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The Fictional Man by Al Ewing

May 1, 2013
1 min to read

Alongside his work in comics, Al Ewing has in recent years built up an exciting and original body of prose fiction, most notably for Abaddon Books with novels like El Sombra, Gods Of Manhattan, Pax Omega, Death Got No Mercy and I, Zombie. He has displayed a skill for spinning familiar pulp tropes into shapes …

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TIH 007: The Lords of Salem Review with Booked

April 30, 2013
3 mins to read

In this podcast we review The Lords of Salem with our friends at Booked Podcast, Livius Nedin and Robb Olson. Topics [01:10] Introductions [01:55] Past experiences with Rob Zombie [05:50] The Lords of Salem synopsis [08:48] Revisiting the past/the witch trials [11:30] Expectations going into the film [13:30] Rob Zombie and originality [16:32] Music video …

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Lost in time: the wicked voice of Vernon Lee

April 30, 2013
1 min to read

The Gothic is obsessed with the past. In older texts this can be seen most obviously with the settings, such as castles, ruins and monasteries but also with regard to the characters that inhabit these stories. Creatures like demons, incubi and succubae belong to a mythological past whereas a whole host of monsters impervious to …

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Review: The Lords of Salem

April 30, 2013
1 min to read

Rob Zombie’s new film is a departure from gorier efforts like House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects and his two Halloween remakes. In fact it’s initially quite quiet and restrained, before growing increasingly surreal and unhinged as it progresses to a climax as garish, lurid and loud as an MTV rock video. That’s an …