Blithe Spirits
I recently watched Blithe Spirit (2020) and was struck by how much of the Ghost Story genre is actually in this comedy. The film version Read More
Tag: Alfred Hitchcock
Let’s Haunt a House: Young Ghostbreakers
A Long Tradition “Let’s Haunt a House” by Manly Wade Wellman is an interesting middle stop in a line that runs to this day. Boys’ Read More
Impossible Crimes: The Horror-Stained Mystery
Impossible Crimes are Mystery stories that appear to be supernatural but turn out to be explainable. These stories have a way of shoving people off Read More
The Day of the Animals: Nature Horror of the 1970s
I’d love to tell you that Arthur Machen’s horror classic, The Terror (1917) was responsible for all those “Killer” movies of the 1970s. I’d love Read More
The Comic Books of Patricia Highsmith
Before Patricia Highsmith became a bestselling Mystery writer, penning such classics as Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley, she worked in comics. Read More
Rear Windows: Hollywood and Cornell Woolrich
This post is brought to you by The Book of the Black Sun II: The Book Collector by G. W. Thomas. This sister volume to Read More