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This time of year, my favourite thing to re-watch is the legendary BBC anthology series โA Ghost Story for Christmasโ. Originally broadcast between 1971 and 1978, each episode is a television adaptation of a classic ghost story, very much in the old tradition of wintertime storytelling focused on the supernatural and the otherworldly.ย
Trick or treat! As another Halloween approaches, in this post Iโll give you a quick recap of the earlier articles and reviews related to this holiday, or somehow appropriate to it.
First published in 2019, Starve Acre is eerie and suspenseful, but in a very elegant, subdued way. Its rural setting and folkloric elements place it firmly in the tradition of English folk horror genre, where there is a special - troubled - connection between the protagonists, the land and its numinous, uncanny presences.
Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the master of cosmic horror, left a remarkable literary legacy that consists of numerous short stories, essays, and tens of thousands of letters. In spite of the incredible popularity his works have gained in the decades after his death, one segment of his writing that still remains a bit neglected are his …
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