Monthly Archives: August 2010

The Black Cat: Edgar Ulmer’s Gothic Vision of Europe vs. America

August 11th, 2010 | Posted in 1930s, horror, Universal Pictures

I have finished reading, and enjoying, The Philosophy of Horror, edited by Thomas Fahy (The University Press of Kentucky, 2010), and with this concluding post on the book I will comment on Paul Cantor’s chapter, “The Fall of the House of Ulmer: Europe vs. America in the Gothic Vision of The Black Cat“. Cantor’s chapter […]

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WIRED: Is Being a Geek a Personality Trait or a Way of Life?

August 9th, 2010 | Posted in fan cultures, fantasy, geek cultures, science fiction

There is an interesting post that came to my attention today while checking my daily Google searches for topics related to the fantastic. The source for the post is in the WIRED blog “GeekDad.” The article is by Curtis Silver is titled “Is Being a Geek a Personality Trait or a Way of Life?”. In […]

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UK National Archives Releases “British X-Files” Documents

August 4th, 2010 | Posted in UFOs

The American media has picked up on the British government’s decision to release hundreds of previously classified documents related to UFO sightings. (For a BBC News report see here.) The files are a part of the National Archives. The story includes a link to the web page for the archives which includes PDF files for […]

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Video Games: Zombies Ate My Neighbors, and Nightmare Creatures

August 3rd, 2010 | Posted in horror, video games

Video games have been an important part of pop culture for man years now, having come a long way from my first experiences with Atari in the 1970s. The genres of the fantastic has been an important part of game play, and with this post I’ll highlight a couple of my favorite games from the […]

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Ray Bradbury: God, Monsters and Angels

August 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Ray Bradbury, religion, science fiction

CNN Living included a feature on legendary science fiction writer Ray Bradbury which revealed a surprising aspect of the author’s life and writing inspiration. The title of the article is “Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury on God, ‘monsters and angels’”. In the piece Bradbury describes himself as a man of religious faith, although not one to […]

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Documentary: Monsters from the Id

August 2nd, 2010 | Posted in 1950s, science fiction

As regular readers of this blog are aware, I am a huge fan of 1950s science fiction/horror, those films that had an early formative influence on my love for the fantastic. In reading through a science fiction magazine today I came across a documentary that makes interesting use of these films as it argues for […]

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Paul Meehan: The Strange Case of Picnic at Hanging Rock

August 1st, 2010 | Posted in alien abduction, Paul Meehan, UFOs

Author and TheoFantastique contributor Paul Meehan introduces the story of Picnic at Hanging Rock and its possible connection to a paranormal phenomenon. Paul is the author of a number of books including SAUCER Movies: A UFOlogical History of the Cinema (The Scarecrow Press, 1998). The Strange Case of Picnic at Hanging Rock By Paul Meehan […]

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