Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic

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Aces of Weird: The Hotel (Daisy Johnson, 2024)

Checking into a labyrinth of cosmic horror
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28 Days Later (2002) vs. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
The first two in the ‘28’ trilogy predicted the future and made ‘zombies’ scary again. But the movies’ terrors are more subtle than you think
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Aces of Weird: House (Josh Simmons, 2007)
How the wordless graphic novel by Josh Simmons finds both chills and beauty in liminal horror
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Who Goes There? (1938) vs The Thing (1982)
John W. Campbell's classic novella of Golden Age science fiction and John Carpenter's modern horror masterpiece - both absorb new meanings in the age of…
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Aces of Weird: Cronos (Guillermo del Toro, 1992)
How del Toro’s vampiric debut is the key to his movie career
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Fantastic Beasts and How to Write Them
Some Jurassic examples of great monster-writing
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Aces of Weird: The Green Knight (David Lowery, 2021)
This hallucinatory yuletide fantasy baffled audiences on release, yet remains one of the greatest films in Arthurian cinema. And, yes, it’s a Christmas…
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Aces of Weird: Watership Down (Martin Rosen, 1978)
Remembered as the kids' movie that terrified a generation, this classic British fantasy still casts a deep, dark and enthralling spell
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What Hawk the Slayer Got Right
Defending a sword and sorcery kinda-classic
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Science Fiction Double Feature: The Crow (comic book vs. movie)
The 1989 comic by James O'Barr and the 1994 movie starring Brandon Lee share the same melancholy heart, though it beats in very different ways
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Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic
Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic
Re-weirding horror, fantasy and sci-fi. Exploring the movies, fiction, comic books and writing techniques that exemplify the fantastic. Welcome readers, writers, role-players, connoisseurs and creators, anyone in love with swords, fangs and lasers.
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