The world of organized crime and gambling has long been intertwined. With the rise of online casinos, underworld bosses have found a new way to expand their empires. From the bright lights of Las Vegas to the bustling streets of Atlantic City, these kingpins have set up shop and amassed incredible fortunes.
Goth Sports Communities: A World of Connection and Camaraderie
In the vast realm of sports, there exists a subculture that defies convention. These are the goth sports communities, where the fusion of gothic aesthetics and athletic prowess creates a unique and tightly-knit global family.
Introduction to the Gothic Series: Welcome to Hell
In 2019, London was host to an immersive zombie exhibition at the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane in East London attached to the television show ‘The Walking Dead’, a new play about Dracula was staged at the London Library and an art installation, sponsored by the Ben Oakley Gallery and called ‘Monster’ by Giles Walker, featuring headless clowns and other freakery, was set to be held in an empty warehouse near Greenwich later in the year if sufficient crowd funds could be raised.
The Evolution of Occultism in Gaming
Gaming has always had a close relationship with the occult. This is obvious for anyone who has followed our many features on horror, mysticism, and Gnosticism in different media. While occultism in movies and traditional literature allows viewers to peek into other worlds, occultism in gaming thrusts players into these worlds head-on.
The Neo-Gothicism in ‘Dracula’, and ‘Ripper Street’ Television Series
Neo-Gothicism, like vampirism, is an afterlife; or, more precisely, an un-death in which, as William Faulkner’s Temple Drake famously observes, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past” (2011, 69).
Monsters in Culture: Folklore and Horror 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.
Adapting the Cannibal: The Gothic Essence of Hannibal Lecter
The character of Hannibal Lecter, the cannibal psychiatrist, is well embedded in the pop-culture not only because of the tetralogy by Thomas Harris that introduced the character in the novel ‘Red Dragon’ in 1981 but also thanks to the filmic adaptations, mainly the ones with Anthony Hopkins in the leading role.
