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The Gospel of Filth is the boldest, most comprehensive and authoritative guide to the realms of darkness and devilry ever published. Taking in every significant milestone and major landmark, this lavishly illustrated volume will prove to be the definitive guide to the dark side for decades to come. From ancient formulae for conjuring the goddesses of hell, to the latest research on the psychopathology of serial murder, no tombstone remains unturned in this wide-ranging and witty dissection of the uncanny and unholy, of the esoteric and erotic. Music forms The Gospel’s entry point, but every medium, from movies and literature, to comics and computer games is considered, while the authorities consulted range from Oxford academics to metal musicians as well known for their criminal records as musical ones.
The principal consultant is Dani Filth, who rides shotgun with author Gavin Baddeley throughout the book, providing insight and impish irreverence at every turn. Dani’s band Cradle of Filth are one of England’s most successful and controversial musical exports of the past decade, loved and loathed in equal measure, the singer bringing that same provocative edge to this, his first literary effort. Emerging from the violent cauldron of chaos that propelled the black metal scene to the forefront of the extreme music scene in the early-’90s, Cradle of Filth have since transcended such subcultural boundaries, embracing the likes of Decadent art and Gothic literature to create an inimitable, sensuously sinister style all of their own.
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Save your energy on this one, because it’s something that we now are just going to have to accept: all classic horror films will inevitably be remade. In the words of many a chip fat-scented girlfriend to her punchy boyfriend at pub kicking-out time, leave it, it’s not blaady woorf it.
Platinum Dunes, serial remakers, have decided to give a 21st century brush up to Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby, reports shocktillyoudrop. Based on Ira Levine’s 1967 book, the original film told of a recently married woman (Mia Farrow) who becomes spooked by the odd behaviour of her husband and creepy neighbours and then finds herself pregnant with something that might have cloven hooves in place of chubby toes. It was, of course, quite, quite brilliant and doesn’t particularly need replacing.
However, Platinum Dunes is now seeking writers for the remake. The company is also currently working on updates of Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Geez, you’d think they’d leave well enough alone. I mean, who can top what Roman Polanski did with this movie? Impossible. It is an absolute classic and should not be touched. Ever.
William Friedkin had said of the movie: ”I think it’s the nightmare of many women that they’re gonna give birth to a child that is evil. Not only evil, but the progeny of the devil. The young husband, played by John Cassavetes, makes a pact with a group of demon worshippers to allow the devil to have sex with his wife for the purpose of bringing onto Earth the child of Satan. And what is perhaps the most terrifying sequence of all, the mother, played by Mia Farrow, sees this baby, which is clearly a demon, and like all mothers, she embraces it. Really, it’s about blind ambition, and how far this young couple will go to achieve success. It deals with the demon inside all of us.”
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