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Movie Review: The Forest (2016)—The use of setting is great, but for a film plot centered on supernatural illusions, this is no Oculus
Here’s the official marketing blurb: A woman goes into Japan’s Suicide Forest to find her twin sister, and confronts supernatural terror. The Japanese Suicide Forest is something I heard about several years ago, and yet when I heard that someone … Continue reading
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Tagged Aokigahara, Forest, Ghost, Horror, Investigation, Japanese, Missing Friend, Places, Spooky
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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
Posted in Literary Meeting
Tagged Aesthetics, Antiquarianism, Fictional Text, Gothic, Haunted History, Horror, Medievalism, Places, Ruins, Spookypasta, Sublime, Supernatural, Urban Legend
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Your Tuesday Dose of the Spooky: The Ruins of the Branch Davidian Carmel Center
It’s Tuesday again! Time for your weekly dose of the Spooky, culled from around the web, the world, and life. Every week I’ll have something new to send a shiver down your spine. This week’s theme is the abandoned Branch Davidian … Continue reading
Posted in Tuesday Spooky
Tagged Branch Davidians, Haunted History, Investigation, Places, Small Town America, Texas, Tuesday
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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
Posted in Literary Meeting, Review
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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