Monthly Archives: July 2021

Shadow Puppetry and Horror

July 30th, 2021 | Posted in horror

Previously I’ve written on what I consider to be the best scene in all of the Harry Potter films, the shadow play of the “Tale of Three Brothers.” It is based on the ancient art of shadow puppetry, and this post comes out of an article on the topic in the current issue of RUE […]

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Darryl Caterine on the paranormal in popular culture

July 29th, 2021 | Posted in paranormal

Here’s another podcast video from my other creative venture. In this conversation, Darryl Caterine and I discuss various aspects of the paranormal. Caterine is author of Haunted Ground: Journeys Through Paranormal America, and the volume we co-edited, The Paranormal and Popular Culture: A Postmodern Religious Landscape.

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David Feltmate and religious satire in adult animation

July 29th, 2021 | Posted in animation, religion, satire

Some of my recent podcasts on religion and culture on another website have application here. This is my conversation with David Feltmate on religion in adult animation, including The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Family Guy. This comes out of David’s book Drawn to the Gods.

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Recommended articles and news

July 2nd, 2021 | Posted in exorcism, possession

This week I posted a couple of interesting news items in the TheoFantastique Facebook page that are worth mentioning here. First, was a piece at CURRENT titled “Found Footage: January 6 and the Horror Movies that Made It.” This interesting article looks at similarities between internet-created and folklorish monsters like Slender Man are similar to […]

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