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Dark fantasy, also called fantasy horror, is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporates disturbing and frightening themes. The term is ambiguously used to describe stories that combine horror elements with one or other of the standard formulas of fantasy.
In the view of Jared Shurin, grimdark fantasy has three key components: a grim and dark tone, a sense of realism (for example, monarchs are useless and heroes are flawed), and the agency of the protagonists: whereas in high fantasy everything is predestined and the tension revolves around how the heroes defeat the Dark Lord, grimdark is ...
Fairy Tale is a dark fantasy novel by American author Stephen King, published on September 6, 2022, by Scribner. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The novel follows Charlie Reade, a 17-year-old who inherits keys to a hidden, otherworldly realm, and finds himself leading the battle between forces of good and evil.
This genre may include modern fairy tales, which use fairy tale motifs in original plots, such as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Hobbit, as well as erotic, violent, or otherwise more adult-oriented retellings of classic fairy tales (many of which, in many variants, were originally intended an audience of adults, or a mixed audience of all ages), such as the comic book series Fables.
Diaspro (Fairy of Gemstones, Fairy of Gemlight, Queen of Gems) Animated TV series, video game Digit (Pixie of Nanotechnology) Winx Club, PopPixie: Animated TV series, animated film Diletta: Winx Club: Animated TV series, comic Disconcorda (Pixie of Cloud Tower) Animated TV series Doodle Fairies: Dragon Tales: Dodo: Ojamajo Doremi: Dorcas Bouvier
Holle is the goddess to whom children who died as infants go, and alternatively known as both the Dunkel Großmutter (Dark Grandmother) and the Weisse Frau (White Lady), elements which are more typically associated with the Grimms' fairy tale as well. Frau Holle's festival is in the middle of winter, the time when humans retreat indoors from ...
Gretel & Hansel (also known as Gretel & Hansel: A Grim Fairy Tale) is a 2020 dark fantasy horror film directed by Osgood Perkins and written by Rob Hayes, based on the German fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm. Sophia Lillis and Sam Leakey portray the titular characters, with Alice Krige and Jessica De Gouw also starring.
A Tale Dark & Grimm [2] is an animated television series based on the children's book of the same name by Adam Gidwitz. Developed for Netflix by Doug Langdale and Simon Otto , the series premiered on October 8, 2021. [ 3 ]