Posted by connor on January 31, 2011
Unfortunately, some things are inescapable.
If you’ve read a “haunted house” story written in the 52 years since Shirley Jackson’s catastrophically fragile novel, The Haunting of Hill House, came out, then some of its revolutionary appeal is lost to you. I, certainly, couldn’t stop comparing it to King’s The Shining. While writers like Edgar Allan Poe had no trouble creating evil houses that destroy their inhabitants, Jackson took the additional step of routing the evil entirely through her character’s perceptions. Even if there is little doubt that we are witnessing supernatural events, we can’t understand their meaning except through the eyes of unstable and (fatally) flawed characters. This, above all, is what makes Hill House such a groundbreaking work.
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Posted by connor on December 20, 2010
Is the film Donnie Darko Gothic?
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Check back tomorrow for my own interpretation.
Posted by connor on December 1, 2010
In 2010, Santa’s bringing you a violent tale of cold and callous murder.
In 2010, Santa’s bringing you Hungry Rats.
Also suitable for Chanukah, Kwanzaa, New Years, Chinese New Years, and other holidays.
http://hungryrats.com.
Why would you want to give a gift like this at such a festive time of year?
Well… why does dark, strong coffee taste so good with cakes and pumpkin pie? This is the holiday season, but it’s also the coldest, darkest time of year. Sooner or later that sun is going to go down, and your loved ones might as well curl up with a Gothic teen noir tale spawned in the rancid depths of America’s beleaguered middle.
COMING SOON: Versions of the novel will be available in eBook and Amazon Kindle format. Stay tuned for more on these 21st century reading options!
Posted by connor on October 7, 2010
Two questions today:
1. What is a flim/play/art object that you believe to be “hidden” or “submerged” Gothic? By this I mean that the Gothic is present, but its elements are obscured by another, more conspicuous, genre.
2. What is a film/play/art object that you consider to be thoroughly “not” Gothic, but of which you would be interested in seeing a Gothicized version?
Posted by connor on September 27, 2010
Is this ring Gothic?
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Check back tomorrow for my own interpretation.
