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Folk Horror Friday: Black Sunday (1960)
Welcome to Folk Horror Friday! Over the summer I’ll be reviewing Folk Horror cinema every Friday! I’ll investigate both canonical Folk Horror classics like the Unholy Trinity as well as obscure gems from the era of silent movies. As always, … Continue reading
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Tagged Folk Horror, Folk Horror Friday, Gothic, Italian Cinema, Mario Bava, Spooky
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Bridging the Gothic (October 2017 Literary Meeting)
Welcome to the October 2017 Literary Meeting! The most recent literary theme was an attempt to discover what it is about the Gothic that bridges works that so little resemble each other under the same heading of “Gothic.” As always, … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Meeting
Tagged Everywhere & Nowhere USA, Gothic, Small Town America, Southern Gothic, Supernatural
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Early and Pre-Gothic Literary Conventions & Examples (October 2015 Literary Meeting)
Welcome to the October 2015 Literary Meeting! The theme for this month’s Literary Meeting was Early and Pre-Gothic Literary Conventions & Examples. This fall we’ve been doing something a little different in that our theme lasts all semester instead of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesthetics, Antiquarianism, Fictional Text, Gothic, Haunted History, Horror, Medievalism, Places, Ruins, Spookypasta, Sublime, Supernatural, Urban Legend
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Spooky Small Town America (August 2015 Literary Meeting)
Welcome to the August 2015 Literary Meeting! The most recent literary theme has been “Spooky small town America.” This is a topic for which there is an abundant supply of literary material, so the theme ran for two months rather that … Continue reading
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Tagged Antipastoral, Everywhere & Nowhere USA, Fictional Text, Gothic, Haunted History, Horror, HP Lovecraft, Lovecraft Country, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Places, Puritans, Radio Small Town America, Slasher, Small Town America, Southern Gothic, Urban Legend, William Faulkner
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Movie Review: Venom (2005)—Southern Gothic that showcases setting
This review isn’t strictly speaking of a movie shown at a Society meeting, but I watched it privately with one member recently and I have enough to say about it that it’s worth a post. The official trailer is … Continue reading
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Tagged Gothic, Slasher, Southern Gothic, Swamp, Voodoo
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