The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies:
THE VAULT
Issue # 1 - 30/10/2006
ARTICLES
Kim Newman
:
Irish Horror Cinema
Jarlath Killeen
:
Irish Gothic: A Theoretical Introduction
John Exshaw
:
Jess Franco, or The Misfortunes of Virtue
Maria Parsons
:
Vamping the Woman: Menstrual Pathologies in Bram Stoker’s
Dracula
Kevin Corstorphine
:
“Sour Ground”: Stephen King’s
Pet Sematary
and The Politics of Territory
BOOK REVIEWS
Stephen King,
Cell
Christopher Frayling,
Mad, Bad and Dangerous?
The Scientist and the Cinema
Tony Earnshaw,
Beating the Devil: The Making of ‘Night of the Demon'
Chuck Palahniuk,
Haunted
Bernice M. Murphy, ed.,
Shirley Jackson: Essays on a Literary Legacy
Bernd Herzogenrath, ed.,
The Films of Tod Browning
FILM REVIEWS
The Omen 666
(Dir. John Moore, 2006)
The Wicker Man
(Dir. Neil LaBute, 2006)
Three Extremes
(Dir: Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike, Chan-wook Park,
Tartan Asia Extreme
,2006)
Blood for Dracula
(Dir. Paul Morrisey,
Tartan Video
,
2005)
Isolation
(Dir. Billy O'Brien, 2005)
The Proposition
(Dir. John Hillcoat,
Tartan Video
, 2006)
Horrorthon: Terror in the Aisles
(1998 to Present)
Horrorthon 2006 Reviewed
Frostbiten (2006): Interview with the Swedish Vampire Filmmakers Anders Banke and Magnus Paulsson
MULTI-MEDIA REVIEWS
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
(Capcom, one player, Nintendo DS)
Dead Rising
(Capcom, one player, X-Box 360)
The Borden Tragedy
: A Memoir of the Infamous Double Murder at Fall River, Mass., 1892
(Written & Drawn by Rick Geary, 1997)
The Walking Dead Volumes 1, 2 and 3: Days Gone Bye, Miles Behind Us and Safety Behind Bars (
By Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore (Vol 1), Charlie Adlard & Cliff Rathburn (Vols 2 & 3))
Chosen
(Written by Mark Millar, Drawn by Peter Gross)
TELEVISION REVIEWS
“In Gore We Trust”: Horror and the Modern U.S. Crime Series
The Outer Limits
(The Original Series, Season 1 & 2, MGM DVD, 2002-2003)
Satan's School for Girls
(Dir. Christopher Leitch, 2000)
American Gothic
(CBS, 1995-96, Universal Studios DVD, 2005)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
(1997-2003, 20th Century Fox DVD, 2005),
Angel
(1999 -2004, 20th Century Fox DVD, 2006)
Issue # 2 - 17/03/2007
ARTICLES
Richard Haslam:
Irish Gothic: A Rhetorical Hermeneutics Approach
Patrica MacCormack:
Baroque Intensity: Lovecraft, Le Fanu and the Fold
James Rose:
The Dreaming and The Dreamt A Lexicon of Neil Jordan’s
The Company of Wolves
J
oanne Watkiss:
:
Ghosts in the Head: Mourning, Memory and Derridean ‘Trace’ in John Banville’s
The Sea
Niall Kitson:
Rebel Yells: Genre Hybridity and Irishness in Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon's
Preacher
BOOK REVIEWS
Strange Tales,
ed. Rosalie Parker
Wormwood: Literature of the Fantastic, Supernatural & Decadent
, 1-6, 2003-2006
Stephen King,
Lisey's Story
Emma Tennant,
Heathcliff's Tale
Patrick McCabe,
Winterwood
Brian J Showers,
Literary Walking Tours of Gothic Dublin
Arthur Machen,
Tales of Horror and the Supernatural
Tom Weaver,
Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Producers and Writers of the 1940-1960s
FILMS REVIEWS
Hannibal Rising
(Dir. Peter Webber, 2007)
The Innocents
(Dir. Jack Clayton, BFI 2006)
'Don't Look Now'
(Dir. Nicolas Ro
e
g, Optimum Home Entertainment, 2006)
Pan's Labyrinth
(
El Laberinto del Fauno
) (Dir. Gullermo del Toro, Optimum Home Entertainment, 2007)
Them
(
Ills
) (Dir: David Moreau, Xavier Palud) France/Romania 2005
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
(Rachel Belofsky, Mike Bohusz & Rudy Scalese, 2006)
Scream Queen: An Interview with Rachel Belofsky, producer of
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Movie
& Festival Director of "Screamfest", Los Angeles
MULTI-MEDIA REVIEWS
The New Video Nasties?: Censorship and the Video Game
Rule of Rose
(505 GameStreet: Playstation 2, Capcom, one player, X-Box 360)
Manhunt
(Rockstar Games, Xbox/Playstation/PC)
Condemned
(
Sega:
Xbox 360/PC)
Marvel Horror: Volume One
(Written by Gary Frierich, Steve Gerber et al, Artwork by Tom Sutton, Jim Mooney et al)
TELEVISION REVIEWS
Dracula
(Dir. Bill Eagles, BBC Wales/WGBH Boston/Granada International, 2006)
Goldplated
(Channel 4, Oct 2006)
Carnivàle
(HBO 2003-2005 Seasons One and Two, Warner Home Video)
Number 13
(BBC 4, December 2006)
Garth Marenghi's 'Darkplace'
(Channel 4, 2004, DVD 2007)
EVENTS REVIEWS
A Pleasing Terror: Two Ghost Stories by M. R. James.
Performed by Robert Lloyd Parry on 3 March 2007 at the Tinahely Courthouse Arts Centre
