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Film by Design: The Art of the Movie Poster by Gary D. Rhodes and Robert Singer (eds.) (2024)

Movie posters have undergone a significant transformation over the past century, evolving from mere advertisements into sophisticated works of art. While early posters were predominantly text-heavy and resembled newspaper advertisements, the widespread adoption of color lithography in the early 20th century enabled more vibrant and visually engaging designs, including hand-drawn portraits of film stars. During […]

Terrifying Texts. Essays on Books of Good and Evil in Horror … by C. J. Miller and A. B. Van Riper (

There is hardly a book more popular with occultists or the genre of horror movies than the Necronomicon. It is filled with spells, runes and various texts to summon demons, spirits and otherworldly creatures (what actually makes it a so-called “grimoire”). The tales surrounding this fabricated text – that only was published as a joke […]