In this episode of Spookier Times, we take a deep dive into Henry James' The Turn of the Screw. We look at its genre, its modern adaptations, the use of epistolary structure in Gothic Literature, and some of the best adaptations of James' classic Gothic/ghost story.
Inner Demons is a possession/exorcism film and a satire of docudrama reality series. Carson Morris is a teenager addicted to any injectable drug she can find. It is revealed that Carson was a perfect little Christian, even a national champion in Bible verse competitions, until she attended Catholic school. She believes that using heroin and crushed, boiled pills keeps a literal demon from emerging. The new production intern for the reality show is the only person to believe that she may actually be possessed.
On 15 October, the Tony Award nominations for the truncated 2019-2020 season finally came out. We all knew that it was going to be a different kind of list since so few shows opened between May 2019 and March 2020, but I don’t think anyone anticipated some of the more unusual results.
The new article is up at The Avocado. Our subject is Brad Anderson’s “Spooked,” a beautifully styled paranormal thriller about a corrupt police detective being haunted by a suspect he killed. Shame the story doesn’t hold up to Anderson’s particularly over the top brand of psychological horror. You can read the full review at The Avocado.
I realize that I’ve never done a proper post explaining what, exactly, Ko-fi is. I’m really excited about this patronage platform and I hope you get excited as well.
Ko-fi is another social fundraising platform like Patreon. The difference is Ko-fi actually supports the creators in a more meaningful way.
