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The abundance of magazines in the early part of the 20th Century brought about a boom in the amount of horror literature. Specialist periodicals devoted to horror and fantasy, like Weird Tales, hit the market, giving budding writers the outlet they needed. Great authors such as HP Lovecraft, MR James and Dennis Wheatley emerged, each with their own particular style. We were told stories about ghosts and other supernatural phenomena. Demons were summoned from Hell to the earthly plane whilst the dead rose up from the grave to terrorise the living...
This is the second in our series of three quizzes on horror to keep you awake at night! Summon up, if you will, the protagonists in Psycho, Misery and Rosemary's Baby, remember the spine-chilling works of HP Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe, and then recall the joys of Hell House, The Exorcist, Koko, Mystery and The Throat!
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Lovecraft was not successful during his lifetime and he died in poverty. However, since his death in 1937, he has become recognised as one of the most important writers in this genre
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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is the only finished novel Poe wrote. It tells the story of a stowaway who has to cope with shipwreck, mutiny and even cannibalism!
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The character was played by James Caan in the 1990 film version
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In Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film version she's called Marion Crane
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"Blue Rose" is the signature of a serial killer responsible for several murders. These murders are barely mentioned in Koko and Mystery but are central to the plot in The Throat
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Stephen King's Misery won the inaugural Best Novel Award
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In 1973 it was filmed as The Legend of Hell House, starring Roddy McDowall
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The book sold more than 4 million copies and was the bestselling horror novel of the 1960s
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During the exorcism of a demon from a young girl Merrin dies, leaving an inexperienced priest to complete the ritual alone
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Much of Campbell's work is heavily inspired by HP Lovecraft
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