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CHARIOT: The Austringer (1969)

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Thursday, 22 December 2016. One of the only surviving stills from the 1969 BBC play The Austringer. A ghost story, for Christmas. Not a folk horror, so much as about a folk horror. I read it to some friends on the darkest night of this year. I must acknowledge a debt of gratitude to my friend Jon Dear for the technical details in this story; every accuracy is his, every error mine, and so this story is dedicated to him. 8226;••. 8220;I won't want to keep any of it.” She is talking to the boxes. His breat...

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CHARIOT: August 2016

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Wednesday, 31 August 2016. Chariot: Actually Running the Thing. 160; (A guest post today by my friend Tim Groth. Tim has been one of Chariots most enthusiastic supporters and cheerleaders and his account of running it was so fascinating that I asked to post it here. With his story of magickal AI and hijacked Atlantean propaganda, I think Tim completely gets the sort of atmosphere I wanted the game to have. And I think his game had heart, and heart is sorely what this sort of pastime needs. Monday, 29 Aug...

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CHARIOT: We Don't Go Back – Guest Post: The Company of Wolves (1984)

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Monday, 2 January 2017. We Don't Go Back – Guest Post: The Company of Wolves (1984). A guest post, this time on Angela Carter's The Company of Wolves. It's by Monique Lacoste. Who I've known for maybe 13 years, although the last time we saw each other in person was when she very kindly let me stay at her home, then in Los Angeles, in 2005. Monique has taken her brief much more seriously than I usually do (this is the first film article I've posted that has a proper bibliography! Something different for e...

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CHARIOT: We Don't Go Back #25: Red Shift (1978)

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Sunday, 1 January 2017. We Don't Go Back #25: Red Shift (1978). I didn't mean this to happen, but between Christmas holiday parenting, my Other Place of Work (still the best job I ever had), and the pressure to write a ghost story to a deadline. I needed a break from blogging, so I've been pretty quiet, I confess. Also, of the last four subjects in the We Don't Go Back. Project, one was great but honestly pretty tough to write about. One was unpleasant in all the bad ways. And one was just godawful.

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CHARIOT: We Don't Go Back #27: Moondial (1988)

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Monday, 9 January 2017. We Don't Go Back #27: Moondial (1988). I was 12 when Moondial. Aired It was shown on Wednesday evenings, five minutes past five, in February, just before it got dark. It was appointment TV for me, before I even knew what that meant. I saw the first episode because it was what happened to be on, and made sure I didn't miss another. The second time I watched Moondial. And wouldn't stop until they'd seen it. Afterwards, Elder Son was dismissive, but he's nearly a teenager anyway....

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CHARIOT: September 2016

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Friday, 30 September 2016. Nazis are, if pop culture is to be believed, the bad guys its OK to mow down in droves. Thursday, 29 September 2016. In Defence of a Movie About Writers. Is a film that bombed. . Wednesday, 28 September 2016. Imagination and creativity in role-playing games. To what extent is participating in a role-playing game an act of creation? Tuesday, 27 September 2016. The myth of the virtuous gamer. Monday, 26 September 2016. In Music #3: One Life Furnished in Early REM. The mind-forgd ...

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CHARIOT: December 2016

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Thursday, 22 December 2016. One of the only surviving stills from the 1969 BBC play The Austringer. A ghost story, for Christmas. Not a folk horror, so much as about a folk horror. I read it to some friends on the darkest night of this year. . I must acknowledge a debt of gratitude to my friend Jon Dear for the technical details in this story; every accuracy is his, every error mine, and so this story is dedicated to him. We dont go back. Wednesday, 21 December 2016. A letter from Mr Caspar. And not in t...

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CHARIOT: A letter from Mr Caspar

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Wednesday, 21 December 2016. A letter from Mr Caspar. If the man I have instructed to follow you is armed,. If I have ordered him to put a bullet through your brain. Should you derelict your duty,. Do not be offended; consider it a mark. Of the gravity of your charge,. That you will have in your hands lives,. That you will be expected to deal deaths. You must protect my interests,. Work towards the failure. Of these colleagues who came with me to the West,. Who left behind representatives like yourself.

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CHARIOT: January 2017

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Monday, 30 January 2017. On a Thousand Walls #2: Candyman (1992). When I started my We Dont Go Back. Project, one of the things that most delighted me about it was that so many of the films I loved were already in the category of folk horror. And it gave me the chance to watch things I hadnt seen for many years. Like Candyman. Candyman. Is one of the very rare pure horror films that I genuinely rate; usually I will always tend towards the artsy, as I have said many times before, but Candyman. Like folk h...