Category Archives: horror

University of Chester and Gothic Heresy: Religious Knowledge and Experience in Horror Culture

March 17th, 2021 | Posted in Gothic horror, horror, religion

My Facebook feed recently produced this little gem from the University of Chester, bringing together religion and horror, and one funded by the Templeton Religious Trust! Horror is a widespread mode of culture, cutting across games, films, books, art, TV and many other forms. In horror there is a repeated emphasis on religious themes, tropes, […]

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THE UNHOLY as Easter horror

March 12th, 2021 | Posted in Christianity, horror, possession

A new trailer came out today for a horror film coming out in connection with the Easter holiday where Christianity celebrates its most holy event. In the trailer for THE UNHOLY, we find a combination of possession tropes with Catholicism’s emphasis on Mary. See the discussion and poster at the article on the film at […]

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“The Vigil” presents Jewish take on the demonic

February 16th, 2021 | Posted in horror, Jewish monsters

I’m currently reading Steve Wiggins’ book Nightmares with the Bible, which will be the focus on a review I write and a future podcast with Steve, but it has heightened my sense of the demonic in cinema and religion of late. Today I came across The Vigil in my news feed, which promises to be […]

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“Theology and Horror” gone to press

February 16th, 2021 | Posted in Books, horror, theology

Rowman & Littlefield just informed me that my co-edited volume with Brandon Grafius, Theology and Horror, has gone to press, just in time for the March release date. It’s not cheap, but request it from your library! https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781978707986/Theology-and-Horror-Explorations-of-the-Dark-Religious-Imagination Scholars of religion have begun to explore horror and the monstrous, not only within the confines of […]

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ST. MAUD, religious devotion and fanaticism

February 1st, 2021 | Posted in horror, religion

I’ve liked what A24 has done for a while now with horror, and a new trailer for ST. MAUD looks intriguing as it depicts faith and unbelief, and the line between religious devotion and fantaticism.

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Marvel’s MORBIUS

February 1st, 2021 | Posted in comics, horror, vampire

Although I read Marvel comics growing up, I just haven’t gotten much into the movies. I did enjoy the IRON MAN movies, one of the titles I used to read. Then again, I was never that into comics, and was always more of a fan of horror and science fiction. Perhaps this explains why the […]

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SOCIETY body horror inspired by THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

October 26th, 2020 | Posted in Bible as Horror, Body, horror, religion

I’ve been enjoying the second season of Eli Roth’s History of Horror on AMC, and in the episode of Body Horror an interesting and unexpected statement was shared in the commentary. Brian Yuzna, the director of a film that had escaped me previously, Society (1989), was talking about the influences on him that led to […]

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God, the pandemic, and horrific meaning

October 14th, 2020 | Posted in Christianity, horror, religion

One day earlier this week I watched an interview with Tom Holland, author of the book Dominion. In that volume he shares his journey as a disillusioned historian and liberal who at one point valued the Roman empire, but who eventually came to question the violence and devaluation of others that came with it. As […]

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Recommended Reading on World War I, Horror and the Supernatural

July 6th, 2020 | Posted in horror, horror studies, supernatural, World War I

I’ve read and watched a lot on World War II over the years, since I was a child actually, watching films with my dad growing up. World War I is another story. I’ve only recently have I taken a closer look at the Great War in more depth. In addition to recommending a viewing of […]

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Two items on horror and psychology

July 6th, 2020 | Posted in evolutionary psychology, games, horror, horror studies

A couple of items have appeared over the last week or two that are worth noting in regards to horror and psychology. The first is “An Infectious Curiosity: Morbid Curiosity and Media Preferences During a Pandemic” published in Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture. This article was picked up by a lot of popular media outlets, […]

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