Horror Magazines
In everyday life, most people are more than keen on showing a mocking attitude towards anything even remotely related to the supernatural (their aversion for this notion being ironically justified, but for a completely different reason — as phenomena classed as supernatural are in fact extremely natural to those who are open-minded and still unchained by the telluric). However, entertainment-wise, even skeptics indulge in the ineffable shivers caused by horror creations, encompassing all branches of this literary and cinematographic genre.
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Some publications are exclusively or partially dedicated to brining the latest titles to the attention of ardent consumers of horror literature, covering new releases but also classics, which also constitute the basis for many popular film productions. Although consecrated authors are deemed to have reached a level of excellence no other writers could even attempt to rise above, one can never exclude the possibility of a fresh perspective, as horror literature knows no boundaries.
Most magazines however, due to the recent plummeting of interest for reading, refer to horror films and television series, attracting fans of all ages and personalities. It’s a known fact that the best movies of this kind have been based on successful novels or stories, transposed onto cinema screens by brilliant directors, able to clearly envisage the aspects needing emphasized and also add a touch of novelty. Much like writers, these film directors have meticulously combined images, sounds and special effects in the perfect succession, making viewers vibrate with an eerie, disquieting feeling.
Some of the recurring elements in horror films, inspiring highly praised productions, are semi-human entities, their digression from normality being caused either by a strange physical trait (such as werewolves, vampires and mutants) or by a spiritual alteration following the departure of their souls from their bodies, such as zombies. Also very popular are phantasmagoric creatures, monsters (some of extraterrestrial origin), objects come to life and so on, concepts built by the clever juggling with material and spiritual elements. Horror fans tend to be fascinated by the idea of human transgression, of re-strengthening people’s ancestral connection with the telluric, often resulting in a loss of the traits which define them as human.
Another recurring theme in horror creations is death and the permanence of the human soul, sometimes leaning towards a vision of two coexisting dimensions — the seen world of the living, and the unseen world of the dead, sometimes intertwining. As ghostly apparitions are a real phenomenon, certain publications are true sources of unique, hard to come by, information about genuinely haunted places, which one can find in abundance all over the United Kingdom. All articles are written after a thorough factual documentation and exploring every possible explanation for baffling occurrences in such places, the vast majority having a very long history, such as castles. A similar fascination to haunting is brought on by the eternal fight between good and evil, at its highest, purest levels, often represented by demonic possessions and the rituals used in order to remove them. Exorcisms have always been a subject most dread any contact with and yet are unavoidably drawn to.
There are also certain niche publications for those who are not groused out (or enjoy being groused out) by gory scenes, extreme violence, psychopathic behaviour, physical and mental torture and everything of the sort. Euphemistically, one might call that particular inclination an acquired taste.
