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World War Z (the film)

World War Z (the film)

Posted on July 14, 2017April 21, 2019 by MHJohnsen
I reviewed the Max Brooks bestselling zombie horror in September last year, and made the following remark about the film: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Max Brooks) was the zombie boo... Read More
City of Lost Children

City of Lost Children

Posted on July 11, 2017April 21, 2019 by MHJohnsen
If you have not seen La cité des enfants perdus, directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, you have missed out. This film, although now more than 20 years old, is glorious. It is a French dark sc... Read More
Alexii Muftoll’s In The Tall Grass

Alexii Muftoll’s In The Tall Grass

Posted on July 5, 2017April 21, 2019 by MHJohnsen
I came across Alexii Muftoll’s short horror animation film In The Tall Grass when I was writing the review for Stephen King and Joe Hill’s novella of the same name. The animation is an atm... Read More
Review: In the Tall Grass

Review: In the Tall Grass

Posted on July 3, 2017April 21, 2019 by MHJohnsen
In the Tall Grass is a short novella published as a two-parter in Esquire, later released as an ebook. It is a collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill, both of which know how to spin a scary t... Read More
Book review: At the Mountains of Madness

Book review: At the Mountains of Madness

Posted on May 15, 2017April 21, 2019 by MHJohnsen
I have read some of Lovecraft’s work – ‘The Shunned House’ and ‘The Rats in the Walls’ are examples of stories I liked – but I have overall been less convince... Read More
Horror, death and isolation

Horror, death and isolation

Posted on March 30, 2017April 21, 2019 by MHJohnsen
The more I read horror, the less I think of it as genre fiction. Sure, there are things that go bump, there are tentacles and fangs and clowns, but horror to me is not about monsters, it’s about... Read More
Salieri the villain

Salieri the villain

Posted on February 28, 2017April 21, 2019 by MHJohnsen
“I will speak for you, Father. I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.” If I had to choose a favourite film, it would be Amadeus, almost so... Read More
Painting the North

Painting the North

Posted on February 20, 2017April 21, 2019 by MHJohnsen
Kaare Espolin Johnson (1907-1994) depicted the nature and culture of northern Norway better than any other artist I know. He would typically start with a black surface, then scratch white lines in the... Read More
List of dystopian novels

List of dystopian novels

Posted on February 2, 2017April 21, 2019 by MHJohnsen
A brief summary of some of the prime examples of the genre. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley Encouraging passivity and egotism with a side order of pleasant distractions, Huxley’s dystopia ... Read More
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