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Writing Horror Screenplays: How to Write Supernatural Horror

Writing Horror Screenplays: How to Write Supernatural Horror Supernatural Horror is perhaps the most writer-friendly of all Horror sub-genres because its effectiveness really does live on the page, rather than being hostage to practical or CGI effects (even though we should love those too!). Unlike other Horror sub-genres (Slasher, Urbanoia, Body Horror, Cannibal) Supernatural Horror has its deepest roots in folklore rather than urban legend or the modus operandi of serial killers. DEFINING THE SUPERNATURAL GENRE The Supernatural dwells behind, beside, above, beneath; it seeps in, slips through,

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