Tag Archives: TV

CFA: Death in Supernatural (edited collection)

Posted on 26th August 2016 by William the Bloody

Just a few days left to respond to this call for articles here for an edited collection with Mcfarland on Death in Supernatural Editors Taylor and Nylander seek original essays for an edited collection exploring the the nature of death … Continue reading →

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The Lost Boys — TV series

Posted on 24th August 2016 by William the Bloody

I like the concept of this forthcoming adaptation of Joel Schumacher’s classic 1980s vampire film, The Lost Boys as a TV series, described here.

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Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber televised

Posted on 10th August 2016 by William the Bloody

I have to confess I’m not usually a fan of high/epic fantasy, but I make an exception for Roger Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber series, where the quasi-medieval world of Amber overlaps with our own and a host of shady worlds … Continue reading →

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Buffy and Feminism

Posted on 5th August 2016 by William the Bloody

A good article here, ‘Buffy Summers: Third-Wave Feminist Icon’, on the feminist stance of the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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CFP: The Vampire in Literature, Culture and Film, San Diego, 12-15 April, 2017

Posted on 5th August 2016 by William the Bloody

A call for papers for a conference in San Diego on vampires. The co-chairs of the Vampire in Literature, Culture, and Film area—Dr. Philip Simpson of Eastern Florida State College and Mary Findley of Vermont Technical College—are soliciting papers, presentations, … Continue reading →

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CFP: Edited collection on iZombie

Posted on 9th June 2016 by William the Bloody

I’ve not seen the TV series iZombie (nor the graphic novel on which it is based) but I’ve heard very enthusiastic reports on this new manifestation of the sympathetic zombie (of which one of our favourites, Daniel Waters’s Generation Dead … Continue reading →

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Genres, Classification, and Adventures in the Library

Posted on 7th June 2016 by William the Bloody

In my explorations of the endless swarming and interbreeding of genres that is contemporary popular fiction, I recently discovered a new species. Among the proliferating subsubsubgenres of paranormal romance and similar breeds, I’ve noticed quite a few that feature libraries … Continue reading →

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Stacey Abbott on iZombie

Posted on 31st May 2016 by William the Bloody

The rise of the sympathetic monster has been a unifying theme of OGOM’s research. Of all the monsters to feature in paranormal romance and similar narratives that humanise the undead and the monstrous, the zombie is surely one of the … Continue reading →

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Review of ‘Heartless’ (2014-)

Posted on 14th January 2016 by firekrank

As part of their ‘Walter Presents’ season which celebrates the best of international television drama, Channel 4 are offering the chance to watch the Danish series ‘Heartless’ (2014-). Introduced to viewers as ‘[a]n 18 certificate Twilight‘, ‘Heartless’ is Scandi noir … Continue reading →

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Gothic Britain

Posted on 5th January 2016 by firekrank

Following on from my previous post about YA Gothic novels, the Costa Book Awards has announced that the winner of its Costa First Novel Award 2015 is The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley. Set in the northwest of England, it looks like a … Continue reading →

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