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.
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.
