Ghost Quote by Barry Pain

The horror genre has long been used to uncover the dark underbelly of things.

— Misha Green

“The world of shadows and superstition that was Victorian England, so well depicted in this 1871 tale, was unique. While the foundations of so…

— Hugh Lamb

“To love a ghost so strongly that the man literally killed himself with heartbreak ought to be romantic. It wasn’t. It was just endlessly,…

— Pepper Winters

“Two ingredients most valuable in the concocting of a ghost story are the atmosphere and the nicely managed crescendo …Let us, then, be introduced…

— M. R. James

“Horror is not a genre, it is an emotion. It is a progressive form of fiction, one that evolves to meet the fears and…

— Douglas E. Winter

A haunting, harrowing punch to the heart, Among the Missing is flat-out brilliant. About the secrets we keep, the lives we are desperate to…

— Caroline Leavitt

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is…

— Guillermo del Toro

“Our fascination with the gothic peaks in times of anxiety, panic, and upheaval. The Victorian gothic revival of the 1890s was stoked by scientific,…

— Carina Chocano

“In Gothic fiction, characters must contend with the dead, with active hauntings or with hallucinations of hauntings, as well as whatever other trying circumstances…

— Brenda Walker

“So the ghostly figure which has haunted these pages, as it haunted my life, goes down into the impenetrable gloom. Like a shadow she…

— Wilkie Collins

“Then you have this other phenomena of the paranormal romance. It's all the benefits of being a vampire without the sacrifices. By the gods,…

— Julie Ann Dawson

“Paranormal suspense and romance together in one non-stop rollercoaster of passion and adventure. - Love Romance Passion”

— Terry Spear