Tag Archives: Gothic 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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Exploring the Gothic at The John Rylands Library

July 17th, 2015 | Posted in Gothic, Gothic horror

Darkness and Light reveals how Gothic architecture and anatomy inspired and influenced a literary genre, and how the lasting legacy of Gothic can be found in art, films and subculture today. From the fantastical to the macabre, this intriguing exhibition unearths Gothic treasures from the Library’s Special Collections to investigate subjects as varied as the […]

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Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination exhibit

November 16th, 2014 | Posted in Gothic horror, terror

Open until Tuesday, 20 Jan 2015 Two hundred rare objects trace 250 years of the Gothic tradition, exploring our enduring fascination with the mysterious, the terrifying and the macabre From Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker to Stanley Kubrick and Alexander McQueen, via posters, books, films – and even a vampire-slaying kit – experience the dark […]

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In Memory of Bela Lugosi

August 17th, 2014 | Posted in 1950s, Dracula, Gothic horror, Universal Pictures

A nice looking colorized photo from Dracula, and a video tribute in memory of Bela Lugosi who passed away August 16, 1956.

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Conference on ‘Folk Horror’ at Queen’s University in Belfast

August 8th, 2014 | Posted in folk horror, folklore, ghost, Gothic horror, horror

A Friend in the Furrows: Perspectives on ‘Folk Horror’ in Literature, Film and Music 19-21 September, 2014 Queen’s University Belfast ‘A Fiend in the Furrows’ is a three-day conference in association with the School of English and the Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities at Queen’s University Belfast, exploring ‘folk horror’ in British and […]

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Titles of Interest: British Gothic Cinema

November 22nd, 2013 | Posted in Gothic horror, horror, Titles of Interest

British Gothic Cinema by Barry Forshaw (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). Forshaw provides a definitive, wide-ranging study of the British horror film produced by the Hammer studios and their rivals from the 1940s and 1950s up to the 21st century and the new popularity of the genre. Beginning with a lively discussion of the great literary antecedents, […]

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“Ultraviolet’s” Vampires and the ‘War on Terror’

August 3rd, 2013 | Posted in Gothic horror, horror, horror studies, vampire

The current edition of Gothic Studies is available, Volume 15, No. 1 (May 2013), published by Manchester University Press. It focuses on vampires and the undead in popular culture, and several essays caught my eye for download in PDF for later reading. I recently finished reading the first of them, and it is David McWilliam’s […]

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Peter Cushing Centennial Blogathon: Cushing’s Van Helsing as Ultimate Monster Hunter from a Previous Age

May 25th, 2013 | Posted in Gothic horror, Hammer Films, horror, Peter Cushing

I am privileged to be a part of the Peter Cushing Centennial Blogathon spearheaded by Pierre Fournier at his wonderful blog Frankensteinia. Be sure to visit the blog to see the other posts in this blogathon. Peter Cushing has been one of my favorite horror actors for many years, and out of the many iconic […]

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Hot Wheels Releasing Universal Horror Cars

April 5th, 2013 | Posted in 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Gothic horror, horror, toys, Universal Pictures

I haven’t owned a Hot Wheels car since I was a kid, let alone purchased one. But this will change later this year. Hot Wheels is releasing a special collection of special pop culture cars, including a set devoted to Universal Horror films. The picture included with this post is from the Creature from the […]

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Interview with Victoria Nelson on Gothicka: Vampire Heroes, Human Gods, and the New Supernatural

December 28th, 2012 | Posted in gnosis, Gothic horror, Guillermo del Toro, horror, Twilight, vampire, Victoria Nelson

This is an exciting time for those interested in the intersection of religion, popular culture, and the fantastic genres. A number of scholars are producing fascinating works in this area, and one of those is Victoria Nelson. Victoria is an essayist and fiction writer who teaches in the Goddard College graduate program in creative writing. […]

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