Category Archives: horror

Entertainment Weekly, Again: Vampires!

August 1st, 2009 | Posted in horror, vampire

With another post inspired by a feature in Entertainment Weekly, indeed, back to back posts, readers may wonder about my magazine reading habits, or think that I am on the payroll for EW. Neither situation should be of concern, but it is interesting that the magazine has now featured aspects of horror in two consecutive […]

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Entertainment Weekly: Women and Horror

July 27th, 2009 | Posted in horror, women

A recent copy of my wife’s ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY magazine for July 31, 2009 includes an article with information that I found surprising. The piece is titled “Horror Films…and the Women Who Love Them!” by Christine Spines. I was not surprised to find an increasing presence of the feminine in horror, and that this has reshaped […]

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Bride of Frankenstein: Censors, Perversity, and Religion

July 17th, 2009 | Posted in Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein, horror, Universal Pictures

In my last post I mentioned one of the treasures included in my anniversary gifts from my wife. With this post I share a few reflections on the second gift, The Legacy Collection of Frankenstein by Universal Pictures. When I grew up I had an appreciation for various schools of horror films. I know that […]

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Essay Accepted for Butcher Knives & Body Counts

July 1st, 2009 | Posted in chaos monster, horror, slasher films

I am pleased and humbled that my essay contribution to Butcher Knives & Body Counts: Essays on the Formula, Frights, and Fun of the Slasher Film (Dark Scribe Press, forthcoming) was recently accepted. The essay is titled “Slasher Films As Modern Chaos Monster Myths.” The piece touches on the ancient chaos monster which was conceived […]

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Michael Jackson’s Contribution to Horror in Pop Culture

June 26th, 2009 | Posted in American Werewolf in London, ghost, horror, John Landis, Rick Baker, Stan Winston, Thriller

Yesterday the news quickly circulated around the Internet, television and other forms of media that Michael Jackson, talented musician and tortured personal figure, had passed away. The final chapter has yet to be written on his life as the complete autopsy results will not be known for several weeks while toxicology tests are performed, but […]

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Roman Catholicism in Fantastic Film

June 25th, 2009 | Posted in horror, Roman Catholicism

The Religion and Popular Culture email group is circulating the following call for papers. Since at least the late 18th Century, the symbolism, practices, and personnel of the Roman Catholic religion have been elements of the fantastic, the supernatural and the horrific in Western literature and art. Mad monks and evil nuns, abandoned monasteries, and […]

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Midnight Syndicate Films Releases THE DEAD MATTER

June 9th, 2009 | Posted in horror, independent horror films, Midnight Syndicate

TheoFantastique is a supporter of independent film, particularly in the form of indie horror. Midnight Syndicate Films makes its contribution to this art form with The Dead Matter. The press release for the film reports that post-production was completed at the end of April. “‘I am absolutely thrilled with how the movie came out,” says […]

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Horror and Christianity – Continued Questions of Compatibility

May 7th, 2009 | Posted in Christianity, Cinefantastique, horror

I didn’t know my posted commentary would lead to a lively discussion in the blogosphere and on the broader Internet, but this seems to be the case. Over a year ago I started TheoFantastique as a way in which to express my appreciation for the fantastic, to probe in depth the various genres that make […]

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Carrol L. Fry – Cinema of the Occult: New Age, Satanism, Wicca, and Spiritualism in Film

May 4th, 2009 | Posted in demonic, demonology, devil in film, ghost, Harry Potter, horror, occult, Othering, Satan, Satanism, Western esotericism, Wicca, Witchcraft

Various aspects of the occult, or as it is more commonly referred to today in academic circles, Western esotericism, have long been facets that have informed storytelling and fear in horror films. A recent book by Carrol Fry touches on this topic, titled Cinema of the Occult: New Age, Satanism, Wicca and Spiritualism in Film (Rosemont […]

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The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies

April 15th, 2009 | Posted in Gothic horror, horror

Readers should note that in my right hand columns for this blog I include a number of helpful links in two categories, those that provide an opportunity to enjoy the fantastic, and those that help explore the fantastic in greater depth. In the latter category, one of the sites I especially enjoy is The Irish […]

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