It’s a Halloween tradition–or should be–the 1981 BBC Radio adaptation of Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula! “I feel it my duty to set the record straight regarding a number of erroneous statements made recently concerning the events I am about to describe. I refer in particular to a spurious […]
On Tasting History, historian Max Miller recreates the Count’s Paprika Hendl from Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897). Watch here.
At Monstrum, Dr. Emily Zarka talks about Abraham Van Helsing. “How did Van Helsing go from academic in Dracula to action hero icon? This episode explores his evolution from Victorian scholar to monster-hunting legend, unpacking his role in the novel, pop culture legacy, and why he remains the […]
The National Galleries has a pair of videos on Queer art. The first is “The Secret Languages of Queer Art,” which talks about identification and coding in Queer art and can be watched here. And “The Hidden Histories of Queer Art,” which discusses Queer art and the suppression […]
At Film Freak Central, Walter Chaw watches Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu (USA, 2024) with David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method (Canada, 2011). “Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu is another shot at the same topic, using not a ghost haunting us from the past as a metaphor for the libidinous violence of men […]
December 6th was the 50th anniversary of the folk horror (and Beltane holiday) classic, The Wicker Man’s release. It seems positively disreputable to let the event pass completely unmarked. So this month we are presenting an essay Carol Borden originally wrote on The Wicker Man‘s origins for CG Editor […]
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The Cultural Gutter 