July is an ode to sunshine in the Gothic, it is a trip down south to the sweltering southern states of America, and to the effect of geography on horror. Under a Southern Spell, this month I am reading four short stories from the Southern Gothic canon, and invite you all to read along with me.… Read More The American Civil War: ‘A Rose for Emily’
July is an ode to sunshine in the Gothic, it is a trip down south to the sweltering southern states of America, and to the effect of geography on horror. Under a Southern Spell, this month I am reading four short stories from the Southern Gothic canon, and invite you all to read along with… Read More Southern Gothic Foundations: ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’
“๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ธ๐พ’๐ต๐ต ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ป.” Now there’s a claim that’s hard to refuse! During the summer I spent a month, entitled ๐ฅ Southern Spell ๐ฅ , exploring the southern gothic. I first posted (on Instagram) about William Gay’s Little Sister Death then. Some of you praised the novel, or declared adoration for… Read More Generally Gothic Bookworm Readalong: Midway Musings on ‘Little Sister Death’
P. T. BARNUM The name Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) is synonymous with the circus. He is, after all, the Barnum of Barnum & Bailey which, upon merging with Ringling Bros. following the deaths of both Barnum & Bailey, became America’s longest running circus, pitching up for the final time in 2017. On the contemporary popularity… Read More The Gothic History of the Great, American Freakshow
Charming screens for close to a century, cinema is saturated with portrayals of witches, good and bad. To save you suffering through the latter, Generally Gothic has compiled a list of the ten topmost witchy watches… As if by magic! HรXAN (1922) Written and directed by Benjamin Christensen (who also features as the devil), Hรคxan… Read More Witch Watch: Top Ten
If you’re able to overlook the background modern cars, the stickers on the soles of Elaine’s black boots, and Trish’s mobile phone, ‘The Love Witch’ (2016) could easily be mistaken for a psychedelic, Italian giallo horror, or tantalising technicolour melodrama of the 1950s and 60s, to which it pays otherwise flawless homage. Written, directed, composed,… Read More Enamoured with ‘The Love Witch’
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