Horror Cinema and the Mad Science of Nature
Horror films capitalise on our increasing sense of alienation from the natural environment, an alienation embodied in a growing ecological crisis, and symbolised on film by nature in revolt
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The ‘Malleus Maleficarum’ Witching Evident Authority
The study of witchcraft has recently enjoyed a boom at all levels, extending from the popular and merely sensational to the erudite and technical
Myths as Gamming Encouragement to Experience the Real
Myths and gaming, an opposition that exists between the individual, as an abstract observer, and nature, as the place of concrete organicity
Criminal Queens: Foucault’s Royal Genealogies
In what ways do Victorian’s project negative images about Victoria through their representations of shadow queens?
Description and Analysis of a Gardnerian Wiccan Ritual
According to many theorists, Contemporary Pagan rituals are the primary agent for cohesiveness in an otherwise individualistic and vacillating religious structure
The Occult in Hammer Film Productions, and Ancient Traditions
This article argues that the portrayal of the occult in British horror films reflected contemporary realities of gender, class, race, colonialism and modernity as post-war Britain dealt with the end of empire and profound social changes
“Horror Film”: How the Term Came to Be
But the arrival of the name, “horror,” possessed power and meaning that resonate to the present day
Social Aspects of the Monsters We Fear in the Movies
Horror films offer the pleasure of the intended affects among which we can identify a sense of suspense, a sense of mystery, and a sense of horror
Lost in Kubrick’s Maze and ‘The Shining’s Room 237
Few movies in the history of cinema have been as enigmatic and thought-provoking as Kubrick’s horror masterpiece ‘The Shining’ (1980)
A Comparison of Revival to Medieval Gothic Architecture
Gothic architecture is a style that has two forms. The first, Medieval Gothic architecture, narrates these changes through the architectural style that was produced in the period, while the second, Gothic Revival architecture, dictated the societal change that brought the style back to relevance
Vampires Throughout Centuries in Popular Culture
Over the centuries, there have been many incarnations of vampires throughout the world as documented in legend, folklore, historical accounts, fiction and nonfiction writings, cinema, and alleged firsthand accounts of sightings and interactions
Time Machines and Steampunk in Contemporary Art
Literary and cinematic connections to the steampunk genre continue to be well documented in both scholarly and popular literature
The Music of the Past in Modern Baltic Paganism
Modern Baltic Paganism grew out of nineteenth- and twentieth-century folklore research into the folk music, folklore and traditional ethnic cultures of Latvia and Lithuania
Apocalyptic and the Gothic Aftermath Through Victorian Times
Victorian culture is often lampooned for its obstinate, reckless progressivism, its racist insistence on the benignity of Western culture, but there is apocalyptic Gothic aplenty to be found in its cultural artefacts
Rereading Witchcraft Stories, and Why Do We Need to Reread?
This article explores the stories told by and about “witches” and their “victims”, and questions what can be recovered from their trial records, early news books, pamphlets and personal accounts
