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Adaptations
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form
y
Beyond Bedlam
Nightscare
( dir. Vadim Jean
)
United Kingdom (UK)
:
Metrodome Films
,
1994
8677487
1994
single work
film/TV
science fiction
horror
Chemical experiments on the mind of a serial killer go horribly wrong, leaving the doctor behind the experiments and a police detective trapped inside the killer's demented dreamscape.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127) According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii) -
Pinlighters
2001
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , November no. 77 2001; (p. 29-30) John Brosnan responds to reviews of his works, Primal Screen and Bedlam.
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Pinlighters
2001
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , November no. 77 2001; (p. 29-30) John Brosnan responds to reviews of his works, Primal Screen and Bedlam. -
The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127) According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii)
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