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Introduction to the Gothic Series: Welcome to Hell
An introduction to the modern gothic milieu is an article packed with an analysis of the genre in both theory and practice as it appeared…
The Neo-Gothicism in ‘Dracula’, and ‘Ripper Street’ Television Series
Both neo-Gothicism and vampirism elide past and present, life and death, and shadow and substance — which last conflation is especially striking in neo-Gothic films…
Monsters in Culture: Folklore and Horror Movies
A way to differentiate the horror films from the other film genre is the presence of monsters of either supernatural or sci-fi origin
Adapting the Cannibal: The Gothic Essence of Hannibal Lecter
Hannibal Lecter became an icon of an elegant, intelligent evil that is able to possess both primitive features, such as cannibalism, but also a high…
Beginnings and Bloodlines of Vampires and Revenants
Of the particular vampire fiction that has, in the last 1960s, crossed over into film and subsequently redefined the vampire subgenre none in this category…
Misfit Sisters: Fairy Tales and Female Rites of Passage Narratives
Horror shares many concerns with fairy tales is not as strange a suggestion as some might think, for although we tend to associate them with…
Japanese Horror Art in Cinema and Their American Remakes
‘The Ring’ (2002) — Hollywood’s remake of the Japanese cult success ‘Ringu’ (1998) — marked the beginning of a significant trend in the late 1990s…
The Cultural Experience of Contemporary Horror Cinema
The horror film is arguably the most robust, pliable, and successful of genres within contemporary cinema
