Horror fiction history – “Horror Fiction in the 20th Century” (Praeger, 2020) – Jess Nevins interview

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Jess Nevins regularly writes on genre subjects. He recently wrote a book on horror fiction in the 20th century. We discussed the book and horror fiction across the world.

0:38 – Jess talks about how he got into horror fiction.

2:40 – Jess talks about non-English horror publishers.

3:49 – Jess talks about how he breaks down the book. He explores both English and non-English horror.

7:41 – Jess talks about the lineage of non-English horror.

11:38 – Jess talks about magic realism. He also talks about Asian horror literature.

13:28 – Jess talks about horrific human beings versus horrific monsters.

15:55 – Jess talks about categorizing horror and discovering new authors.

18:01 – Jess talks about Chinese and Russian horror.

19:54 – Jess talks about horror from India.

21:29 – Jess talks about horror for children versus adults.

23:14 – Jess talks about horror and national crisis.

25:41 – Jess talks about the most important horror writers.

28:12 – Jess talks about horror comics.

29:26 – Jess talks about sex in horror.

32:55 – Jess talks about sci-fi and horror.

35:54 – Jess talks about horror antagonists and the monster versus no monster debate.

37:38 – Jess goes into detail about the research for the book.

42:45 – Jess talks discovering new books during the research process.

46:56 – Jess talks about female horror writers.

51:44 – Jess talks about horror film and literature.

1:00:08 – Jess is on jessnevins.com and on twitter @jessnevins and on facebook as Jess Nevins.

 

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/37yFNd6

http://jessnevins.com/frontpage.html

https://twitter.com/jessnevins

 

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Guests: Jess Nevins

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: horror history, victoriana, horror, South Africa, Poe, Pierce, magic realism, Indian horror, Lovecraft, Gothics, feminist horror, children’s lietarure, Soviet Union literature, Lovecraft, Mathieson, Bradbury, manga, EC, comics, science fiction, worldcat, science fiction, transexual horror, Brazilian horror, ghost stories, Vikings, role playing game

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Horror movie history book – “The Howling: Studies in the Horror Film” (Centipede Press, 2018) – Lee Gambin interview

Lee Gambin has been writing about movies and especially horror movies for the last 15 years. We spoke about his latest book on the famous werewolf horror movie “The Howling.”

0:49 – Lee talks about how he got into studying and writing on “The Howling.” He really loved seeing a movie about a community of werewolves. He tried finding writings on the Howling and coulnd’t find any so was inspired to write on it.

5:11 – Lee talks about his writing career progressed.

7:45 – Lee goes into details on what the book is like.

11:05 – Lee discusses an interesting discovery made about “The Howling.”

24:30 – Lee talks about Bob Burns and his direction.

29:20 – Lee talks about some costume issues that the cast dealt with.

38:34 – Lee writes for Fangoria and Diabolique.

Links of interest

http://www.centipedepress.com/studieshorror/howling.html

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Guests: Lee Gambin

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: author, werewolf, werewolves, monster movies, 80s movies, movie history

Latin American horror movies – “The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin American Cinema” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) – Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodriguez interview

Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodriguez teaches Spanish and Latin American studies at the New School in Atlanta, GA. We spoke about his latest book on the politics of Latin American horror films.

1:04 – Gabriel talks about how he got into studying horror and monstrosity. He discusses the kind of horror cinema that can be found in Colombia and which he was exposed to.

Colombians have always been interested in things from other cultures.

6:12 – Mexico is a powerhouse as far as producing entertainment in Latin America. Gabriel then talks about the book. He has studied the subtle politics behind horror films. He’s looked at movies from the 90s to 2017. He’s also looked at a range from Guillermo del Toro to more cult type films.

13:14 – He compares and contrasts monstrosity in film between Latin America and the US and Europe.

17:11 – Gabriel contrasts the influence of European and Asian immigrants to indigenous peoples on Latin horror films.

19:50 – Gabriel talks about Andean horror made most often in Peru and Bolivia.

23:43 – Gabriel talks about he approached the research for this book.

33:42 – Gabriel was surprised to see how political many Latin American horror films are.

46:44 – He has a page on Academia.edu. He’s also involved with a website that discusses Latin American Gothic. {Note – the website address is different from what Gabriel stated. It’s https://latinamericangothic.wordpress.com/}

 

Links of interest

https://latinamericangothic.wordpress.com/

https://gabrieleljaiekrodriguez.academia.edu/

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Guests: Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodriguez

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: horror, Colombia, Latin American film, Guillermo del Toro, Mexico, Buenos Aires, festivals, Vampires in Havana