Screening
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‘White Zombie’ Review
The fact that ‘White Zombie’ looks and sounds so good is all the more commendable since it was an independent…
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‘Vampyr, Der Traum des Allan Grey’ Review
Carl Theodor Dreyer’s ‘Vampyr’ could never beat ‘Dracula’ at the box office, but in point of fact, it gives us…
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‘Witchcraft Through the Ages’ (‘Häxan’) Review
Benjamin Christensen’s ‘Witchcraft Through the Ages’ is perhaps the most striking example of a movie ahead of its time
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‘Between Two Worlds’ (‘Der Müde Tod’) Review
After Victor Sjöström perfected the trick of double exposure in ‘The Phantom Carriage’, it continued to be used by other…
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‘The Phantom Chariot; The Stroke of Midnight’ Review
The question of when and where the horror genre was brought to life has been, and will perhaps always be,…
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From Text to Myth: Penny Dreadful and Adaptation
This article examines contamination as a form of adaptation in the Showtime/Sky television series Penny Dreadful.
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The First Supernatural Vampire Films in North America
Between 1895 and 1915, the subject of vampirism also experienced great change, with the supernatural characters of folklore and popular…
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Exploring the Gothic in Latin America’s ‘El Fantasma del Convento’
Fernando de Fuentes Carrau’s film emphasizes darkness and mystery. Accompanied by effective sound effects of lamenting off-screen voices and howling…
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Egyptology And Occultism In Kenneth Anger’s ‘Lucifer Rising’
A follower of Thelema, the religion of infamous British occultist Aleister Crowley, Kenneth Anger’s work is imbued with occult themes…
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The Purge: Election Year
It is amusing that our most interesting genre franchise is from Platinum Dunes (American production company created in November 2001…
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Creative Control, a nearsighted look at tomorrow
Amazon Studios has fourteen thousand four hundred plus projects currently in the works or recently completed according to their website. This…
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Anti-hero Deadpool screens in its deadliest droll
Since the test footage of a Deadpool movie project featuring Ryan Reynolds got leaked a couple of years ago, fans…
