The supernatural and the religious often become intertwined in battles for souls and psyches in horror cinema, and with the rising popularity of movies such as The Conjuring films and the enduring legacy of franchises like Hellraiser, House of Leaves Publishing is bringing the discussion of faith-based and worship-centric horror to the printed page in the new book Scared Sacred: Idolatry, Religion and Worship in the Horror Film. Ahead of its publication in February of 2020, we've been provided with an exclusive excerpt from The Omen (1976) chapter of Scared Sacred to share with Daily Dead readers!
Featuring Dr. Lmk Sheppard's examination of The Omen, you can read our exclusive excerpt by clicking the cover art below, and we also have a look at artist John Sowder's artwork for the chapter.
Edited by Rebecca Booth, Erin Thompson, and Valeska Griffiths, and curated by Rf Todd, Scared Sacred features a foreword by...
Featuring Dr. Lmk Sheppard's examination of The Omen, you can read our exclusive excerpt by clicking the cover art below, and we also have a look at artist John Sowder's artwork for the chapter.
Edited by Rebecca Booth, Erin Thompson, and Valeska Griffiths, and curated by Rf Todd, Scared Sacred features a foreword by...
- 11/27/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The supernatural and the religious often become intertwined in battles for souls and psyches in horror cinema, and with the rising popularity of movies such as The Conjuring films and the enduring legacy of franchises like Hellraiser, House of Leaves Publishing is looking to bring the discussion of faith-based and worship-centric horror to the printed page in a new book called Scared Sacred: Idolatry, Religion and Worship in the Horror Film, which recently launched an Indiegogo campaign.
Edited by Rebecca Booth, Erin Thompson, and Rf Todd, Scared Sacred features a foreword by legendary actor and author Doug Bradley. Collecting essays from a wide range of authors and experts, Scared Sacred looks at religion in horror cinema through the lens of four key categories: Christianity, Mysticism, Occultism, and Beyond Belief. In these four sections, the book examines the impact and depiction of religion in an extensive list of horror films, including The Conjuring movies,...
Edited by Rebecca Booth, Erin Thompson, and Rf Todd, Scared Sacred features a foreword by legendary actor and author Doug Bradley. Collecting essays from a wide range of authors and experts, Scared Sacred looks at religion in horror cinema through the lens of four key categories: Christianity, Mysticism, Occultism, and Beyond Belief. In these four sections, the book examines the impact and depiction of religion in an extensive list of horror films, including The Conjuring movies,...
- 9/13/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Canadian micro-publisher Spectacular Optical is pleased to announce a new book focused on the career of French fantasy and horror filmmaker Jean Rollin, Lost Girls: The Phantasmagorical Cinema of Jean Rollin, penned by all women critics, scholars and film historians.
Set to be released in the summer of 2017, this collection of essays covers the wide range of Rollin’s career from 1968’s Le Viol Du Vampire through his 2010 swansong, Le Masque De La Meduse, touching upon his horror, fantasy, crime and sex films—including many lesser seen titles. The book closely examines Rollin’s core themes: his focus on overwhelmingly female protagonists, his use of horror genre and exploitation tropes, his reinterpretations of the fairy tale and fantastique, the influence of crime serials, Gothic literature and the occult, as well as much more.
From the press release:
Lost Girls is the third book in Spectacular Optical’s ongoing series...
Set to be released in the summer of 2017, this collection of essays covers the wide range of Rollin’s career from 1968’s Le Viol Du Vampire through his 2010 swansong, Le Masque De La Meduse, touching upon his horror, fantasy, crime and sex films—including many lesser seen titles. The book closely examines Rollin’s core themes: his focus on overwhelmingly female protagonists, his use of horror genre and exploitation tropes, his reinterpretations of the fairy tale and fantastique, the influence of crime serials, Gothic literature and the occult, as well as much more.
From the press release:
Lost Girls is the third book in Spectacular Optical’s ongoing series...
- 3/24/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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