Showing posts with label Godzilla. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Godzilla. Show all posts
Saturday, June 12, 2021

The Horrors of Psychological Warfare

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 Copyright 2021 by Gary L.Pullman In 1950s horror movies, the military was called out, on occasion, to eliminate monsters. Less frequently ...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Horror Movies Are Mysteries, Too

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Many horror stories are mysteries which typically follow a well-established format: An unknow...
Thursday, July 26, 2018

Villages Under Attack

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Copyright by Gary L. Pullman In Godzilla (1954) , a radioactive, fire-breathing, dragon-like monster attacks Tokyo. After being...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Hell on Earth

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Copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman In previous posts, we argued that horror fiction is about the survival of loss and that the monsters it fe...
Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Nothing Gets Between a Monster and Its Genes

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman Why did you throw the jack of hearts away? It was the only card in the deck I had left to play. -- The Do...
Sunday, March 9, 2008

Fear: A Cultural History: A Partial Review and Summary, Part 4

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman Joanna Bourke , a professor of history at Birkbeck College, London, is the author of Fear: A Cultural Hist...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Horror Movie Remakes

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Copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman Janet Leigh, Psycho (1960) An old joke plays upon the sameness of the names of the Empire State and its m...
Saturday, February 23, 2008

Everyday Horrors: The Atomic Bomb

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Copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman When we see or hear the word “bikini,” we tend to think of--well, not death and destruction, certainly. Ho...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

Value as a Clue to Horror

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Copyright 2007 by Gary L. Pullman Life is always fragile. One might suppose, however, that, before the advancements in science and technolog...