Art, Culture, Literature

Back in February 2011, Danny Boyle’s production of Nick Dear’s drama Frankenstein at the National Theatre was one of the hottest tickets on the London stage. While there’s no doubt that the involvement of the 28 Days Later and Slumdog ...

A collection of beautiful, dark, strange, and hilarious moments, the sparse narrative of Noel Freibert’s graphic novel Old Ground occurs entirely within the withered Old Maple Grove cemetery. Composed in dripping black splotches and lines so fine they might better ...

Listen — when a Taoist priest tells you to “suck the coffin mushroom, now” you best pucker up, because that and the blood of a black dog might be the only things keeping you from dancing atop a bed of ...

Mention the name Ralph Bates to a Hammer Films enthusiast and you are most likely assured of a positive response. His work for the legendary production company was well received by fans and critics alike throughout the years. Beginning with ...

Human beings generally tend to view science and the supernatural as oppositional forces: the bright light of rationalism forever struggling against the darkness of outmoded superstition. However, in the nineteenth century, as new technological developments and the accelerated pace of ...

I approach the month of October with very much the same enthusiasm as most people do Christmas; I start looking for new pumpkin carving ideas in July and picking out what horror films to watch in August.  I also have ...

We’re a competitive lot, oh we of the Antipodes. We love a good stoush. We love formalising a good stoush and we like our stoushes punctual. Just take a look at the zeal surrounding the yearly event that is the ...

Every neighborhood has one. That guy with the mismatched porch furniture and the occasional broken toilet adorning the weed garden, the overgrown foliage that probably isn’t even native to the area, and the stolen street signs leaning up against the ...

Batman is a hard case. He’s been dissected by hundreds of writers, illustrated and reinvented by just as many artists. On the big screen, he’s been worn by eight actors and voiced by numerous others in radio dramas, cartoons, and ...

“Giaco (Furino) and I really wanted to make a movie that clashes 80s’ punk movies and slashers, and has these outrageous characters in this heightened comic book world. However, we wanted to circle it all around this character study of ...