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Though primarily an adventure-fantasy, She is also a tale of terrible evil and it does in fact share some key supernatural elements with the story of Dorian Gray - and you might argue that its influence has been felt in some of the many variations of 'The Mummy' in cinema. The most famous film adaptation of She was produced by Hammer films, and while they produced plenty of non-Horror films, 'She' is nonetheless often grouped together with their Horror output. It all comes down to She Who Must Be Obeyed herself. She's very, very evil. I gather that J.R.R. Tolkien found the character very influential too - the elf-queen Galadriel with her overpowering beauty is based on She... but so (in a very different way) is the horrible Shelob...

MYSTERIOUS MAGPIE is a channel devoted to ghost and horror stories on British radio, and to dark tales of every kind. I have another channel, MYSTICAL MAGPIE, which is all about stories of fantasy, mythology, and adventure: https://www.youtube.com/@MysticalMagpie-wo5fn

If you're interested to know more about the century-long history of ghost and horror stories broadcast at Christmas on British television and radio, you might like to check out HOLLY WRAITHS (and its companion volume HOLLY TERRORS), an A-Z guide available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Lulu.com.

Holly Wraiths on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Holly-Wraiths-Stories-Christmas-Television/dp/B0BRPNV5QT/ref=sr_1_2?crid=19SPJYB8KTAJ0&keywords=holly+wraiths&qid=1693491353&sprefix=holly+wraiths%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-2