Awix (3310 KP) rated The Great God Pan in Books
Aug 21, 2019
It's slightly amusing to consider that this novella was criticised on first release for its decadence and sexual content - by modern standards it is, on the surface at least, very tame. But that's the nature of the beast in this case - this is a horror story where all the disturbing scenes happen off-stage, which is where the monster stays as well. Everything happens through implication, and is left somewhat to the reader's imagination, a trick which Machen pulls off rather more deftly than some writers who hailed him as an influence. I must be honest and say that the lack of a big reveal and a genuine climax wrong-footed me a bit, but the story is on the whole ingeniously structured and well-written, atmospheric and unsettling.
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Weather for Me: the weather forecast becomes self-sufficient and fascinating information which is...
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Put some color on your forecast with Haze, an amazing weather app with fluid animations and an...
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Energy is probably the defining topic of our age. Uncertainty over the long-term availability of...
The Language Of Thorns
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Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns. Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by...
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Sarah (7800 KP) rated The Lost Boys (1987) in Movies
Aug 22, 2020
It's undeniably 80s, but that's part of it's charm. It's atmospheric with a great soundtrack and a rather impressive cast. Vampires have been done to death over the past however many decades but The Lost Boys really brings a fun yet still fairly scary take on them - there's loads of dark humour in this and yet some pretty creepy scenes too and some twists and turns. It moves at a steady pace without ever dragging, and the final act is an aamzing spectacle- the blood, gore and outlandish deaths are both genius and wickedly funny. My only criticism would be that there are a few cliched and cringey moments, but fortunately these are few and far between and overall this is a hugely enjoyable and entertaining vampire film. Very deserving of being a cult classic.
The Animals at Lockwood Manor
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Some secrets are unspoken. Others are unspeakable . . . August 1939. Thirty-year-old Hetty...