Casting the Runes
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"Casting the Runes" is a classic supernatural horror short story by M. R. James about a cursed scholar and a deadly runic spell, later adapted into films and radio dramas.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ghost story
ⓘ
short story ⓘ supernatural horror story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Curse of the Demon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Night of the Demon NERFINISHED ⓘ radio drama adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| antagonist | Karswell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | M. R. James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
curses
ⓘ
occultism ⓘ scholarship and the supernatural ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
ⓘ
supernatural fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Edward Dunning
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karswell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
Dunning as rational scholar
ⓘ
Karswell as occultist villain ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
film depictions of demonic curses
ⓘ
modern curse narratives in horror ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
scholarly protagonist confronted by the supernatural
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skepticism versus belief ⓘ written curse with time limit ⓘ |
| hasRadioAdaptationBy |
BBC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CBS Radio Mystery Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReception | regarded as a classic of supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasTelevisionAdaptationBy | ITV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedWork |
Curse of the Demon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Night of the Demon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Edwardian ghost story tradition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Edward Dunning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | M. R. James ghost stories ⓘ |
| plotElement |
cursed runic script
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doomed victim marked for death ⓘ passing of a cursed paper ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1911 ⓘ |
| publisher | Edward Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
| timeLimitInPlot | three days ⓘ |
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