I read this because it was published while Stoker was writing Dracula, and both use pagan gods to stand for the abject, evil and Satanic - though Machen's novella focuses almost wholly on that idea, whereas in Stoker's Dracula it's only part of a tapestry of related concepts. The Great God Pan is part of efflorescence of fin-de-siècle stories and ( Read more... )

I watched four films before going to Romania, so this is a start on getting caught up with them. The other two will follow when I am able.

11. The Viking Queen (1967), dir. Don ChaffeyThis is a Hammer film which, in spite of its title, is set in Britain shortly after the Roman conquest. Its use of 'Viking' in the title where 'barbarian', 'Celtic ( Read more... )

Well, that was ( pretty damned clever, wasn't it? )