Forthcoming volume on the paranormal
I was pleased to learn of a forthcoming academic volume exploring the paranormal by Rachael Ironside and Robin Wooffitt. Ironside posted the book cover on Facebook, but no other information is available yet. It is titled Making Sense of the Paranormal: The Interactional Construction of Unexplained Experiences. This book should come out through Palgrave MacMillan […]
New issue of WONDER magazine
I had the privilege of making a small contribution to this magazine in the form of a toy review. This is the first issue of a resurrected publication. It’s worth picking up and checking out.
New “The Matrix Resurrection” trailer
The trailer for The Matrix Resurrection dropped today.
FORWARD on “The secret Jewish history of Frankenstein”
FORWARD, a publication devoted to discussion of interest to Jewish Americans, includes an interesting story: “Author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on this day, Aug. 30, in 1797 in London. Shelley is best known as the author of the Gothic novel “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus” and as the wife of the Romantic poet Percy […]
New issue of The Journal of Gods and Monsters
A new issue of The Journal of Gods and Monsters is now available, Vol. 2., No. 1 (2021).View and download here.
Shadow Puppetry and Horror
Previously I’ve written on what I consider to be the best scene in all of the Harry Potter films, the shadow play of the “Tale of Three Brothers.” It is based on the ancient art of shadow puppetry, and this post comes out of an article on the topic in the current issue of RUE […]
Darryl Caterine on the paranormal in popular culture
Here’s another podcast video from my other creative venture. In this conversation, Darryl Caterine and I discuss various aspects of the paranormal. Caterine is author of Haunted Ground: Journeys Through Paranormal America, and the volume we co-edited, The Paranormal and Popular Culture: A Postmodern Religious Landscape.
David Feltmate and religious satire in adult animation
Some of my recent podcasts on religion and culture on another website have application here. This is my conversation with David Feltmate on religion in adult animation, including The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Family Guy. This comes out of David’s book Drawn to the Gods.
Recommended articles and news
This week I posted a couple of interesting news items in the TheoFantastique Facebook page that are worth mentioning here. First, was a piece at CURRENT titled “Found Footage: January 6 and the Horror Movies that Made It.” This interesting article looks at similarities between internet-created and folklorish monsters like Slender Man are similar to […]
Steve Wiggins on “Nightmares with the Bible”
Steve Wiggins returns to TheoFantastique to discuss his new book Nightmares with the Bible: The Good Book and Cinematic Demons. You can purchase this volume at the link, or secure a copy via interlibrary loan. My review of Steve’s great book can be found at Horror Homeroom. Watch my previous conversation with Steve here. The […]
