Review: Theology, Horror and Fiction

By Jonathan Greenaway Theology, Horror, and Fiction: A Reading of the Gothic Nineteenth Century (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 202 pages). ISBN 9781501351785 Religious symbols and persons, whether powerful or in a state of decay, are frequent tropes in the Gothic; but Dr Jonathan Greenaway's new book on Theology, Horror, and Fiction seeks to bring the underlying theology in such …

Review: New Queer Horror

Darren Elliot-Smith and John Edgar Browning (eds.), New Queer Horror: Film and Television (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2020. 256 Pages). ISBN 9781786836267 The connections between the queer community and Gothic and Horror are self-evident. Queer-coded monsters, defiant subversions, rebellious identifications are all a familiar part of the horror scene. It’s a connection that arguably …

Review: Embodying Contagion

Sandra Becker, Megen de Bruin-Molé, and Sara Polak (eds.), Embodying Contagion: The Viropolitics of Horror and Desire in Contemporary Discourse (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2021. 288 pages) ISBN 9781786836908 The acknowledgements of Sandra Becker, Megen de Bruin-Molé and Sara Polak’s collection Embodying Contagion: The Viropolitics of Horror and Desire in Contemporary Discourse open with …