DarkDimension

Given that I subtitled this blog "Things Best Viewed After Midnight," it should come as no surprise that I've been an insomnia...

From the spider-haunted pass of Cirith Ungol we go now to Minas Ithil , the Tower of the Moon. A city as great as Minas Tirith, it guard...

"There agelong she had dwelt, an evil thing in spider form[...]she was there, who was there before Sauron, and before the first ston...

  So I finished up the first DC Showcase collection of the Challengers of the Unknown . For the uninitiated, the Challengers of the Unknow...

South of the East Bight, the treeless gouge in the eastern side of Mirkwood, a shadow has crept across the forest. Grim folk and dark crea...

Val Lewton's films delved into the shadows of the human mind. The line between sanity and insanity is often a blurry one, obscured by...

The Misty Mountains rise up like a spine in Middle-earth, a barrier and dwelling-place for both good and evil. Mighty Eagles roost atop m...

I continue my look at Val Lewton's macabre movies with Bedlam . In this, it is London of the 1760s. The paramour of a decadent Britis...

Val Lewton's journey through darkness and death continues in Isle of the Dead . This is one of the most unusual settings for a Lewton...

I didn't want to let the blog languish too long here in the holiday season, so I thought I'd mention Alastair Sim's turn as E...

Val Lewton produced a number of films in rapid succession during World War Two, which was no small feat. Even more remarkable is the quali...

It's striking how brief this 1943 Val Lewton-produced film is, considering how much content it contains. In 68 minutes, it manages to ...

We go now from the vibrant far Southern reaches of Middle-earth , to the cold, windswept, mountainous North. One-time home to a Dwarven ki...