As free as the wind

Comic relief What's the comic relief ? A  relief from the emotional tension especially of a drama that is provided by the interposition of a comic episode or element. Why is it used in horror films? This type of humor is used to transport the spectator from an unreal situation to a real one, to stop for a moment a scary scene and help people overcoming that horrible image or event.

Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock is also known by the nickname of "The Master of Suspense".  His most famous film has been Psycho.  His main contribution to horror films was his habitual use of the subjective camera to reveal a character’s vision.

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was an American horror stories writer, poet, critic and editor who was born in january 19, 1808 in Boston, Massachusetts.  He was also known by the nickname of: Father of the Detective story. Allan Poe  became famouous thanks to his dark, mysterious and evocative short stories and poems; some of them are now literary clasics. He married his cousin Virginia when she was 13, in 1836; but she passed away in 1847, after she became sick of tuberculosis. He died in 1949 in a great distress and, although nobody certainly knows what was the causer of it, there are lots of theories. Some of his most well known writtings are: Short stories:   Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, The Black Cat,  The Murders in the Rue Morgue , The Fall of the House of Usher and   The Tell-Tale Heart. Poems: The Raven and Annabel Lee.

 T HE GOTHIC NOVEL 1. Who invented the G.N? What was the title of the first G.N? When was it first published?  Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, 1764. 2. Which basic elements of horror do you remember from the introductory lesson? Paranormal situations, the woman in distress, dark places, people screaming, howls of wolves, distanced steps, squeaky doors, secret doors, lights turning off all the time, ghosts, fog.  DRACULA  This Gothic horror novel was written in 1897 by Bram Stocker, where he presents the Count Dracula character, making popular, at the same time, the vampire fantasy. He wrote it after getting informated about the "Transylvania's superstitions" and a vampires mith. He seems to want to do this to explore the limits of what it is to be human.  The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from  Transylvania  to England, by buying a house in London. He may find new blood and spread the undead cu...