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Kill Character Stereotypes by Crash
The Trope of it All… Crash Palace has written about tropes before, and Jonny Numb and Billy Crash have discussed them on The Last Knock horror podcast. Why? Because they’re redundancies and create an eye-rolling foray into malaise. They must be stopped. What’s worse? Character stereotypes. And they must be stopped even more. Stock Characters…
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THE LAST KNOCK presents: Kink Noir
Kink Noir A book reviewer coined author William D. Prystauk as a kink noir writer after reading his crime thriller, Punishment. The hard-boiled crime thriller is the sequel to his award-winning novel Bloodletting. The only difference is that Prystauk leaves traditionalism and the tropes of those mysteries behind for alternative lifestyles, including LGBTQ and BDSM. Each…
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Crash Analysis Support Team: Gays in Horror (Part II) – Guest Post from David McDonald
Well, after a couple of false starts, I finally got off to an auspicious beginning. Not the one I’d hoped for, but it turned out well just the same, sending me fast-forward into a more recent past (the 80s) where I stumbled first upon one of those throwing-caution-to-the-wind projects Troma Entertainment likes to toss out:…
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Crash Analysis Support Team: Gays in Horror (Part I) – Guest Post from David McDonald
When I was offered the opportunity to write on the topic of LGBT in horror — especially by a true aficionado with a formidable reputation for high standards of the genre, I couldn’t help but jump at the chance. I plan to share my insights, and hope that you’ll do the same, since this will…
