Category Archives: horror

Interview with Joe Davis on Lemax Spooky Town

February 2nd, 2009 | Posted in horror, Spooky Town, toys

Last week I mentioned the 2009 line of products for the Lemax Spooky Town collection. With this post Joe Davis, a distributor for Lemax, tells us a little more about these interesting collectors items. In addition, I would like you to check what is this pragmatic play slots, be informed and enjoy. TheoFantastique: Joe, thanks […]

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Lemax Announces Spooky Town 2009 Product Line

January 29th, 2009 | Posted in collectibles, horror, Spooky Town, toys

For a few years now I have been an avid fan and collector of the Lemax Spooky Town Collection. In case you haven’t heard of them or seen them, they come out in August each year in Michael’s stores and usually occupy an entire aisle of the seasonal items. There you will find a number […]

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Werewolves Rising: Underworld Launches a New Wave of Lycans

January 27th, 2009 | Posted in horror, Underworld, werewolf

My most recent article was recently posted at Cinefantastique Online. It looks briefly at the origins and developing mythology of the werewolf in horror cinema.  The article can be viewed here. Following is an excerpt: In terms of literary development, the werewolf appeared in three novels in the nineteenth century, with George W. M. Reynold’s […]

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Article on Cinefantastique Online

January 13th, 2009 | Posted in Cinefantastique, horror, The Unborn

Steve Biodrowski of Cinefantastique Online asked me if I would be willing to write an article each month that provided an analysis of certain aspects of fantastic cinema. I was all too happy to accept the invitation. The first article, “Of Folklore and Fatherhood: THE UNBORN and Cinematic Reflection,” has been posted here, and below is an excerpt: […]

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Forthcoming Interviews on Neglected Aspects of Horror

January 9th, 2009 | Posted in horror, monster hunter, monsters, mummy

My research and exploration of the fantastic over the last few months has unearthed some interested gems that touch on neglected aspects of horror. These include the book The Mummy’s Curse: Mummymania in the English-Speaking World(Routledge, 2006) by Jasmine Day, a lecturer in Egyptology. Of the various monster archetypes the mummy is one of the most […]

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Jay McRoy on Nightmare Japan: Contemporary Japanese Horror Cinema

January 3rd, 2009 | Posted in horror, Japanese horror

As a student of intercultural studies I have found the discipline very helpful in my appreciation and analysis of the fantastic. Of course, this is particularly the case when considering the fantastic and horrific produced by other countries. One of the expressions of horror films that intrigues me is that coming out of Japan. In […]

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The Unborn: Promising Horror for January 2009

December 22nd, 2008 | Posted in demonic, ghost, horror

My friends and neighbors who know of my interest in horror and other aspects of the fantastic assume that I enjoy every film connected with the genre. Many times I am asked if I have seen the television ads for a new film and whether I am going, and my answer is often that I […]

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Top Horror Films Controversy: Definitions, Biases, and Criteria

December 1st, 2008 | Posted in horror, Uncategorized

Ask a group of people what the “best of” may be in any given category and you’re likely to get a diversity of answers. Along with that may come a good deal of disagreement, and possibly controversy, especially if the answers are shared in a public forum. This is exactly the scenario that has taken place in […]

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Body Worlds: Art as Horrific Expression

October 24th, 2008 | Posted in art, Body, horror, Uncategorized

Body Worlds is presently on display in Salt Lake City here in the state where I live. In case you haven’t heard of this before, Body Worlds is described as part art, part science, the brainchild of Gunther von Hagens. It involves the use of actual cadavers whose tissues have been injected with plastic in […]

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New Book Explores How Horror Films Use Religion to Stir Fear

October 21st, 2008 | Posted in Douglas Cowan, horror, Sacred Terror

One of the reasons why I created TheoFantastique was to explore some of the deeper sociological, cultural, and even religious aspects of horror, sci fi and fantasy. Thankfully I am not alone in this interest, as evidenced by one of my fellow explorers, my friend Douglas Cowan, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Social Development […]

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