Tag Archives: horror

Journal article explores the psychology of possession in connection with horror

March 3rd, 2020 | Posted in horror, possession, psychology

                Mathias Clasen, who has been interviewed here previously on his biocultural approach to the study of horror, is the coauthor of a journal article of interest. It appears in the journal Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences and is titled “’We are legion’: Possession myth as a lens for understanding […]

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Podcast with Brandon Grafius: “Reading the Bible with Horror”

February 26th, 2020 | Posted in Bible, Bible as Horror, horror, podcast

I’m pleased to share a video podcast conversation I had with Brandon Grafius on his book Reading the Bible with Horror. We have been working together for a while co-editing the volume Theology and Horror, and we talk a little about this too, as well as our new project the Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters. […]

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“Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror”: Documentary on Shudder

January 31st, 2020 | Posted in horror, horror noire, race

I recently signed up for the trial period of Shudder.com because I’ve had my eye on a couple of documentaries the channel has availabler via streaming. One was Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, that addresses the black experience in horror films. This film is based upon the book of the same title by […]

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“Fear the Walking Dead” adds Jewish character

September 11th, 2019 | Posted in horror, Judaism, zombie

Fear the Walking Dead recently introduced a Jewish character to the series, a rabbi. Alex Zalben discusses why this is important in a piece in the Decider.

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Interview with Mathias Clasen on a Biocultural Approach to the Appeal of Horror

July 2nd, 2019 | Posted in Biocultural, evolutionary psychology, horror, horror studies

A few years ago I broadened the academic lenses through which I study religion. This involved a biocultural approach which includes disciplines like social psychology, the cognitive science of religion, and evolutionary psychology. Since an important emphasis of this blog is to look at the intersection of religion, genre, and pop culture, I was pleased […]

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Holy Horror and the Bible: A Conversation with Steve Wiggins

May 1st, 2019 | Posted in Bible as Horror, horror, religion

Steve Wiggins is an independent scholar and author of Holy Horror: The Bible and Fear in Movies (McFarland, 2018). As the title indicates, Steve looks at how the Bible is incorporated into horror films. He and I discuss this and related topics in this conversation. From the book’s back cover: What, exactly, makes us afraid? […]

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Titles of Interest – Primal Roots of Horror Cinema: Evolutionary Psychology and Narratives of Fear

April 9th, 2019 | Posted in evolutionary psychology, horror, Titles of Interest

This looks like an interesting volume. I’ve drawn attention to a similar one previously, Why Horror Seduces, that seeks to understand horror through evolutionary social psychology. See my prior interview with the author below, Carrol Fry, on his book Cinema of the Occult. Primal Roots of Horror Cinema: Evolutionary Psychology and Narratives of Fear Carrol […]

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Shudder documentary “Horror Noire”

January 7th, 2019 | Posted in horror, horror noire, race

From Entertainment Weekly: Get Out writer-director Jordan Peele and Candyman star Tony Todd are two of the movie notables interviewed in a new documentary called Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, EW can exclusively reveal. Horror Noire is based on the book of the same name by Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman and takes […]

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Podcast Interview with Doug Cowan on “America’s Dark Theologian”

November 15th, 2018 | Posted in Douglas Cowan, horror, podcast, religion, Stephen King, theology

Doug Cowan has been a frequent guest here at TheoFantastique discussing his books on science fiction, horror and religion. We are pleased to have him back in a podcast where he discusses his new book America’s Dark Theologian: The Religious Imagination of Stephen King (New York University Press, 2018). Sit back and enjoy our conversation […]

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Call for Abstracts: Theology and Horror

November 6th, 2018 | Posted in call for papers, horror, theological reflection, theology

Explorations of the relationship between religion and horror are fairly well established. However, this is not the case for theology and horror. Many times explorations of theology and horror involve simplistic readings in which theological concepts or doctrines are spotted within horror narratives and noted as points of connection. While this approach has its place, […]

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