Tag Archives: historical
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Romancing the Gothic
3 January, 2024 by katelaity
I am happy to announce that I will be appearing as a guest at Romancing the Gothic. Join me and …
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Crypt of the Vampire (1964)
31 August, 2023 by katelaity
Christopher Lee! Women fleeing in lacy nightgowns! Discreet vampire bites! A peddler who plays the role of The Fool and …
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Ghost Films: The Ghost Goes West
13 September, 2022 by katelaity
My students are enjoying René Clair’s I Married a Witch this week, so I was looking around for other Clair …
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Cinema Gothique: A Place of One’s Own (1945)
7 June, 2022 by katelaity
Based on the novel of the same name by Edith Sitwell’s brother Osbert this film was recommended to me after …
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Absolute Twaddle: Spectre or Rector?
12 April, 2022 by katelaity
Spectre or Rector? Are you a ghost or are you a spectre? Do you instruct or merely hector? Is your …
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Absolute Twaddle: Fen Phantom
2 November, 2021 by katelaity
Fen Phantom Sorry to disturb you But you’re treading on my gown. I know it’s nearly midnight And not to …
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Absolute Twaddle: Pull Up the Covers
1 December, 2020 by katelaity
PULL UP THE COVERS Pull that duvet up to your nose And snuff the lone candle out; Winter is long …
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The Height of Absurdity: Red Leicester 13.5
26 February, 2019 by katelaity
Another episode of the strange adventures with Tansy Popkin, who was sometimes a man and sometimes a woman: Our adventurers are led to Leicester by a fox spirit…
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The Height of Absurdity: Red Leicester 13.4
19 February, 2019 by katelaity
Another episode of the strange adventures with Tansy Popkin, who was sometimes a man and sometimes a woman: Our adventurers are led to Leicester by a fox spirit…
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The Height of Absurdity: Red Leicester 13.3
5 February, 2019 by katelaity
Another episode of the strange adventures with Tansy Popkin, who was sometimes a man and sometimes a woman: Our adventurers are led to Leicester by a fox spirit…
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