Tag: Ghosts

Culture

REVIEW: “The Ghost’s touch” at the New Theatre

ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿåÔÿå by Hannah Marie Stait Most know Gothic writer Wilkie Collins for his novel The Woman in White, but many theatre lovers flocked to the New Theatre to view the Rumpus Theatre Company with their production of CollinÔÇÖs less known work The GhostÔÇÖs Touch, also known as Mrs Zant and the Ghost. Dealing with the complex relationship between the supernatural, the delusional and the emotional, … Continue reading REVIEW: “The Ghost’s touch” at the New Theatre

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Crimson Peak
Film & TV

The Horror of Love: On the Ghosts of Crimson Peak

Crimson Peak has what my old Film teacher would call a ÔÇÿcircular narrativeÔÇÖ, in which we follow an aspiring writer, Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska), trying to navigate the new, revolutionised world around her. ItÔÇÖs only until Baronet Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston) and his sister Lucille (Jessica Chastain) stain the gold-saturated world with their deep blacks, dark Hammer horror reds and ominous green/blue tones does Edith … Continue reading The Horror of Love: On the Ghosts of Crimson Peak

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