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Nathalie Boal
Apr 17, 20212 min read
Avoid The Stereotypical "Final Girl" Trope
The Problem with the Final Girl Trope When a person thinks back to the golden age of the slasher sub genre in mainstream pop culture in...
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Nathalie Boal
Apr 17, 20212 min read
Reflection is Key
Reflection Inspiration for When The Streetlights Turn On When writing the collection of short stories When The Streetlights Turn On, I...
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Nathalie Boal
Apr 17, 20219 min read
Allude to The Horror Genre Within Your Writing
Slasher Camp The air was warm as Laurie Strode and Michael Myers left their local repertoire theatre, The Westdale. Ominous clouds...
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Nathalie Boal
Apr 17, 20217 min read
Foreshadowing, Foreshadowing, Foreshadowing
The Waving Man The sun began to set as Billy Loomis’ blue Jeep bumped down a long, dirt road. Overgrown bushes spilled onto the road, and...
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Nathalie Boal
Apr 17, 202111 min read
The Importance of a "Flat" Character
The Broken Bicycle The sun set over the suburban streets as Nancy Thompson rode her bicycle towards Aldershot High School. A cool breeze...
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Nathalie Boal
Apr 17, 20215 min read
Take Inspiration and Make it Your Own
The streetlights flickered on as Dagny and Eric walked down the deserted suburban streets. Porch lights went off as the teens made their...
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Nathalie Boal
Apr 17, 20211 min read
Set The Tone
WHEN THE STREETLIGHTS TURN ON A Collection of Short Stories for the Horror Enthusiast True terror is found where we least expect it; it...
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Nathalie Boal
Feb 24, 20213 min read
Avoid Cheap Scares
The Downfall of CGI and Jump Scares in Modern-Day Horror Cinema With the death of the modern-day horror flick came the resurgence of the...
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Nathalie Boal
Feb 24, 20213 min read
Connect to The Bigger Cause
Rosemary’s Baby: The Greatest Horror Film Without Any Horror In It A psychological spectacular that is not your typical horror flick The...
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Nathalie Boal
Feb 24, 20214 min read
Know Your Stuff
The Top Five Horror Movies of the 1980s Masked killers and summer camps; the late 1970s introduced a new type of slasher film that was as...
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