Category Archives: horror

Despite a Distinguished Pedigree and Helpful Function, Monsters Receive Little Respect

October 9th, 2008 | Posted in Beowulf, horror, Stephen King

You might recall comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s old schtick about getting no respect. Our monstrous literary and cinematic creations might sympathize, as well as those who find them of interest beyond escapist pop culture entertainment. Last week I was looking at the intriguing academic research and writing of Michael Collings of Pepperdine University who has written […]

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John Muir Interview: 1980s Horror Films, and Tobe Hooper

October 6th, 2008 | Posted in 1980s, horror, John Kenneth Muir, Tobe Hooper

One of the privileges I have had in operating this website is to meet and dialogue witha lot of creative and reflective people. One of these people is John Muir, a writer and journalist who is the author of twenty-two reference books covering science fiction and horror on film and television through McFarland Publishing (www.mcfarlandpub.com), […]

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Chazz DeMoss: Cryptic Magazine and All Things “Terror-fying”

September 26th, 2008 | Posted in Chazz DeMoss, comics, Cryptic Magazine, horror, horror convention, horror zine

One of my favorite magazines that part of my Barnes & Noble viewing ritual is Cryptic Magazine. The Publisher, Chazz DeMoss, talks about the magazine and some of his other projects: TheoFantastique: Chazz, thanks for agreeing to discuss some of your many horror activities. To begin, how did your imagination come to be captivated by […]

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Virginia Wexman on Polanski’s Horror and Rosemary’s Baby

September 14th, 2008 | Posted in horror, Rosemary's Baby, Satan, Satanism

  One of the very first books that I purchased wich explores horror films from an academic perspective was Gregary A. Waller, ed., American Horrors: Essays on the American Horror Film (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1987). The volume includes a number of intriguing essays, including one by Virginia Wright Wexman titled “The Trauma […]

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Post-Millennial Road-Horror

September 1st, 2008 | Posted in Bill Ellis, fairy tales, folklore, horror, legend-tripping, road-horror

Texas Chainsaw Massacre I recently discovered an interesting academic source that explores horror and which I have included in my Exploring the Fantastic links, the Irish Gothic Horror Journal. This is a publication available in totality on the Internet, and as I reviewed the contents for various issues one of the items that caught my […]

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AAAAH!! Indie Horror Hits – Volume 1 Complete

August 13th, 2008 | Posted in horror

My good friend, Miguel Gallego of AAAAAH!! Indie Horror Hits, just let me know about a new indie horror movie collection that fans will want to add to their collection. AAAAAH!! Indie Horror Hits is a new feature length collection of award winning independent short horror films coming to DVD in September 2008 – just […]

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Zombie CSU: New twist on exploration of top horror icon in pop culture

August 6th, 2008 | Posted in horror, pop culture, zombie

It’s no surprise that zombies have become the horror icon of late modernity/postmodernity. As a result, pop culture is filled with various explorations of these flesh eating, social alter egos. One of the forthcoming expressions of this pop culture phenomenon is the book Zombie CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead (Citadel Press) by Jonathan Maberry, a […]

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Horror and Religion’s Intimate Connection

June 9th, 2008 | Posted in horror, religion

In the past I’ve mentioned an interesting website that I stumbled upon, Constructing Horror, a website that serves as a resource for horror writers. One of the perspectives that they address is the connection between religion and horror, an area of research interest for me, and their current e-newsletter touched on this topic with the […]

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Kids in Horror: Reflections on Why They Get Under Our Skin

June 7th, 2008 | Posted in horror, Uncategorized

Regular readers of this blog might recall that in a previous post I mentioned my involved with LOTT D, a group of horror bloggers committed to excellence as they rise above the all-too-common froth of superficial commentary in the blogosphere. From time to time the members of LOTT D emphasize the community aspect of their […]

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The Mist: Thrills, Chills and Thought-Provoking Social Critique

April 7th, 2008 | Posted in horror, The Mist

I am usually a late commentator on films since I watch few at the theaters and prefer to wait until they come out on DVD. This provides me with a cost savings, and enables me to read reviews and commentary so as not to waste resources on bad films. This last weekend I was able […]

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