Technology: Meta-Horror

A narration technology that draws attention to the fact that the story being conveyed is a horror story, complete with all of the typical features present in the genre. It does this by telling a story within a story (A narration technology in which the character of one story becomes the narrator of another story) and breaking the fourth wall (When a narrator or character draws attention to the fact that the story is not real).

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Frankenstein
Experience: Eustress
Narrative Technology: Meta-Horror
"My rage returned: I remembered that I was for ever deprived of the delights that such beautiful creatures could bestow...I only wonder that at that moment, instead of venting my sensations in exclamations and agony, I did not rush among mankind, and perish in the attempt to destroy them."
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025