Articles from our previous two issues include a comprehensive  look at the                            by  the novelist, critic and broadcaster Kim Newman; a theoretical                                            by the academic scholar Jarlath Killeen; Richard Haslam's response to Killeen,   a                                                      approach;    and
Patricia MacCormack's study of Sheridan Le Fanu, H. P. Lovecraft  and                        .          

Other subjects covered in articles from previous issues include Neil  Jordan’s                                            the films of                        John Banville’s                   Stephen King’s
                                                         in Bram Stoker’s Dracula; and Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon's graphic novel series,




Our third issues'            examine an eclectic mix of books, films, video games, graphic novels, and television programmes from all over the world. For our previous issues' reviews in their entirety visit the             Previous reviews sections include an exploration of horror-inspired                                cinema's ongoing penchant  for  the                                      the  rise  in
                                and an overview  of the publications of

Our  previous  issues'  film  review  sections  also include an interview with                               director of Los Angeles horror film festival ScreamFest and producer of the documentary Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Movie (2006) and an interview with filmmakers Anders Banke and Magnus Paulsson, the director and the producer of the Swedish  vampire  film                  (2005).





Bernice M. Murphy and Elizabeth McCarthy, Editors.

THE IRISH JOURNAL OF GOTHIC AND HORROR STUDIES
Welcome to the third issue of The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, a biannual, free, on-line publication devoted to the study of Gothic and Horror in all their varying forms.  Our                in this issue  are centered around the theme of Modern Horror - from Mark Jancovich's charting of the demise of the horror sub-genre of the Paranoid Woman's Film and Brian Jarvis examination of the historical and cultural contexts of the Ring series of films to Kirsty Macdonald's interpretation of Gothic Masculinity in the writing of Scottish authors,  lain Banks and Christopher Whyte.  Further details about our article contributors, from this issue  as  well  as   previous   issues,  is  available  on  our                page.
     
     


Along with previous contributions from Ramsey Campbell, David Punter, Tom Weaver and Bill Warren, this issues'                     section (dedicated to resurrecting neglected and forgotten personages in horror) has three new exciting and decidedly diverse contributions, from Peter Hutchings, Mark Cofell and Peter Dendle, who have penned their appreciations of Hammer Horror star Ralph Bates, 1940s movie Gorilla Man, Charles Gemora and sixth century bishop and chronicler, Gregory of Tours!


Events Reviews

We have reviews of two events which have taken place in Dublin recently; the 10th annual horror film festival, the                        and                            Transcendental visit to Dublin. We will be adding more events reviews to the site as they happen.




To find out more about the journal; its editorial board and editors, visit our                    page. You will also find information here regarding            (call for papers)   and
                               to the journal for our next issue due to be published in June 2008.              


Articles
Brian Jarvis
Anamorphic Allegory in The Ring, or, Seven Ways of Looking at a Horror Video
Mark Jancovich
Crack-Up: Psychological Realism, Generic Transformation and the Demise of the Paranoid Woman's Film
Jake Huntley
'I Want to Play a Game': How to See Saw
Kirsty Macdonald
Anti-heroes and Androgynes: Gothic Masculinities
in Contemporary Scottish Men's Fiction
           Copyright Information and Disclaimer
The following is a summary of the contents of Issue # 3 (November 2007), to access the rest of the journal visit the links provided above. To access previous issues in their entirety, visit The Vault. The journal's next issue is due for publication in June 2008.
                  Lost Souls
Peter Hutchings writes on Ralph Bates
Peter Dendle writes on Gregory of Tours
Mark Cofell writes on Charles Gemora
Lost Souls' archives include essays on Fritz Leiber by Ramsey Campbell, Francis Lathom by David Punter, and Susan Cabot by Tom Weaver
Reviews
Book Reviews: Steven Hall, The Raw Shark Texts; Charlie Huston, No Dominion; Mark Ames, Going Postal; American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema & more
Film Reviews: Grindhouse; Halloween; Hostel: Part II; Night of the Eagle; Peeping Tom; The Host; Black Sheep & more
TV Reviews: Dexter; Twin Peaks; Supernatural; BBC's Jekyll & more
Multi-Media Reviews: Bioshock; The Darkness; Hack/Slash & more

ISSN  2009-0374
Coralline Dupuy
'Why don't you remember? Are you crazy?': Korean Gothic and Psychosis in A Tale of Two Sisters
Event Reviews
10th Annual Horrorthon Film Festival, Dublin 2007
David Lynch in Dublin 2007
Links to Upcoming Events in Dublin
'IT Came From the 1950s: Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties'
An International Conference on Popular Culture in the 1950s - 15th & 16th May 2008, Trinity College Dublin
Storytellers Theatre Company present The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James adapted and directed by Liam Halligan
April- May 2008