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Monster Kid Nostalgia: Vincent Price and Shrunken Head Apple Sculpture
TheoFantastique is usually the place for in-depth exploration of issues related to the fantastic. But the flips side involves a fan’s enjoyment as well. With this post I take a stroll down memory lane...
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Michael Karol: The ABC Movie of the Week
In my research on the fantastic I have come across a lot of good materials, and the individuals who bring these materials into being. Last year I came across Michael Karol and his book The ABC Movie of...
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Mark Dawidziak and Reflections on Kolchack: The Night Stalker
One of the enjoyable memories of frights for monster kids of the 1970s was Carl Kolchak who filled the role of The Night Stalker. Each week he used his journalistic skills and savvy to research the...
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Amityville Horror Home and the Paranormal Entrepreneurial Mind
A few weeks ago it was announced that the house where the Amityville Horror events took place was up for sale. In 1977 Jay Anson wrote The Amityville Horror: A True Story which told the story of the...
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978): Social and Theological Reflections of...
I have been fortunate with the holidays to have a little extra spending cash that I have been able to put into adding to my video library. One of the films added to my collection was Invasion of the...
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Cinefantastique Podcast on ‘The Wicker Man’
I was invited as a guest participant in the Cinefantastique Spotlight podcast to discuss The Wicker Man in light of the release of the “restored version,” and Rialto Films’ re-release for its 40th...
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Titles of Interest: Science Fiction and Fantasy Films of the 1970s
I have previously enjoyed many of the volumes by John Kenneth Muir, and was even privileged to provide some content to his book Horror Films of the 1990s. He just released a new book titled Science...
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Review: Science Fiction and Fantasy Films of the 1970s
One of the best writers analyzing contemporary genre film and television is John Kenneth Muir. His new volume adds to an impressive body of work with Science Fiction and Fantasy Films of the 1970s (The...
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Guest post – Westworld: Robotic Cowboys Wreak Havoc in Michael Crichton’s...
From time to time a select few are given the opportunity to contribute guest posts here at TheoFantastique. This essay is by Brandon Engel, who looks back at one of the classic 1970s science fiction...
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Paintings from "Night Gallery"
Dangerous Minds has a piece that draws attention to the paintings used to introduce the stories in the television series Night Gallery. The essay includes a little background information, and images...
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