Eternal youth, eternal beauty
The (Un-) Death of Dorian Gray
An essay by Catherine Rein
(First published on Aidos , 21.4.2008. Extended and revised version.)
Fully in the picture?
The mimesis of literature in "Seven". Observations on Intermedia.
An essay by Matthias Bickenbach
(First published in: Weimar contributions. Journal of Literary Criticism, Aesthetics and Cultural Studies, 44 Jg, H. 4 (1998), p. 525-537.)
The Splat Pack
A certain tendency in the contemporary horror film
An essay by Jerome Philipp Schäfer
[This previously unpublished text has been kindly made available by the author]
The monster in the archive
Among the films HP Lovecraft
An essay by Arno Meteling
[First published in: 71st Splatting Image September 2007, p. 17-26.]
Melancholy and grotesque
Fatherless society in the films of Guillermo del Toro
An essay by Arno Meteling
[First published in: 58th Splatting Image June 2004, p. 7-14]
In Plain View
The Body as Site of Inscription and Detection in Serial Killer Narratives
An essay by Steffen Hantke
[This previously unpublished text has been kindly made available by the author]
Before the Law
For West German ban on the representation of violence in § 131 StGB
An essay by Manfred Riepe
(Lecture given at the Law Forum "Violence and Justice of the Law Faculty of the Westfälische Wilhelms University in Münster on 16 November 2004. Theme 3:" Only dead bring quota? ")
Censorship is sometimes
Notes to 100,000. Investigation by the FSK
An essay by Manfred Riepe
(First published in abbreviated form under the title of art, commerce, control: The Certificate has 100,000 celebrated their examination. In: EPD Film 1 / 2005, p. 14-15.)
In the colors of the night
Mario Bava's style between gothic horror and giallo thriller
An essay by Marcus Stiglegger
(First published in: Splatting Image No. 70 (June 2007), p. 5-11.)
The second generation of monsters
Biochemical Sciences and Literary Horror
An essay by Hans Richard Britt Acher
(First in: Aesthetics and Communication, Berlin 1988, 18.Jg., Issue 69: genetic engineering. The power of science over the imagination of the everyday, p. 105-112.)
