WELCOME to the Tenth 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 look at "The Troubles" in contemporary Irish fiction; the survival horror video game genre; Victorian Realism's link to the Gothic and the role of the scream in Horror film. Further details about our article contributors, from this issue as well as previous issues, is available on our articles page. As always, this issue's sections examine an eclectic mix of books, films, video games, comics, graphic novels, and television programmes from all over the world.
The journal's section, which is dedicated to resurrecting neglected and underrated personages in horror, includes a new contribution from Maria Parsons, who takes a look at the silent screen actress Theda Bara. Previous contributors to Lost Souls include Ramsey Campbell, David Punter, Tom Weaver, Peter Hutchings and Bill Warren. The lost souls under consideration are a diverse group, ranging from the Erkenwald poet(c. 1380-1420) to the 1940s movie 'Gorilla Man', Charles Gemora!
Also in this issue, we are delighted to bring you an by Tracy Fahey on The Double Life of Catherine Street; a piece of participative Gothic psychogeographical myth-making performed over the weekend of the 13th to the 15th of May 2011 on Catherine Street, Limerick. We will be adding more reviews of horror-related events 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 our submission guidelines and (call for papers). The submission deadline for our next issue is Feb. 1st 2012.
is crammed with the remains of all our dear-departed issues. Here you will find all 42 of our nine previous issues' articles, which include subjects as diverse as Menstrual Pathologies in Stoker’s Dracula; the socio-political contexts of Cuban Horror; Postmodern, Postcolonial and Pansexual Gothic and the TV series Torchwood; Cannibalism in Melmoth the Wanderer; Gothic Masculinities and Contemporary Scottish Fiction; Genre Hybridity and Irishness in Ennis and Dillon's graphic novel series, Preacher; and static and slime in Poltergeist. Here, you will also find Kim Newman's comprehensive look at Irish Horror Film; Jarlath Killeen’s Theoretical Introduction to Irish Gothic; Patricia MacCormack's study of Baroque Intensity in Sheridan Le Fanu and H. P. Lovecraft; Mark Jancovich’s exploration of the 1940s 'Paranoid Woman's Film'; and Anna Powell's Deleuzian analysis of the 2001 film, From Hell.
The Vault is also the resting place for the our previous issues’ Book, Film, Television and New Media Reviews, which consider a vast range of subjects, such as the rise in Video Game Censorship, horror-inspired Forensic TV Shows, Hollywood's obsession with the Horror Remake, publications devoted to the study of 'Fear'; and the grisly shock-tactics of Road Safety Ads.
The Vault is also home to our previous issues' Interviews and Events Reviews.
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Elizabeth McCarthy and Bernice M. Murphy, Editors
