Monthly Archives: October 2018

Titles of Interest – “Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror”

I’ve heard this historical argument made before in horror film documentaries, and in the work of David Skal. So it’s a treat to see Scott Poole, a friend of TheoFantastique (see here and here), pick up this theme with his latest book. Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror W. Scott Poole […]

Video lectures now available from Supernatural in Contemporary Society conference

The Supernatural in Contemporary Society Conference was held in August of 2018. The conference description: The media reports ghostly encounters, supernatural TV and films continue to be popular genres, and professionalised groups and organisations offer commercial experiences of the otherworldly. It seems that regardless of scientific progress and rationale thought, the allure of the extraordinary […]

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