Category: Horror

The Shining 0

Stephen King – The Shining – 1977

My previous acquaintance with Stephen King is quite sparse, at least when it comes to literary sources. However, I have seen many of the films based on his works, including The Shining from 1980 and the miniseries from 1997, which is based on this book. Since people constantly need to compare books with movies, I thought I do the same this time In this case, almost everyone considers that the 1980 film is not faithful...

120 days of sodom 0

Marquis de Sade – The 120 Days of Sodom

Apparently, the infamous Marquis wrote this story in 37 days while being imprisoned in the Bastille 1785. Furthermore, the 120 Days of Sodom was written on a 12-meter-long roll of paper smuggled into the prison. You can say what you want about its content and about the Marquis himself. You may call him a lunatic and dismiss his work as perverted nonsense but you cannot say that anyone reads this book without emotion. 15-20 pages...

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