People have been telling scary stories as far back as we can remember, but the horror genre really came into its own over the last two centuries. First, 18th-century Gothic fiction laid the groundwork, followed by innovators like Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe. In the mid-20th century, Shirley Jackson gave these ideas a more elegant modern treatment, paving the way for the blockbusters of Stephen King and his contemporaries.
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