Werewolves, Vampires, Apparitions always fascinated me. There is something refreshing about the dark side of nature. It is scary yet interesting. Girls started falling in love with Vampires and Werewolves after seeing movie – twilight. There is a beast hidden in every human being. The beastliness unleashes when a person is bit by a supernatural…
Tag: Supernatural
Dragonfly : A glimpse at the supernatural phenomena
Supernatural themes have always fascinated me. What happens to people when they die? Do they make their presence felt? William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet explored the supernatural theme in its plot. A deceased father tries to connect with his son, the prince Hamlet, and gives him clues about his suspicious death. Hamlet remains one of the…
Rudyard Kipling: The underrated spooky storyteller
The literary world hailed Kipling as a great writer for his works: Kim, Captains Courageous and the popular ‘The Jungle Book’. Unfortunately, or ironically Kipling’s short stories on supernatural/horror genre got overshadowed or ignored. He never got the due as a writer of horror stories. Who can ever forget his classic short story – The…
Urban legends from India – Na le ba
What will be your reaction when someone calls from behind in dark of night? Will you keep moving or turn back to see? Especially if it is Amavasya or Friday 13th, no one will dare look behind. Supposedly, if one turned back to see, he is doomed to die. Sounds absurd? Isn’t it!! In fact,…
Chaarulatha – A horrifying story of conjoined twins
Korean horror movies have their own fan following. The scary element is very strong in Korean horror flicks. Many Hollywood movies – The Eye, Grudge, The Ring, The Uninvited, Alone and Shutter are remakes of Korean scary flicks. Among them, the Thai movie ‘Alone’ is a baffling movie of conjoined twin sisters whose fate changes…
The mysterious muse of Tagore
Is there any such thing as ‘Muse? I wondered. I never believed in concepts of ‘Muse’. ‘Writers’ block never affected me. So what was the reason behind my writings getting rejected? Did my writings really lack the soul? Though outwardly, I was boasting of my talents, internally somewhere confidence in my craft was shaken. Should…
Phillauri – A ghost bride in waiting
‘I see dead people’ is one of the cheesiest lines written by Hollywood writers for M.Night.Shyamalan’s 1998 movie – The Sixth sense. Do ghosts really exist? I won’t go further deep in theory about supernatural elements. Here Shashi Phillauri has decided to become my ghostly muse to free me from my writer’s block. She wanted…
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