Kim Newman est un maître de la fiction de genre, puisant de manière promiscuë dans les tropes de l'horreur, de la science-fiction et de la fantasy avec une complexité et une irrévérence remarquables. Ses œuvres sont richement référencées, subvertissant avec espièglerie les attentes du lecteur et les conventions du genre. Le style de Newman se caractérise par son esprit et sa capacité à tisser des allusions disparates dans des récits captivants et souvent troublants. Qu'il explore des histoires alternatives où la fiction devient réalité ou qu'il plonge dans les aspects plus sombres de la psyché humaine, son écriture offre constamment une perspective unique et stimulante.
Le comte Dracula n’est pas mort à la fin du roman de Bram Stoker. Il a épousé la reine Victoria, et règne sur la Grande-Bretagne. Le vampirisme se répand, et les simples mortels sont mal vus. Dans cette version de Londres du XIXe siècle, des prostituées vampires se font assassiner par un mystérieux homme aux scalpels d’argent. Au coeur de l’enquête se croisent des personnages aussi légendaires que le docteur Jekyll, Moriarty, Fu Manchu ou encore le club Diogène.
A compilation of the spine-chilling artwork of Les Edwards, master of Gothic horror.
One of a series of novels set in a nightmare USA of the near future; an anarchic, cybergoth world devastated by climatic catastrophe and populated by gang-cults and policed zones. Society is marked by a resurgence of tribalism, and even the laws of nature are on the brink of collapse.
In 1968, George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby brought a new slant to the horror film, bringing zombies and witchcraft into a contemporary setting, and much closer to home than the cardboard Transylvanias of earlier films. This work is a critical overview of the horror movie genre from the late 1960s with a discussion of over 2000 films - masterpiece and monstrosity alike.
Novelist and critic Kim Newman assesses the horror noir Cat People (1943), produced by Val Lewton and directed by Jacques Tourneur. This important and influential film is considered in the light of its place in film history and as a work of ambitious horror. The new edition includes a postscript about the sequel, The Curse of the Cat People.
Experience the gothic splendour of Warhammer Horror in this great omnibus. Evil has a new enemy… one of its own. Meet Genevieve Dieudonné. She’s beautiful, powerful, resourceful and courageous – and over four hundred years old. In the crowded cities and dark forests of the Warhammer world, Genevieve and her unlikely companions battle the forces of malevolence and insanity. However, the vampire blood running through Genevieve’s veins means she must constantly fight the urge to surrender to the evil within. The Vampire Genevieve collects together all the tales of Genevieve and her unusual allies into one packed volume, including Drachenfels, Genevieve Undead, Beasts in Velvet, and Silver Nails.
From Frankenstein to Peeping Tom , the imaginative flair of the horror film has always shocked and delighted viewers. Packed with images of the most terrifying scenes in cinema history, this definitive volume traces the genre decade by decade, providing a witty and informative critique of more than 200 movies from all over the world. A team of seasoned, top horror experts leads the way with authority, humor, and encyclopedic knowledge, making this a superb guide for both die-hard and new horror fans.
High medieval gothic horror, featuring vampire Genevieve, from an undisputed master of macabre fiction.
Krokodil is an arch assassin who is also possessed by a demon. Many people want her dead because she interferes with corporate plans. So much so that the powers that be feel the need to send three hit men to hunt her down -- one of which is another demon. What's a girl and demon host supposed to do to earn a living?
1989... One of the two superpowers which has dominated the 20th century is on the verge of being torn apart. The old communists regime which has held sway since the Revolution of 1917 is weak and divided. Dissident voices, silent for too long, have been raised against the corrupt and inefficient gangsterism of a morally and financially bankrupt ruling party. A new age of openness and reconstruction is dawning... This is the United Socialist States of America. When Eugene Debs led the Revolution, few expected it to lead to the iron-fisted regime of Chairman Al "Scarface" Capone, a dictatorship that would last into the 1950s. But no tyranny, capitalist or communists, can stop real revolutionaries like Buddy Holy, Howard Hughes, Tom Joad, Eliot Ness, Kurt Vonnegut, andthe Blues Brothers. This is the story of 20th century where America had a revolution... and Russia didn't; where there were Tsars in the Kremlin and Commissars in the White House. Where America invaded Japan and Britain fought the war in Vietnam; where Isaac Asimov was a Russian TV astrologer and Ed Gein was a Hero of Labor. Kim Newman and Eugene Byrne turn history on its head with this novel of "what if...?" -- a must-read for Proletariats world-wide!
