It is 1891, at the Grand Guignol Theatre in London, Wild West show sharpshooter Ethan Chandler is on a night out with the consumptive waif Brona Croft. They are watching a sequence called ‘The Transformed Beast’, featuring a werewolf.
Vampire Onscreen in the Late-1980s and 1990s Cult Shows
The late 1980s and early 1990s witnessed a renewed interest in horror and dark fantasy series on TV. Emerging in part due to horror cinema’s most visible, grisly and commercially saturated decade, horror anthology shows such as ‘Tales from the Crypt’ (1989-96), Freddy’s Nightmares (1988-90) and the weird, gothic mystery ‘Twin Peaks’ (1990-91), all reveal a distinct shift in television production.
Claustrophobic Hotel Rooms and Intermedial Horror in 1408
In his non-fiction book ‘Danse Macabre’, Stephen King discusses how the evolution of the “horror genre” contributes on the discourse regarding the Gothic by stating that “[it] has often been able to find national phobic pressure points” (1980).
The Embodiments of Fear and the Concept of the Zombie
Rose London’s discussion of what the Zombie is as a creature of terror offers a simple historical perspective on a creature displayed in many different types of horror film. However contemporary commentators question this summary.
A Cross-Cultural Study of Some Supernatural Beliefs
Looking back at the last two centuries, it seems that more and more distinct types of religions have appeared in the religious field. Especially the link between supernatural fiction and non-mainstream religion has given rise to more research on these new and distinctive religions.
The Horror Genre in Screams and the Paradigms of Cinema
Like all genre movies, horror films are today’s equivalent of cultural myths. Traditionally, the term “myth” refers to a society’s shared stories, usually involving gods and heroes, which explain the nature of the universe and the relation of the individual to it.
Daughters of Darkness and the Sinful Lesbian Vampires
The return of the Vampire — tall, dark, and irresistibly male — has not yet revived interest in a surprising phenomenon of the 1960s and early 1970s: the lesbian vampire film. Although the archetypal vampire in this culture is Dracula, often accompanied by submissive brides and female followers, lesbian vampires have a long and worthy history in literature, legend, and film.
