C.S. Lewis and gothic horror? One of these things does not sound like the other. That's what I was thinking five years ago, where I started reading a book called Terence Fisher: Horror, Myth and Religion by Paul Leggett. Among other things it suggested that Fisher, probably best-known today for his gothic horror films made …
If you've read my blog for a while, you know that I like exploring the nooks and crannies where most don't venture. Whether it's little-known comedy screenwriters who created classic horror movies, underrated rock musicians, or poets who wrote fantasy novels about whales, I will gladly dive into a little-known subject and mine it for …
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Every time this season comes around, a sort of mini-debate comes up in various churches. Can horror movies be good for Christians? What about the way that horror films frequently use religious imagery? What would would a horror film with a Christian message look like? I've circled around these questions in various blog posts, but …
This being the month of Halloween, it's a time to write about scary things. This year, I've talked about writers like Dorothy L. Sayers who were associated with the Inklings and sometimes wrote about dark things. At the very end of last year, I wrote about the dark, fascinating novel Nightmare Alley and its interesting …
Continue reading C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and other Christians Who Wrote Scary Books
Six years ago, I did a blog post about William Peter Blatty, the writer who provided one of the funniest movies ever made (A Shot in the Dark) and one of the scariest movies ever made (The Exorcist). I was mostly interested in the fact that Blatty had these two sides to his writing ability …
Continue reading Frank Peretti and William Peter Blatty: A Compare and Contrast
G. Connor Salter 