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D’Agostino’s other surviving film is even odder. It is untitled, but usually referred to as The Castle. It is shot on Betamax and the quality is very poor. The camera meanders around various enormous rooms, presumably in different castles or palaces (we cannot be seeing one building; it is simply too vast). The walls are lined with statues and
... See moreSusanna Clarke • Piranesi
“More than just simple urban legends, and campfire tales, ghost stories reveal the contours of our anxieties, the nature of our collective fears and desires, the things we can’t talk about in any other way.”
-Ghostland by Colin Dickey
What can I say, I’m a sucker for abandoned stuff, misplaced stuff, forgotten stuff … As a counselor once told me—a Counselor For Disaffected Youth, I might add: “You like that crap because it reminds you of you.” Couldn’t of said it better or put it more bluntly. Don’t even disagree with it either. Seems pretty dead on and probably has everything
... See moreA standard trope in the genre is a nagging uncertainty about whether the double is real at all. Is this actually an identical stranger, or are they a long-lost twin?
Naomi Klein • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
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