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Category Archives: Gothic & Horror
Impressions of “The Roo” by Alan Baxter and why the novel deals with so much more than just a killer kangaroo
Imagine one day you wake up and suddenly people from your town start going missing one by one without any explanation. You find out that this is because of a monstrous kangaroo that has made it its task to destroy … Continue reading
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Soon…the real life horror story of the Australian town Wittenoom
For my blogpost I would like to introduce the novel Soon by Lois Murphy and would make a recommendation for you to read it. The novel deals with an abandoned city in the Australian outback, only a few people remained … Continue reading
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Subversive Horror in “Waltzing Matilda”
“Waltzing Matilda” is an Australian Icon. Many Australians carry it in their hearts as an unofficial national anthem. The text to the tune was written in 1895 by Australian Banjo Paterson and has struck a chord with people down under … Continue reading
Cargo: An Emotional Take on the Zombie Apocalypse
Short Film vs. Feature-length Film by Eva Musat & Julia Riffel The 2013 Australian short film Cargo, written and directed by Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling is about a father who must save his young daughter from zombies by trying … Continue reading
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Picnic at Hanging Rock – A spoiler free introduction to an Australian Gothic classic
Over the course of this semester, we have talked about a lot of Australian media, be they novels, short stories or short movies. Since the semester is ending, I find it only fitting to go out with a bang and … Continue reading
Horror and Ghost
by anonymous Some things are scary. It can be the unknown in a dark alley, an old doll at a flea market, some irremovable stains, or simply the monsters under our beds. Sometimes it’s not physical, but only some unreasonable … Continue reading
Cargo (2017): A new take on traditional Zombie Movies
by Ben Königsfeld Cargo is originally a horror short film released in 2013 by Yolanda Romke and Ben Howling. It is seven minutes long and deals with a father who was infected with a zombie virus after getting bitten by … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal representation, Cargo, Martin Freeman, movie review, Speculative Australia, zombies
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The Grief Hole – A Book-Review
CONTAINS SPOILERS There are many grief holes. There’s the grief hole you fall into when a loved one dies. There’s another grief hole in all of us; small or large, it determines how much we want to live. And there … Continue reading
Movie Review: “Picnic at Hanging Rock”
by Leonora Rexhi The Australian movie, ”Picnic at Hanging Rock”, is based on the novel under the same name, which was written by Joan Lindsay. The film was released in 1975. 1900, Appleyard College, Victoria, Australia. On Valentine’s Day, the … Continue reading
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Elements of Time in Joan Lindsay’s “Picnic at Hanging Rock”
this blogpost includes spoilers of the novel and its adaptations An uncanny premise Joan Lindsay’s “Picnic at Hanging Rock” (1967) is a pseudo-historical Gothic Horror novel which was followed by its famous movie adaptation “The Day of Saint Valentine” in … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, Environmental Horror, Gothic & Horror, Gothic Horror, historical fiction, Joan Lindsay, Mystery Fiction, Outback, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Speculative Australia
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