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Call for Papers – The Age of Lovecraft: Cosmic Horror, Posthumanism, and Popular Culture

August 20th, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, H. P. Lovecraft, horror, posthuman

Call for Proposals: The Age of Lovecraft: Cosmic Horror, Posthumanism, and Popular Culture Editors: Carl Sederholm (csederholm@byu.edu) and Jeffrey Weinstock (Jeffrey.Weinstock@cmich.edu) 250 word proposals are sought for chapter contributions to an edited scholarly collection on H. P. Lovecraft and his place in 21st century literature, film, media, and popular culture. This collection will consider the […]

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Donald Tyson: The Dream World of H. P. Lovecraft

March 21st, 2011 | Posted in H. P. Lovecraft, horror, hyper-real spiritualities (or fiction-based), occult, occulture, Western esotericism

H.P. Lovecraft is one of the most influential writers on contemporary horror. As such, he has been the focus of a number of biographies, including H. P. Lovecraft: A Life by S. T. Joshi (Necronomicon press, 1996), and the documentary Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown, directed by Frank Woodward. More recently, a new biography has […]

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Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies: Lovecraft and Occultism

March 4th, 2011 | Posted in H. P. Lovecraft, horror, Western esotericism

The latest issue of the online Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies is available, #9 (February 2011). One of the worthwhile essays includes a piece that considers the impact of one of the most significant horror writers on Western esotericism, in an article titled “The Influence of H.P. Lovecraft on Occultism,” by K. R. […]

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Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown Documentary – Director Frank Woodward Interview

November 12th, 2008 | Posted in H. P. Lovecraft

The special Halloween double issue of Rue Morgue magazine included a number of interesting features, as usual, but one which caught my eye was a description of a new documentary on titled Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown (Wyrdstuff Productions, 2008). This fim was directed and produced by Frank Woodward, and after getting in touch he […]

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Volume for review – “Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques: Monstrosity and Religion in Europe and the United States”

November 30th, 2018 | Posted in Books, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, monstrous, religion, Titles of Interest

I just received this volume for review in the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques: Monstrosity and Religion in Europe and the United States, Edited by Michael E. Heyes Lexington Books, 2018 Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques examines the intersection of religion and monstrosity in a variety of different time periods […]

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Christmas and Ghost Stories

December 19th, 2016 | Posted in Christmas, folklore, ghost

While listening to Christmas music today I caught a part in one of the lyrics for “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” that mentioned telling scary ghost stories. I posted an inquiry on Facebook about the origins of this in the evolution of Christmas, and in addition to its incorporation in Victorian practices, […]

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Interview with Scott Poole on “In the Mountains of Madness”

October 16th, 2016 | Posted in H. P. Lovecraft, horror, W. Scott Poole

W. Scott Poole is a professor at the College of Charleston with a research interest in American pop and folk culture. He has written a number of books that combine his interests in American history with horror, including Vampira: Dark Goddess of Horror, Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and Haunting, and […]

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Titles of Interest: Science Fiction Theology

June 30th, 2015 | Posted in science fiction, theology, Titles of Interest

James McGrath recently drew attention to this volume on his blog. Science Fiction Theology: Beauty and the Transformation of the Sublime (Baylor University Press, 2015) by Alan Gregory Science fiction imagines a universe teeming with life and thrilling possibility, but also hidden and hideous dangers. Christian theology, often a polemical target for science fiction, reflects […]

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Guest Post – “Re-embracing John Carpenter’s More Obscure Films”

September 10th, 2014 | Posted in horror, John Carpenter, science fiction

This post is a guest essay from Brandon Engel. For the average baby boomer movie-goer, John Carpenter will always be the answer to the the trivia question, “who wrote and directed the horror classic Halloween (1978)?” For film aficionados of any generation, Carpenter will be know as a film artist who crafted some of the […]

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Call for Submissions – The Guillermo Guide: Inside del Toro’s World of Gods and Monsters

October 28th, 2013 | Posted in call for papers, Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro is one of the most interesting people currently involved in genre in its various expressions. He is an artist who embodies his art that comes as a result of his creative passions and deep reflection. One of the elements that make him so interesting is critical reflection on various elements that contribute […]

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