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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Another fantastic issue of Hellebore, the zine of folk horror and occult. I won't repeat previous reviews to much, but if you want intelligent, academic focused articles which are incredibly accessible to a general readership then this is for you.
As always, the art direction is superb, it's incredibly evocative and always sets a mood to the pieces.
Quite a few of the pieces I'd been reading around in other recent books I've read so some wasn't too new for me.
My highlights:
Icy Sedgewick's pen pictures of 'monsters' in the British isles. The art is brilliant here.
Sam George's piece on the history of the British vampire. Quite a lot of new knowledge here for me.
Alice Vernon makes the link between nightmares and sleep paralysis in folklore and early medicine. It seems obvious but i never thought of the etymology of nightmares and the relationship to witchcraft and the feeling of having a chest crushed by hooves. I was recently reading about 'hag riding' where a witch rides your chest whilst you sleep to crush it and though it has caused the real execution of women in the past, it is quite an evocative image or fear.
As seems to be the norm Verity Holloway has the best piece. I love her historical explorations of folklore. Here we have St Mark's Eve, where if you spend time in a churchyard you may see a procession of shadows foretelling who may die in the coming year.
Not sure if the issue felt lighter on content or if I just raced through it but Hellebore is consistently great
As always, the art direction is superb, it's incredibly evocative and always sets a mood to the pieces.
Quite a few of the pieces I'd been reading around in other recent books I've read so some wasn't too new for me.
My highlights:
Icy Sedgewick's pen pictures of 'monsters' in the British isles. The art is brilliant here.
Sam George's piece on the history of the British vampire. Quite a lot of new knowledge here for me.
Alice Vernon makes the link between nightmares and sleep paralysis in folklore and early medicine. It seems obvious but i never thought of the etymology of nightmares and the relationship to witchcraft and the feeling of having a chest crushed by hooves. I was recently reading about 'hag riding' where a witch rides your chest whilst you sleep to crush it and though it has caused the real execution of women in the past, it is quite an evocative image or fear.
As seems to be the norm Verity Holloway has the best piece. I love her historical explorations of folklore. Here we have St Mark's Eve, where if you spend time in a churchyard you may see a procession of shadows foretelling who may die in the coming year.
Not sure if the issue felt lighter on content or if I just raced through it but Hellebore is consistently great
dark
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
informative
medium-paced