Explanation is the Death of Horror

Scrooge (aka A Christmas Carol ): adapted by Noel Langley from the novella by Charles Dickens; directed by Brian Desmond Hurst; starring ...

Great Expectations : adapted from the Charles Dickens novel by David Leane, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Kay Walsh, and Cecil McG...

This House is Haunted by John Boyne (2013): A quick look around the Internet shows how wildly divisive John Boyne's ghost story is, whe...

100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories : edited by Al Sarrantonio and Martin Greenberg with stories by Washington Irving, Chet Williamson, S...

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2004): One of the staples of historical fantasy and science fiction is the "chan...

Midnight Frights: A Collection of Ghost Stories edited by Charles Eastman containing "The Signal-man" by Charles Dickens, "M...