Horror on Articulate

I've put together an obituary for Articulate - ABC News Online's arts blog - which just got a bullet to the head.

In the process I rediscovered a heap of horror-related stuff I worked on during those five years.

Here's a list...

An audience with Stephen King: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200611/s1786544.htm
Horror fans favourite films: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200610/s1777062.htm
Jason Nahrung: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200604/s1616997.htm
Horror, give it a name: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200604/s1617026.htm
New age for horror? http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200612/s1804935.htm
Scariest books: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200610/s1763609.htm
Horror re-makes: one for the road http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200604/s1625445.htm
When Evil Reigns, horror on a budget: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200605/s1634689.htm
Ellen Datlow: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200605/s1649418.htm
Martin Livings: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200606/s1657115.htm
Edwina Grey: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200606/s1655071.htm
And the lurch goes on... http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200605/s1649263.htm
The Zombie Diaries: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200611/s1795742.htm
Jason and Mil: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200706/s1945042.htm

I also featured a bunch of horror movies in the regular Movie Minutiae spot:

Aliens: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200511/s1513926.htm
Cigarette Burns: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200611/s1791726.htm
Dawn of the Dead (1978): http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200512/s1539509.htm
Dawn of the Dead (2004): http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200604/s1610819.htm
Day of the Dead: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200509/s1467068.htm
The Friday the 13th series: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200601/s1546063.htm
Halloween: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200511/s1513174.htm
Mulholland Drive: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200707/s1970717.htm
The Omen: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200606/s1659132.htm
Sean of the Dead: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200608/s1717760.htm
The Shining: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200603/s1598933.htm
Slither: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200605/s1636632.htm
The Thing: http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200703/s1885075.htm

Thank you to everyone who contributed over the years. It sure was fun. Now, onto the next project!

Movie Minutiae: WALL-E (2008)

Saw this movie last weekend and I can't stop thinking about the little guy!

I liked the movie, especially the first act. Yeah, it got a little cheesy towards the end, but I can live with that.

But WALL-E himself -- he's just so endearing.

Read my Movie Minutiae post here.

James Doig on Australia's horror heritage

I have just interviewed James Doig on his Australian Gothic and Australian Nightmares anthologies of vintage Australian horror/supernatural fiction.

"I guess there is a danger here that we're becoming homogenised, subsumed by the latest Hollywood blockbuster. Just as the regional ghost story in the United States and Britain has pretty much disappeared, there is a danger that national traditions will go the same way. Too many modern stories have their roots in American popular culture - Stephen King, Hannibal Lector, Night of the Living Dead - rather than our own traditions.

"That said, I should say that our best writers have their own unique, distinctly Australian, voices. Terry Dowling, Margo Lanagan and Lucy Sussex are as good as anyone writing today, and there are many more who are right up there."

Read the full feature on Articulate...

The new Articulate

Articulate has relaunched, so please update your link to: http://blogs.abc.net.au/articulate.

Now powered by Typepad, it offers the opportunity for comments, as well as the ability to view science fiction, horror and fantasy content.

Check out my Movie Minutiae on Aliens, and this post on Alisa Krasnostein's New Ceres project.