Netflix’s ‘Marianne’ and the Little Man of God
‘He was not a bad man but he was also not a nice man either. I am not sure that being nice was actually…
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Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein: An Experiment in Self-Imaging
Danny Boyle, the British film director who is responsible for Trainspotting (1996), Sunshine (2007) and Slumdog Millionaire (2008), reprised his early directorial career on…
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There Is Nothing In The Dark To Be Afraid Of
Horror Studies has in the past few decades become increasingly interested in philosophy. The objects of fear that horror produced were not merely a…
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Theology of the Body in Modern Horror
In the history of the development of the horror novel certain periods become associated with certain social and cultural anxieties. The classic example is…
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Laughing at the Devil: The Not-So-Cool Vampire as Theological Boon
What’s the deal with all the vampires? One thing that makes them interesting is that, unlike the also-popular zombie, far from being the frequent…
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Facing the Darkness III: Monstrous Ontology, Part I
The previous two pieces in this series have attempted to use the figure of the monster to draw out some of the flaws and…
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Facing the Darkness II: The Gaps in the System
In my previous post, I introduced the epistemic shifts occurring across the theological, political and philosophical landscape of the early 1800s which gave rise…
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Facing The Darkness: Towards a Gothic Theology
Editor’s note: We are thrilled to welcome Jon Greenaway, a PhD Candidate from Manchester Metropolitan University working on Gothic theology, to the Transpositions team. This is…
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Visiting Scholars Series: Horror Fiction and Christian Thought
One of the most notable writers of horror in the 20th century was H.P. Lovecraft. And the unique brand of Cosmic Horror he pioneered…
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