats” has the distinctive flavor of an Edwardian...

Apr 2, 20196 min

Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest: A Detailed Summary and a Literary Analysis

“Dracula’s Guest” was provocative almost as soon as it was released in 1914, and it has remained highly controversial since then –...

Jan 16, 20197 min

Bram Stoker's The Squaw: A Detailed Summary and Literary Analysis

The iron maiden has a checkered history. Almost every source will promptly confess that it is essentially a 19th century invention before...

Oct 17, 20187 min

Bram Stoker's The Judge's House: A Detailed Summary and a Literary Analysis

Unquestionably, “The Judge’s House” is Stoker’s short fiction masterpiece. Alongside “The Squaw,” “Dracula’s Guest,” and “The Burial of...

Apr 27, 20184 min

Reviewing: Andrew Struther's Dracula Incarnate -- Unearthing the Definitive Dracula

A little known secret about me is that I take great guilty pleasure – and unapologetic enjoyment – in reading about historical conspiracy...

Mar 10, 201811 min

Bram Stoker's Savage Thrillers and White-Knuckle, Survivalist Horror

Bram Stoker’s name has become synonymous with horror and the macabre, and with good reason. Frequently associated with nothing more than...

Jul 16, 20149 min

The Top 9 Film Interpretations of Dracula: Best Movies and Actors

Excerpted from the Introduction to our best-selling title: BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA: ANNOTATED AND ILLUSTRATED (Available HERE) DRACULA IN...

Mar 13, 20147 min

7 Brilliant Irish Horror Writers to Read on St. Patrick's Day

For centuries Ireland has fostered a culture swarming in mystery, magic, and the macabre: it gave us Samhain and jack-o-lanterns, Dracula...