Re:Occult Cinema and TV
Thanks Sidehecafe, I was thinking of picking up [i]The Club Dumas[/i] before, now I’ll definitely look for it. Would love to hear your other occult /alchemical book recommendations.
Can’t believe I neglected to mention [i]The Seventh Sign[/i] *slaps head* That’s a fave. Brilliant.
Corvina, if you haven’t seen [i]The Seventh Sign[/i] you might want to check it out. It has a chess game between Death and a knight of the Crusades, and I suspect it inspired Lexx’s 4th season episode, The Game.
As for Vampire-themed movies: I like [i]The Hunger; The Fearless Vampire Killers; Vampire’s Kiss[/i]; the Christoper Lee Dracula movies; [i]Shadow of the Vampire[/i]; and of course the classic that inspired SotV, [i]Nosferatu[/i]. [i]I like German expressionist cinema, especially The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari[/i] (which is pretty gothic).
One series I really want to get my hands on is [url=http://www.reelcriticism.com/ziggyrealm/televideo/ultraviolet_overview.html]Ultraviolet[/url]
I also like some zombie-type films, especially The Omega Man.
Hellraiser 1 and 2 are guilty pleasures.
Now I want a general religious themed thread since I want to talk about The Devils (and the book, The Devils of Loudon) and stuff like The Mission, Jesus of Montreal etc.
Corvina: Wow, what an experience. Sounds incredible, but if pigs can fly at Battersea, accepting your strange experiences with crows is a walk in the park (just a Pink Floyd Animals ref for those who don’t know about the inflatable flying pig that got loose at Battersea Station nearby Battersea Park).
I’m also interested in the gothic… (and I love Gothic architecture). Gothic novels etc. can be fun, but I often find them so pretentious and pompously solemn. Some take it so seriously, but it often feels so pseudo, I think. And I think some goths have given the gothic a silly face — cheer up! 😉
That gothic scene from Alien when the encounter that ship reminiscent of a cathedral is very powerful for me.