1 day ago by Jen/Sylv Soska

“ The creative genius begins in the idle moment, dreaming up the impossible, and later making it come true.” Cleo Virginia Andrews was better known as VC Andrews through her life, even leading some of the more casual readers of her work to believe the author was a man. I had never heard about VC unt ...

Penny Dreadful Diary - ... - twistedtwinsproductions.blogspot.com · Rank: 138,307 · 21 references

5 days ago by professormortis

A mysterious woman (Ingrid Pitt) arrives at the house of one noble family after another, leading to the slow wasting away of the daughters of the house. General von Spielsdorf (Peter Cushing) seeks the aid of Baron Joachim von Hartog (Douglas Wilmer) to end the work of this woman he believes is a va ...

The League of Dead Films - leagueofdeadfilms.com · 11 references

11 days ago by Giovanni Susina

Even with the gory movie poster and the seductively macabre title, movie theaters thought this film could use a little extra hype during its premiere, by serving red popcorn; otherwise known as bloodcorn. Moviegoers were then probably expecting a gratuitously bloody show of a female zombie getting v ...

At the Mansion of Madness - atthemansionofmadness.blogspot.com · 24 references

11 days ago by professormortis

Joe Gillis (William Holden) tells the story of how he, a hack screenwriter on the run from his creditors, came to be silent film star Norman Desmond's (Gloria Swanson) kept man in the decaying luxury of her enormous mansion on Sunset Boulevard.

The League of Dead Films - leagueofdeadfilms.com · 11 references

15 days ago by Adriana Noir

We all have our favorite beasties or things that go bump in the night. For some people it’s vampires, zombies, or ghosts. Me? I prefer demons when it comes down to getting a chill, and I’ll tell you why . . . While most people are busy soaking up the vampire frenzy like dehydrated sponges, I’m still ...

Ink in Faded Hues - adriananoir.blogspot.com

24 days ago by Will Errickson

Love this unlikely cover art for Hell House, the haunted house novel by the one and only Richard Matheson. Showcasing the classic Gothic romance elements that were then so popular in mass-market paperbacks, this 1972 Bantam paperback features a woman threatened and fearful of a house she cannot even ...

Too Much Horror Fiction - toomuchhorrorfiction.blogspot.com · Rank: 151,826 · 18 references

35 days ago by Felix

A Spring 2012 release from West Wind Games looks very interesting for fans of both Victorian Science Fiction and Gothic Horror. Empire of the Dead is a skirmish game set in a darkly gothic Victorian Empire with heroic gentlemen fighting evil fiends. Looks interesting.

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37 days ago by Tenebrous Kate

The more I think about "Blood on Satan's Claw," a grim and mean-spirited British witchcraft film, the more I feel like I should have really dug it. All the elements line up for success: a beautifully crafted 17th Century setting, a willful young female lead, and plenty of gruesome, eroticized Satani ...

Love Train for the ... - tenebrouskate.blogspot.com · Rank: 73,450 · 31 references

40 days ago by engineoforacles

WITCH’S MOUNT, Level 4 Magician Incantation, Level 2 Magician Ceremony, Level 6 Magician Talisman, Level 4 Wizard, Level 4 Cleric Confers strength and flying ability on a humanoid, and compels them to serve as a mount or beast of burden This powerful work of maleficium forces a single humanoid victi ...

The Engine of Oracles - engineoforacles.wordpress.com · 2 references

43 days ago by engineoforacles

Characteristically Gothic Objects An Anatomical Venus An Automation A Blood-Stained Dagger A Book Of Anatomy A Cameo A Cerement, or Burial Shroud A Cloak A Coffin A Corpse Eaten By Animals A Deck Of Fortune-Telling Cards A Dissected Corpse A Dummy An Elaborate Bed An Exotic Weapon A Festival Mask Gl ...

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