Dark media, the Glossary
Dark media are a type of media outlined by American philosopher Eugene Thacker to describe technologies that mediate between the natural and supernatural, most commonly found in the horror genre.[1]
Table of Contents
30 relations: Algernon Blackwood, Augustine of Hippo, Carnacki, Dario Argento, Demons (1985 film), Eugene Thacker, François Laruelle, From Beyond (short story), Georges Bataille, Georges Méliès, Horror fiction, Immanuel Kant, Japanese horror, Kenneth Anger, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Long Distance Wireless Photography, Media archaeology, Nick of Time (The Twilight Zone), Peter Tscherkassky, Poltergeist (1982 film), Pulse (2001 film), Ring (film), Sadako Yamamura, Sheridan Le Fanu, Siegfried Zielinski, Society for Psychical Research, The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series), VHS, William Hope Hodgson, William James.
- Supernatural
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre.
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Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo (Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.
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Carnacki
Thomas Carnacki is a fictional occult detective created by English fantasy writer William Hope Hodgson.
Dario Argento
Dario Argento (born 7 September 1940) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer.
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Demons (1985 film)
Demons (Dèmoni) is a 1985 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Lamberto Bava, produced by Dario Argento, and starring Urbano Barberini and Natasha Hovey.
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Eugene Thacker
Eugene Thacker is an American author.
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François Laruelle
François Laruelle (born 22 August 1937) is a French philosopher, formerly of the Collège international de philosophie and the University of Paris X: Nanterre.
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From Beyond (short story)
"From Beyond" is a horror genre short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft.
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Georges Bataille
Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (10 September 1897 – 9 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art.
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Georges Méliès
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French magician, actor, and film director.
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Horror fiction
Horror is a genre of fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare.
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Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers.
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Japanese horror
Japanese horror is horror fiction derived from popular culture in Japan, generally noted for its unique thematic and conventional treatment of the horror genre differing from the traditional Western representation of horror.
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Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer, February 3, 1927 – May 11, 2023) was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor, and writer.
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic, actor, and professor at Tokyo University of the Arts.
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Long Distance Wireless Photography
La Photographie électrique à distance, released in the United States as Long Distance Wireless Photography and in Britain as Electrical Photographer, is a 1908 French silent comic trick film directed by Georges Méliès.
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Media archaeology or media archeology is a field that attempts to understand new and emerging media through close examination of the past, and especially through critical scrutiny of dominant progressivist narratives of popular commercial media such as film and television.
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Nick of Time (The Twilight Zone)
"Nick of Time" is episode 43 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
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Peter Tscherkassky
Peter Tscherkassky (born October 3, 1958) is an Austrian avant-garde filmmaker who works primarily with found footage.
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Poltergeist (1982 film)
Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor from a story by Spielberg.
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Pulse (2001 film)
is a 2001 Japanese techno-horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
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Ring (film)
is a 1998 Japanese supernatural psychological horror film directed by Hideo Nakata, based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki.
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Sadako Yamamura
, reimagined as Park Eun-seo and Samara Morgan for their respective adaptations, is the main antagonist of Koji Suzuki's ''Ring'' novel series and the film franchise of the same name.
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Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction.
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Siegfried Zielinski
Siegfried Zielinski (born 1951) is a German media theorist.
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Society for Psychical Research
The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) is a nonprofit organisation in the United Kingdom.
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The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
The Twilight Zone (marketed as Twilight Zone for its final two seasons) is an American fantasy science fiction horror anthology television series created and presented by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from October 2, 1959, to June 19, 1964.
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VHS
The VHS (Video Home System) is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes, introduced in 1976 by the Victor Company of Japan (JVC).
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – 19 April 1918) was an English author.
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William James
William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States.
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See also
Supernatural
- Dark media
- Jinn
- Liberal naturalism
- Lightning in religion
- Magic (supernatural)
- Miracles
- Resurrection
- Revelation
- Shadow person
- Supernatural
- Supernatural fiction
- Supernatural gift
- Supernatural healing
- Superstitions
- The Ghost Club
- Witching hour
- Woman in Black (supernatural)