Scottish Peasantry’s Perception of the Witch Trials
This article pays close attention to the newly formed Protestant Church of Scotland’s perception of witchcraft
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The Scottish Crown, the Protestant Church, and Witch Trials
This article explores witchcraft and witch-hunts in Scotland from the middle of the sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century
The Enduring Sexual Appeal of Vampires
Moving with cat-like grace, he steps from a moonlit alley into a flood of neon lights. Only his piercing eyes might set him apart from the others on the street. I laving traded in his flowing cape for a steel-grey London Fog suburban coat, he prowls the modern streets with self-assurance
Bram Stoker and the Creation of the ‘Dracula’ Novel (1897)
The aim of this article is to demonstrate how the famous figure of a vampire created by Bram Stoker in 1897 became, in fact, the main cause of changes within the Gothic conventions and what impact these transformations have had on the present culture
Six Suggestions for Finding the Perfect Filming Location
Whether you are an aspiring or seasonal videographer, you want to ensure the perfect shot every time, and that is why the filming location is an important consideration
Witchcraft and Powerful Women Throughout the Middle Ages
While women were known to be capable of both good and dark magic since ancient times, the depiction of witchcraft as an overwhelmingly feminine pursuit, and the further conflation of witchcraft and sorcery with religious heresy, was a development of the later Middle Ages
The Japanese Peculiar Subculture of Lolita with a Goth-Loli Focus
This article underlines the context in which the Lolita subculture has emerged, the reason why young women started to dress in a princess/doll-like way, what common rules about women and mainstream imagery they are trying to fight against princess/doll-like way, what common rules about women and mainstream imagery they are trying to fight against princess/doll-like way, what common rules about women and mainstream
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The Monstrous Other and Virtual Vampires Transgressions
In a literal interpretation, vampires are representative of the fears of the cultures which produce them
The Supernatural Trials Concerning the Witchcraft Act, 1735
The Act of 1735 has been persistently misrepresented as survival of mediaeval superstition and a measure designed for the prosecution of alleged witches
The Folklore Vampire: The Monstrous Other
This horrifying suspicion that each human being could potentially be naturally deviant was an enormous threat to the function of society
Vampirism as a Malevolent or Medical Source?
Folkloric accounts bear witness to these “vampires” being discovered gorged and bloated, with dried blood encrusted around the mouth, having drained the life force from the living
From the Entertainment Springs of Cinematic Horror Thrills
“Thriller” was a film that provoked the kinds of physical reactions that are usually associated with horror today, and a film would be described as a “thriller” on the grounds that it provided “thrills and chills”
A Life of Crime and the Thriller as Horror Film
Crimes and horror films were seen as a brilliant blending of established trends rather than as the creation of a new and distinctive trend
Vampires in the Early Christian Era
The great irony of this period is that as the Church moved to fuse the non-Christian mythologies, it would be her own decree that would lend historical validity to the vampire
Psychological Horror, and Body Horror
Perhaps the most frightening of all horror films are those where there are no monsters and no demons other than the psychological states of the characters
