The Horror of it All: The Sub-genres and Cross-overs of Horror!

The second Horror of it All webpage is now up – it defines the numerous sub-genres and cross-overs of Horror and attempts to explore them all… for better or worse – the good and the bad. Soon, each of these Sub-genres and Cross-overs will be explored in detail, first in the fields of Fact & Folklore, then in Fiction and in Film, followed by the field of  Music & Games and then in ‘zines and on the Web.

There are 26 Sub-genres and Cross-overs altogether – we ARE open to suggestions for more (just reply to this post)… but here’s the list as it stands.

Vampires Revenants & Ghouls
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Zombies & the Re-animated Dead
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Werewolves & other Shape-shifters
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Ghosts Hauntings & Seances
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Demons & other Supernatural Entities
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Aliens & Trans-dimensional Life-forms
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Witches Warlocks Magicians & Sorcerers
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Goblins Elves & other Fairy-folk
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Mutants & Mutations
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Time Travel Terrors
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Far & Dystopian Futures
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Body Horror
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Killers Psychos Madmen & Murderers
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Crypto-creatures & Mythic Monsters
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Robots Automatons & A.I.
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Psychic powers & powerful Psychics
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Artifacts Fetishes & Totems of Power
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Sadists & Torture Chambers
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Cannibals & Head-hunters
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Acts of “God” & Apocalyptic Ruin
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War is Hell… “literally!”
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Death & other Harbingers of Doom
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Dark & Forgotten Pasts”
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Psychological Horror
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Read the descriptions for these sub-genres and cross-overs HERE.

Vote for your favourite Sub-genre or Cross-over in this POLL.

Comment on, discuss and debate these Sub-genres and Cross-overs by replying to this post.

Enter HERE all those who delight in horror, death, the macabre, the occult, black humor, weird tales, dark fantasy – and all such nefarious pleasures.

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Introducing the Anti-Hero RPG Role Playing Game rules – title page!

Harbinger451’s universal RPG is adaptable to any Period, Setting or Genre and lets you play effective Evil or Indifferent characters as well as Good ones.

This roleplaying game is designed specifically to give those wishing to play Evil or Indifferent characters a rewarding and rounded gaming experience as would be available to those playing Good characters. It is intended that the game world be populated equally with characters of all alignments making the game play more challenging for all concerned – and the consequences of actions and the motivations behind them more difficult to predict and counter.

The biggest difference between this system and that of most others is the fact that once your character’s Stats and Skills are set there will be little room for the improvement of their levels. Repeated use of skills will not allow the almost unlimited incremental increases seen in most RPGs… you will be able to hone those skills to a certain maximum level (plus 10 from the starting level) but beyond that you can not go – there are no über characters with every Stat & Skill at 100 here.

Your initial choices when creating a character and how you play the game are crucial to that character’s survival and progress. Also, if you neglect certain Skills and Stats their levels will start to diminish to a minimum (minus 10 from the starting level) – making for a much more level (and interesting) playing field. Character advancement only manifests as Rank and Reputation… or the lack of it.

Read the rest of this introduction on the title page HERE! Lots more on this coming SOON!

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Introducing Harbinger451’s ‘The Horror of it All’ title page!

Harbinger451’s latest site, The Horror of it All, is a bestiary of the bugbears and bogeymen that haunt our collective nightmares. It is a trawl through the dark Alternative Reality that is Horror.

This often light-hearted, though adult oriented, homage to the genre of horror and its many sub-genres and crossovers provides a glimpse in to the forbidding side of the collective unconscious that has found expression through the medium of folklore, fiction, film, games and the internet.

The title page is now online so please check it out – the sub-genres and folklore pages will be following soon.

Enter HERE all those who delight in horror, death, the macabre, the occult, black humor, weird tales, dark fantasy – and all such nefarious pleasures.

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