Category Archives: horror

TheoFantastique Interviewed at Fangoria’s “Beyond the Pale” Blog

March 26th, 2010 | Posted in Fangoria, horror, interviews, spirituality

My friend Dave Canfield is a fellow fan of horror and all things fantastic. He explores our common passion in a variety of forums, including as a Chicago film critic writing for Twitch, and as a writer for Fangoria online. His blog at Fangoria, Beyond the Pale, recently featured my thoughts on horror and spirituality […]

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The Crazies: Art Imitates Life in the Fractured American Dream

February 20th, 2010 | Posted in George Romero, horror

The Crazies, a remake of George Romero’s 1973 horror film of the same name, is set to open February 26. The film’s website describes it as follows: A husband and wife in a small Midwestern town find themselves battling for survival as their friends and family descend into madness in The Crazies. A mysterious toxin […]

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W. Scott Poole: Legion and “Mauled by an Angel”

February 16th, 2010 | Posted in angels, apocalypticism, horror, W. Scott Poole

My friend and colleague W. Scott Poole, author of Satan in America (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009), and the focus of a previous interview here, has a commentary posted in Religion Dispatches titled “Mauled by an Angel: Why Do Americans Need ‘God’s Secret Agents’?”. In this article Scott looks at the action-horror film Legion as a […]

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Mark Dawidziak and Reflections on Kolchack: The Night Stalker

February 8th, 2010 | Posted in 1970s, horror, television, The Night Stalker

One of the enjoyable memories of frights for monster kids of the 1970s was Carl Kolchak who filled the role of The Night Stalker. Each week he used his journalistic skills and savvy to research the paranormal and the monstrous. I was privileged to learn more about this great series through an interview with Mark […]

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Michael Karol: The ABC Movie of the Week

February 3rd, 2010 | Posted in 1970s, horror, science fiction, television

In my research on the fantastic I have come across a lot of good materials, and the individuals who bring these materials into being. Last year I came across Michael Karol and his book The ABC Movie of the Week Companion: A Loving Tribute to the Classic Series (IUniverse, 2008). Michael is an award-winning writer […]

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The Old Hag: Sleep Paralysis, Spirituality, and Pop Culture

January 20th, 2010 | Posted in alien abduction, horror, Old Hag, sleep paralysis

Regular readers of TheoFantastique may recall previous mention of a phenomenon called sleep paralysis in connection with posts on Diary of a Madman, and The Fourth Kind. Given the significance of this phenomenon in the lives of many individuals, and its influence in various aspects of pop culture, I will explore this topic in the […]

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Barry Keith Grant: The Night of the Living Dead (1990), Gender, and the Horror Film

January 4th, 2010 | Posted in 1990s, gender, George Romero, horror, zombie

If we probe horror in cinema more deeply we find it touches on a number of aspects of the human experience. One of these is related to gender. An excellent book that looks at various facets of this topic is The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film (University of Texas Press, 1996). (The […]

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Edgar Allen Poe: Gone But Still Setting Records

December 6th, 2009 | Posted in Edgar Allan Poe, horror, literature, Vincent Price

When we think of bestselling authors in literature let’s not forget a giant who made his mark in a number of genres, particularly horror. That author is none other than Edgar Allen Poe. Poe recently set a record at an auction for one of his works. The Baltimore Sun for Dec. 5 reports: Move over […]

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Matt Cardin: Spirituality in Romero’s Living Dead Films

December 3rd, 2009 | Posted in George Romero, horror, Matt Cardin, zombie

A while ago I first encountered Matt Cardin when he nominated this blog for an award between bloggers. Matt pursues his blogging at The Teeming Brain. In addition to being flattered, it was good to learn of someone else thinking through the issues related to the connection of horror and religion. Matt’s biography on his […]

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Skillet: “Monster” as Rock ‘n’ Roll Jekyll and Hyde

November 24th, 2009 | Posted in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, horror, music

The figure of the monster surfaces in many ways in popular culture to serve us for good or ill. At its worst it becomes a way of conceiving of the “other” which provides us with justification for their eradication. At its best it helps us to look inside ourselves to see that many times the […]

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