2011 February

Popular Ghosts: The Haunted Spaces of Everyday Culture Thumbnail

Popular Ghosts: The Haunted Spaces of Everyday Culture

Posted by Stuart Lindsay on February 10, 2011 in Blog, Reviews tagged with , , , , ,

‘It seems that ghosts are everywhere these days’, Pilar Blanco and Peeren assert in the introduction to this collection of essays on ghosts, ghostings, haunts and hauntings of the everyday.

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Voices from the Dead

Posted by Glennis Byron on February 10, 2011 in News tagged with , , ,

According to MovieWeb, Dreamworks has acquired an original screenplay from J. Michael Straczybski called 'Voices from the Dead'. The story focuses on Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle ...

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The Wicker Tree

Posted by Glennis Byron on February 10, 2011 in News tagged with ,

Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man (1973) is widely regarded as a horror masterpiece...

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Never Let Me Go: Release date this Friday

Posted by Glennis Byron on February 09, 2011 in News tagged with ,

The film adaptation of Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go is set for general release this Friday.

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Sharp Teeth – werewolves and gangsters

Posted by Glennis Byron on February 09, 2011 in News tagged with ,

Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) is currently in the process of adapting Toby Barlow's Sharp Teeth (2007) for the screen. ...

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Dracula danseur

Posted by Glennis Byron on February 09, 2011 in News tagged with ,

For fans of Black Swan, Pittsburgh is the place to be this Valentine's Day.

CFP: Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition Thumbnail

CFP: Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition

Posted by Glennis Byron on February 09, 2011 in News tagged with ,

An international conference on the life, work and influences of Mervyn Peake hosted by the University of Chichester in collaboration with the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy

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Frankenstein’s Army

Posted by Aspasia Stephanou on February 08, 2011 in News tagged with ,

Richard Raaphorst, whose long-awaited Nazi-zombie film WORST CASE SCENARIO was never completed, has released a promo for his upcoming FRANKENSTEIN’S ARMY,

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Dolls

Posted by Glennis Byron on February 08, 2011 in Blog tagged with , , ,

If dolls give you the shivers, here's a selection of places you might want to remember in planning your next holiday.

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A surfeit of Harkers

Posted by Glennis Byron on February 08, 2011 in News tagged with , ,

Deadline reports that Warner brothers, who already have the Johnny Depp/Tim Burton Dark Shadows in progress, are now closing a deal to acquire 'Harker', a reinvention of Stoker's story that has Jonathan Harker as a Scotland Yard detective...