Quote of the Week

The Byronic Hero and I have been spending a lot of time brainstorming holiday horror movies, and have concluded that Jewish holidays are a largely untapped source, ranging from Chanukah (at least one candle has to stay lit or the monster will get the protagonist), Passover (home invasion by blood libel-believing cult after local child goes missing) and Yom Kippur (man pursued by monster embodying his own regret), and even Christmas (”Merry Christmas!” says the killer Santa guy; “I’m Jewish” says the final girl, cocking a shotgun.)
--Mira, For the Gothic Heroine, November 17, 2019

Holiday Horror Movie Idea

Question asked on another site:

If we can't get a cheesy Chanukah horror movie, how about a cheesy Christmas one where the Final Girl is Jewish and missed the first attack because she wasn't at the Christmas party?
--Mira, For the Gothic Heroine

Hey, I would buy a ticket to see that movie.

More details on that movie idea to be found here.

Quote of the Week

The thing about a secular holiday is that religious Jewish kids could get excited about it. Christmas spirit left us cold, and Passover meant nothing to the world at large, but for the month of October we could get excited about the same thing the rest of the children were excited about. It sounds like a little thing, but it wasn’t- and still isn’t for me, to this day. And if someone wasn’t into Halloween, that was also culturally acceptable. You don’t see any big heartwarming family movies about forcing one family in the neighborhood who doesn’t like Halloween to get into the spirit of things, after all.
--Mira, "Judaism and Halloween," For the Gothic Heroine, October 31, 2015

¡Feliz 200 Aniversario, Frankenstein!

According to Mira of the For the Gothic Heroine site, this year is the 200th anniversary of the first publication of the Mary Shelley novel Frankenstein. Not all writers from that long ago are fortunate to have had such influence upon the cultural world as Ms. Shelley's book. Indeed, many such writers are lucky if their words are still remembered.

Quote of the Week

So here I am, bringing my own viewpoints to a genre I love, which doesn’t always love me back. I can’t change the books already written, but I can have hope that future writers will bring their own changes.
--Mira, "The Gothic Novel and Antisemitism," For the Gothic Heroine, December 28, 2017

My comment:

Hey, I resemble that remark...

But seriously, folks.

I suspect every non-Aryan like myself has a similar love-hate relationship with Western literature. As well as with Western movies, Western music, Western TV shows, etc. And like Mira, I would like to hope that future writers will bring their own changes to the genre. And I don't just say that because I hope to be one of those future writers...