A guest post by Amy Hall. A cult classic horror film debated since its release in 1980, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining has become a landmark in the psychological thriller genre. Based on the book by Stephen King, the movie is set during an especially cold winter in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Aspiring writer Jack … Continue reading Winter Film Reviews: “The Shining” (1980)
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Winter Film Reviews: Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” and the Death of Subtlety
A guest post by Holly Cowan. Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel is a visual delight. The landscape is stunning, and the performances are captivating, particularly Jacob Elordi’s portrayal of the Creature. However, despite del Toro’s lifelong obsession with the novel, the themes so eloquently presented by Shelley fall flat in this adaptation, … Continue reading Winter Film Reviews: Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” and the Death of Subtlety
Candyman Registration is now live!
The Centre for the History of the Gothic at the University of Sheffield and University of California, Riverside are delighted to announce that registration for our online conference Candyman and the Whole Damn Swarm is now live! Taking place on 7-9 October 2022, this conference will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Bernard Rose’s cult horror … Continue reading Candyman Registration is now live!
What is Rebecca without the Gothic?
This is a guest post by Anastasia Klimchynskaya, a postdoctoral fellow at the Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge at the University of Chicago. “Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again,” the narrator muses in a voiceover at the beginning of the film Rebecca (Netflix, 2020), drawing its opening line from the … Continue reading What is Rebecca without the Gothic?
What does The Haunting of Bly Manor owe to The Turn of the Screw?
Bly Manor. Netflix. The Netflix series, The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), is a reimagining of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw (1898). Initially set in the twenty-first century, it looks back to 1987 and the story of a young woman who takes on the role of au pair to two orphaned children living … Continue reading What does The Haunting of Bly Manor owe to The Turn of the Screw?
Considering Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) is a Victorian fin de siècle novel which fully embraces the Gothic aesthetics of the supernatural and the hidden room. The novel engages with well-established archetypes and tropes, such as the Faustian pact. In the preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde states that ‘there is … Continue reading Considering Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray
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