Classic Films in Focus: DRAGONWYCK (1946) (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Nov 1, 2012
Although it’s not as well known today as Gothic thrillers like Rebecca (1940) and Gaslight (1944), Dragonwyck (1946) sprang from the tremendous vogue for romantic thrillers that those movies helped to establish during the 1940s. The picture was adapted from a 1944 novel by Anya Seton, and the read more
Classic Films in Focus: HUSH... HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964) (1)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 31, 2012
Southern Gothic is all about collapse, moral, physical, and psychological, but it clings to its faded charms. It's a painted blush on a corpse's cheek, a courtly bow from the Grim Reaper, a wrinkled hag in a debutante gown. We understand the connection between decadence and decay in this sort of tal read more
Classic Films in Focus: HUSH... HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964) (4)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 31, 2012
Southern Gothic is all about collapse, moral, physical, and psychological, but it clings to its faded charms. It's a painted blush on a corpse's cheek, a courtly bow from the Grim Reaper, a wrinkled hag in a debutante gown. We understand the connection between decadence and decay in this sort of tal read more
Classic Films in Focus: HUSH... HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964) (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 31, 2012
Southern Gothic is all about collapse, moral, physical, and psychological, but it clings to its faded charms. It's a painted blush on a corpse's cheek, a courtly bow from the Grim Reaper, a wrinkled hag in a debutante gown. We understand the connection between decadence and decay in this sort of tal read more
Classic Horror for Halloween (1)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 30, 2012
Halloween is the perfect time to enjoy classic horror from cinema's early days. These movies make great ambience enhancers during your annual costume party, but they're also good choices for an October evening's main entertainment. Here are ten horror classics to get you in the spirit for Halloween. read more
The Gothic Influences of Disney's Haunted Mansion (4)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 30, 2012
My good friend, James Graham, presented this paper at the Popular Culture Association in the South conference in September, and I thought it was much too interesting to be confined to that small audience. I asked him to share the paper here at Virtual Virago because I know a lot of people will enjoy read more
Classic Horror for Halloween (4)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 30, 2012
Halloween is the perfect time to enjoy classic horror from cinema's early days. These movies make great ambience enhancers during your annual costume party, but they're also good choices for an October evening's main entertainment. Here are ten horror classics to get you in the spirit for Halloween. read more
The Gothic Influences of Disney's Haunted Mansion (1)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 30, 2012
My good friend, James Graham, presented this paper at the Popular Culture Association in the South conference in September, and I thought it was much too interesting to be confined to that small audience. I asked him to share the paper here at Virtual Virago because I know a lot of people will enjoy read more
The Gothic Influences of Disney's Haunted Mansion (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 30, 2012
My good friend, James Graham, presented this paper at the Popular Culture Association in the South conference in September, and I thought it was much too interesting to be confined to that small audience. I asked him to share the paper here at Virtual Virago because I know a lot of people will enjoy read more
Classic Horror for Halloween (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 30, 2012
Halloween is the perfect time to enjoy classic horror from cinema's early days. These movies make great ambience enhancers during your annual costume party, but they're also good choices for an October evening's main entertainment. Here are ten horror classics to get you in the spirit for Halloween. read more
Classic Films in Focus: DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1941) (4)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 29, 2012
Like Dracula and Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde serves as a touchstone for literary and cinematic horror. Directed by Victor Fleming, the 1941 film is one of many screen adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of the id unleashed, and like most movies it takes certain liber read more
Classic Films in Focus: DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1941) (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 29, 2012
Like Dracula and Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde serves as a touchstone for literary and cinematic horror. Directed by Victor Fleming, the 1941 film is one of many screen adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of the id unleashed, and like most movies it takes certain liber read more
Classic Films in Focus: DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1941) (1)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 29, 2012
Like Dracula and Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde serves as a touchstone for literary and cinematic horror. Directed by Victor Fleming, the 1941 film is one of many screen adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of the id unleashed, and like most movies it takes certain liber read more
Classic Films in Focus: MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (1935) (4)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 27, 2012
Like Dracula's Daughter (1936), Mark of the Vampire (1935) plays out as a kind of semi-sequel to Dracula (1931), even though this Tod Browning picture was made for MGM rather than Universal. The movie reunites Browning with his Dracula star, Bela Lugosi, but it also stocks the screen with a bevy of read more
Classic Films in Focus: MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (1935) (1)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 27, 2012
Like Dracula's Daughter (1936), Mark of the Vampire (1935) plays out as a kind of semi-sequel to Dracula (1931), even though this Tod Browning picture was made for MGM rather than Universal. The movie reunites Browning with his Dracula star, Bela Lugosi, but it also stocks the screen with a bevy of read more
Classic Films in Focus: MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (1935) (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 27, 2012
Like Dracula's Daughter (1936), Mark of the Vampire (1935) plays out as a kind of semi-sequel to Dracula (1931), even though this Tod Browning picture was made for MGM rather than Universal. The movie reunites Browning with his Dracula star, Bela Lugosi, but it also stocks the screen with a bevy of read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957) (4)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 26, 2012
Although Mary Shelley's novel has been filmed many times, every adaptation of Frankenstein is unique, a point that The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) helps to prove. Director Terence Fisher's version of the Frankenstein story offers a different take than the iconic 1931 picture from James Whale; it br read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957) (1)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 26, 2012
Although Mary Shelley's novel has been filmed many times, every adaptation of Frankenstein is unique, a point that The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) helps to prove. Director Terence Fisher's version of the Frankenstein story offers a different take than the iconic 1931 picture from James Whale; it br read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957) (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 26, 2012
Although Mary Shelley's novel has been filmed many times, every adaptation of Frankenstein is unique, a point that The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) helps to prove. Director Terence Fisher's version of the Frankenstein story offers a different take than the iconic 1931 picture from James Whale; it br read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE RAVEN (1963) (4)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 24, 2012
The Raven is certainly one of the most famous poems ever written in the English language, and it has earned a particular place of honor in the realm of popular culture, where everyone from John Carradine and James Earl Jones to John De Lancie and Christopher Walken has recorded a version of its irre read more