Articles from our previous three 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; Patricia MacCormack's study of Sheridan Le Fanu, H. P. Lovecraft,                              and an exploration of the 1940s                                                by Mark Jancovich.        

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; Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon's graphic novel series,                                               in Contemporary Scottish Men's Fiction.





Our fourth 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
                              the recent trend in books about            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 Fourth 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  include Dale Townsend's consideration of the the life and work of the mysterious 19th Century Gothic author T. J. Horsley; an exploration of recent cinematic sub-genre, the Road-Horror Movie; H. G. Wells and 1950s Invasion Horror Films; Killeen's Irish Gothic Revisited; and the theme of castration in Hostel II.  Further details about our article contributors, from this issue  as  well  as   previous   issues,  is  available  on  our                 page.
     
     



The journal's                   section, which is  dedicated to resurrecting neglected and forgotten personages in horror, includes contributions from Ramsey Campbell, David Punter, Tom Weaver, Peter Hutchings and Bill Warren. The individuals under consideration are a diverse, from the sixth century bishop and chronicler, Gregory of Tours to the 1940s movie Gorilla Man, Charles Gemora!  In this issue Bernice M. Murphy has penned her appreciation of the author Ira Levin.



Events and Reviews

We will provide links to upcoming Gothic/Horror events - see above. The journal also has reviews of past events taking place in Dublin; 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 November 2008.              


Articles
Finn Ballard
No Trespassing: The Post-Millennial
Road-Horror Movie
Dale Townshend
T. J. Horsley Curties and Royalist Gothic: The Case of
The Monk of Udolpho (1807)
Justin Ponder:  "To the Next Level": Castration in Hostel II
Jarlath Killeen
Irish Gothic Revisited
           Copyright Information and Disclaimer
The following is a summary of the contents of Issue # 4 (June 2008), 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 November 2008.
                  Lost Souls
Ira Levin by Bernice M. Murphy
Lost Souls' archives include essays on Fritz Leiber by Ramsey Campbell, Ralph Bates by Peter Hutchings, Francis Lathom by David Punter, Gregory of Tours by Peter Dendle and Susan Cabot by Tom Weaver
Reviews
Book Reviews: Stephen King, Duma Key; Edith Wharton, The Triumph of Night and Other Tales; Walter de la Mare, Strangers and Pilgrims; Joe Hill, Heart-Shaped Box & more.
Film Reviews: Cloverfield; Diary of the Dead; [REC]; Night of the Demon; The Mist Doomsday & more.
TV Reviews: Most Haunted; Ghost Whisperer; Pushing Daisies; Masters of Horror 2; Count Dracula & more.
Multi-Media Reviews: Y:The Last Man # 60; Secret Files: Tunguska; Dementium: The Ward; Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines & more.

ISSN  2009-0374
Leslie Sheldon
‘The Great Disillusionment’: H.G. Wells, Mankind, and Aliens in American Invasion Horror Films of the 1950s
Links to Upcoming Events
21st Century Gothic Symposium - Call for Papers
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