Monthly Archives: April 2010

Academic Conference on the Undead in the UK

April 7th, 2010 | Posted in conference, undead, vampire, zombie

The University of Hertfordshire in the UK is hosting an academic conference on the undead next week. The conference is titled “Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Human Culture.” The conference is described as follows: The aim of the conference is to relate the undead in literature, art, and other media to […]

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Article at Cinefantastique: “The Changing Face of Biblical Horror and Fantasy Films”

April 6th, 2010 | Posted in apocalypticism, fantasy, horror, post-Christendom, postmodernism

My latest contribution to Cinefantastique Online was recently posted. Below is an excerpt: In the post-Christendom context, this situation changes dramatically. I was reminded of this recently while watching 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. As the race of vampires continues its onslaught on the Alaskan town, they use an injured woman as bait to lure any humans […]

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Happy Easter

April 4th, 2010 | Posted in Christianity, zombie

TheoFantastique wishes everyone a happy Easter. Readers might be interested in the following previous posts that overlap with discussions of the fantastic, the horrific, Christianity, and the idea of rising from the dead. Related posts: “Reflections on a Zombie Supper” “Philly Zombie Crawl and ‘Zombie Jesus’”

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Horror and the Connection to Wonder

April 3rd, 2010 | Posted in horror, wonder

I came across a couple of items recently that encapsulate the feelings I have in my experiences with the fantastic. The first is a poster ad for The HMA.net Mask-Fest 2010. It is featured with this post to the left where the reader will see a young boy putting on his Halloween costume. As he […]

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