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Category Archives: Resources
‘Prints of Darkness: macabre vintage posters’
The Guardian has posted a series of macabre vintage posters entitled ‘Prints of Darkness’. (Whoever thought of that title needs some form of award!). They are dark, decadent and delightful. It is interesting to see the ways that the Gothic … Continue reading
Posted in Fun stuff, Resources
Tagged fear, Female Gothic, Gothic, horror, posters, visual arts
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Fairy Tale Fashion at the FIT, NY
This is another post for my transatlantic friends (and one which I am bitterly jealous about and on which I have previously blogged). The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, are hosting an exhibition on Fairy Tale Fashion (15 January – … Continue reading
Posted in exhibitions, Fun stuff, Resources
Tagged body Gothic, exhibition, Fairy tales, Fashion, Female Gothic, femininity, Feminism, Gothic, sexuality
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The Lesbian Vampire: A (Fairly) Brief Media Retrospective
The Mary Sue has written a relatively brief (as the title suggests), but still interesting, media retrospective on the lesbian vampire. It covers more recent portrayals and I was very pleased to see that the Carmilla web series on YouTube … Continue reading
‘Witches’ Brew’ at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, February 2016
It’s not just vampires, werewolves and zombies that draw our interest at OGOM. We are equal opportunity supernatural entities and Sam has certainly been flying the flag for witches. (She has blogged about the ‘The Emergence of the Sympathetic Witch’, … Continue reading
Posted in Events, exhibitions, Resources
Tagged cinema, Female Gothic, Film, folk Gothic, Folk Horror, Folklore, Gothic, Horror Film, Southern Gothic, witches
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The Cinematic History of Fake Blood
Claret, the red stuff, gore, ichor, life fluid, strawberry jam, protesters free-bleeding at the gates of parliament. It seems like blood is everywhere. Pertinent given the conversations that I have been having with Sam regarding the Books of Blood project on … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM: Books of Blood, Resources
Tagged aesthetics, blood, body Gothic, Film, Hammer horror, horror, Horror Film, theatre
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Gothic Doubling and the Double, Gothically by Katherine Bowers
Over on the Facebook site, Bill has shared this very interesting article about the Double as a Gothic trope. Written by Katherine Bowers, ‘Gothic Doubling and the Double, Gothically’ looks at Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Double (1846) and how it has been reproduced … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Resources
Tagged adaptation, aesthetics, Film, Gothic, Gothic novel
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Wilderness, National Parks and Hybrid Wolves
My good friend Karen Graham (who I met at the inaugural OGOM conference) sent me this very interesting article, ‘Coydogs and Lynxcats and Pizzlies, Oh My’. Though the title is a little ridiculous, it is an interesting look at science’s … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Resources
Tagged adaptation, aesthetics, Animals, anthropology, Company of Wolves, nature, Werewolves
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Fear Itself on the BBC
Though I haven’t caught up with it yet, I am very excited to watch the BBC’s programme ‘Fear Itself’ (2015) at some point this week. It describes itself as a journey through 100 years of horror film and the blurb … Continue reading
Posted in Fun stuff, Resources
Tagged adaptation, aesthetics, body Gothic, Gothic, horror, Horror Film, sexuality
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Shakespeare’s Vampires
My two worlds collide in this article: ‘Shakespeare’s Vampire: Hubris in Coriolanus, Meyer’s Twilight, and Stoker’s Dracula’ by Patrick Gray.
Posted in Books and Articles, Resources
Tagged Dracula, Gothic, Shakespeare, Twilight, Vampires
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The Man Who Brought Zombies to America
Following on from the article ‘The Tragic, Forgotten History of Zombies’, there is this thoughtful biography of William Seabrook by Roger Luckhurst. Seabrook helped introduce the figure of the zombie into Western popular culture following his travels to Haiti where … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Resources
Tagged adaptation, Hammer horror, horror, Zombies
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