Grief: A Deep and Slow Burn, My Life in Horror Life has always seemed perfectly arbitrary to me. One only has to step outside onto a patch of grass to understand that (the myriad creatures whose lives we obliterate with every step, the microscopic genocides we host every second we’re … Grief: A Deep and Slow Burn, My Life in HorrorRead more
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Stephen King’s The Mist My Life in Horror
Stephen King’s The Mist My Life in Horror That unique flavour of cosmic, existential despair -that I wouldn’t understand as “Lovecraftian” until many, many years later- changed the state of my mind and imagination, inclining me -along with other influences- towards darker work, fiction of a more ambiguous and uncertain … Stephen King’s The Mist My Life in HorrorRead more
Darkness by John Saul, My Life In Horror
Darkness by John Saul, My Life In Horror It was also through Darkness by John Saul that I began learning the basic rhythms of horror stories, the means by which writers establish setting, character, and situation, and the techniques of tension and playing with reader expectation. Genre specification and its concomitant … Darkness by John Saul, My Life In Horror Read more
Derelict, My Life In Horror
My Life In Horror: Derelict For the audience, there is breathless horror, a sense of spiritual decay that deepens as the film progresses, and more and more of its intertwining plots become apparent. But also a troubling sense of uncertainty by its conclusion: Mainstream cinema has a problem with emotion. For a … Derelict, My Life In HorrorRead more
Silent Hill: A Chimerical Kaleidoscope, My Life In Horror
Video games have been a part of our lives for decades now, evolving from simple 16-bit games to complex, immersive 3D experiences. For many of us, the transition from childhood to adolescence was marked by a shift in the type of games we played, as well as a greater understanding … Silent Hill: A Chimerical Kaleidoscope, My Life In HorrorRead more
Knightmare, My Life in Horror
Knightmare, My Life in Horror By George Daniel Lea Images play a big part in my memory. Owing to some peculiar quirk of input, experience and -possibly- genetics, my imagination has developed in a highly sensory -and, indeed, sensual- manner: Visions and half-dreams recur constantly; flashes of childhood comics and … Knightmare, My Life in HorrorRead more
My Life In Horror – Transcendent Torment
My Life In Horror:Transcendent Torment Imagination is the most transcendent torment. By its very nature, it tortures us with what we can never have or know or be; paints utopias we can never operate in, as well as the myriad and manifold forms of Hell with which we might flagellate ourselves (perversely, often … My Life In Horror – Transcendent TormentRead more
My Life in Horror: Labyrinth
My Life In Horror: Labyrinth It’s an oddly humbling -yet revealing- experience to understand how deeply a piece of work has imprinted on us, how sincerely it has informed our imaginations and identities. In their own ways, they become sacred texts; gospels of our essential selves, about which it becomes impossible not to … My Life in Horror: LabyrinthRead more
My Life in Horror: The Hellbound Chronicles
The Hellbound Chronicles is a special entry in our My Life in Horror series. A powerful and poignant entry from Kit Power and George Daniel Lea. However, it is also a celebration of a fantastic accomplishment from two of the best commentators on Horror. Kit and George were selected to … My Life in Horror: The Hellbound ChroniclesRead more
After-Pride 2: Shame or Sincerity?
Those tutting and wagging their fingers over what they consider “negative representation” in genre fiction generally tend to not realise they are the ones calling for exactly that: Sanitised, straight-prescribed stereotypes that are far removed from the lived reality of any queer person, designed to accommodate traditionalist assumptions of relationships, … After-Pride 2: Shame or Sincerity?Read more
Hannibal: A Critical Awakening
his mythological aspect, relies upon mystery and a vacuum of motivation in order to sustain weight and relevance: Not only should Hannibal not be motivated in terms of his cannibalism and more general tendencies towards violence, George Daniel lea Hannibal: A Critical Awakening, A My Life In Horror by George Daniel Lea … Hannibal: A Critical AwakeningRead more
SKINAMARINK – MY LIFE IN HORROR
The intensity, the sincerity of that fear is something we can barely comprehend as adults, no matter how earnestly we might try to conjure or contrive it. George daniel lee SKINAMARINK – MY LIFE IN HORROR The experience of Skinamarink is, for me, powerful, resonant and beautifully traumatic. The film is a … SKINAMARINK – MY LIFE IN HORRORRead more