Category Archives: fantasy

Joshua Bellin: Fantasy Film and Social Alienation

November 6th, 2008 | Posted in fantasy, Joshua Bellin, race, social alienation

I have read many books and academic articles that probe deeply into horror and science fiction film, television, and literature, but rarely can such analysis be found related to fantasy. For those interested in such an exploration seek no more. Joshua Bellin has done us a great service, providing us with both an academic exploration […]

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The Otherkin: Fantastic Texts, Pop Culture, and Neo-Religiosity

September 17th, 2008 | Posted in Adam Possamai, cultures, fantasy, hyper-real spiritualities (or fiction-based), Jediism, Matrixism, myths, Neo-Paganism, occulture, Otherkin, pop culture

At times the lines between fact and fiction are blurred when it comes to the fantastic in popular culture and identification with the various characters and creatures that inhabit it. At times the lines are not so much blurred as they are dissolved. Christopher Partridge speaks of “fact-fiction reversals” that exist, and that as a result […]

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Paul Davids: Sci-Fi Boys and the Pied Pipers of the Imagination

April 25th, 2008 | Posted in fantasy, Forrest J. Ackerman, Paul Davids, Ray Harryhausen, Sci-Fi Boys, science fiction

A while ago I was channel surfing and came across a late night showing of a great documentary film called The Sci-Fi Boys. I have commented on this film previously, which documents the tremendous influence of the films of Ray Harryhausen and the publishing work of Forrest J. Ackerman on several generations of young people. […]

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Marc Scott Zicree: Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone Companion

February 28th, 2008 | Posted in fantasy, Marc Scott Zicree, science fiction, television, Twilight Zone

“You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead – your next stop, the Twilight Zone!” If you have spent much time at all watching classic television from the late 1950s […]

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Darkon: Documentary on Fantasy Role Playing Game

July 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Darkon, fan cultures, fantasy, fantasy role playing games, geek cultures

At the recent Cornerstone Festival I had the opportunity to facilitate a film discussion in the Flickerings area surrounding a documentary Darkon that is based upon the fantasy role playing (FRP) game of the same name. It wasn’t until I viewed this film that I realized that FRP gaming goes beyond board games and the […]

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Occult-Tinged Fiction Revisited

June 14th, 2007 | Posted in fantasy, occult, science fiction, television

A friend and colleague of mine who is a reader of this blog sent me an email recently with some thoughts in response to my last post on “Occult-Tinged Television.” Since my friend sent this email to me privately in that he is working out his thoughts on this topic, I won’t mention his name, […]

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Pan’s Labyrinth: A Grand Fairy Tale and Key to the World of Wonder

May 17th, 2007 | Posted in fantasy, Guillermo del Toro, Neo-Paganism, Pan's Labyrinth

When I heard late last year that film director Guillermo del Toro had created a dark fairy tale, titled Pan’s Labyrinth in its international distribution, a film which he not only directed but wrote the story for, I couldn’t wait to see it. However, this involved a problem for me. While I am a fan […]

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