Under the heading "Welcome to dead house", the book became an instant bestseller and was the first big hit "serious goose bumps." "Welcome to dead house", tells the story of a town called Dark Falls, a city hidden a mystery - all people are the living dead, and you need fresh blood "to support their life." Each time a new family is moving to the sound dead house. The heroes, Josh and Amanda going to learn this secret and save their parents,Send the people to their graves, and the flight Dark Falls.
Robert Lawrence Stine author wrote 62 books in the series, and a series of spin-offs. Stine, who has been called "King Stephen of literature for children", said many of his books were from classic science fiction and horror stories inspired with influences drawn from classic tales. Find "Night of the Living Dummy is a variation on the theme" Pinocchio - twin sisters Kris and Lindy a differenceventriloquist doll and Lindy decides to keep it. When he developed comedy routines, with the dummy Kris received his own dummy. One night the girls go into his room, the dolls are lying on the floor, his hands around the neck before the new dummy dummy. Coincidence? No - the youngest dummy is alive and vicious. created after a series of unfortunate events, the girls have a dummy, but then discover the other is alive.
Christopher Pike is another successChildren's horror story writer. It contains references to Egyptian, Hindu and Greek mythology in his novels, and authors such as Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Agatha Christie and Stephen King cites his influences. His "Spooksville" includes a series of 24 pounds with the title "The cat evil," in which Adam and his friends find a black cat for a walk through the woods. Strange things begin to happen in the city, burning a house and a tree suddenly falls down. Eachstrange-looking cat is there and everything looked at his strange green eyes. Then he turns his supernatural powers to Adam and his friends ...
Another well-known children's author Striker Lee is the pseudonym of Australian Children's writer Margaret Clarke. He chose his name after hearing Stine "goose bumps" in the series, and decided they wanted their children next to his horror fiction books about libraries. He has 12 books in their series "Hair-Raiser, thatincludes titles like "Revenge of the Vampire Librarian" (remember your library books to get back in time ...) and "Curse of the Mummy," where a man brings a new wife after a business trip to Egypt. But what kind of mother is because the strange smells and uses a lot of bandages and plaster, and cats behave strangely when it is nearby.
horror writing for children is not a new concept, and did not start with fairy tales. Originally, fairy tales were not originally intended to beread by children. The Brothers Grimm writing was directed at adults, and then met the growing demand for literature to local folklore in the early 19th Century. Anyone who has seen the movie "The Brothers Grimm" will probably return to me - that film is definitely not for children! As the horror genre developed "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" was the tale seem a bit average 'child, the various stories were revised and rewritten so that it is more of an adultsuitable for children. In Victorian times the average of Grimm fairy was very graphic and less violent than the original, and the manipulation of Disney's history has been tamed, they are still on.
While preparing for their collection of Grimm's fairy tales for adults have been other writers were already in production of children's stories, many of which contain elements of horror. Hans Christian Andersen's "Tales Told for Children" was published in 1835, and some of the stories in this book are excellentThe references to horror literature for children:
"Red Shoes" are a pair of beautiful, cursed slippers, who wears her power to dance continuously. A vain young girl slips up, and do not stop dancing. As bad is the problem, can not go to church, and is unable to attend the funeral of his adoptive mother, why not stop to dance. Sentenced asking and angular dance forever as a warning to all children free, we cut a ExecutionerFeet. For the rest of the story is obsessed with her lively dancing shoes before her, as she moves on foot timber with the aid of crutches.
"The Little Mermaid", the legs with a truly human desire prince, with whom he fell in love, is a witch her tongue in exchange for a potion that are in the queue have to be the prince to marry her, for her soul, and must find their love, even if every step you take painful as protection forsharp blades. Although it is dumb, the prince falls in love with her, and by the way she dances for him, enchanted, not knowing the agony of suffering at every step. The course of true love never walk properly and the prince marries someone else. Brokenhearted Mermaid throws herself into the sea and turns into foam.
"The Little Match Girl" games sell for icy roads to keep warm. A New Year's Eve, she lights her matches to keep warm. In the light of which theyHot looks wonderful banquet with tables full of wonderful food and a twinkling Christmas tree. Looking up he sees a shooting star and remembers it means someone died. Lighting their last game, see the grandmother, the only person who ever treated her kindly. My grandmother came to pick her up at the sky, and the next morning, her frozen body was recently discovered, surrounded by burnt matches.
Charles Kingsley The Water Babies "has a chimney sweepnamed Tom, who meets a young girl named Ellie in her house. After he is chased into a river and drowns. He becomes a child of water and adventures and learn the lessons of life under the protection of the fairies. Once a week may Ellie, the misfortune was in the river shortly after seeing Tom falling. Finally, it proves worthy of the human form and return to living a full life. He met with Ellie, but never. Marry
horror writing for children is a difficult genre, and although the stories may have changed slightly over the years, there is still a demand for these types of books to a young, enthusiastic. It 'a kind that goes to be with us for many years to come.
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