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Là-bas (The Damned)

Posted in Novel, tagged , , , , on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »

The Damned/Là-bas (1891)

Author: Joris-Karl Huysmans
Publisher: Penguin Classic
Pages: 320 pages

I had this book on my Amazon wish list for a long time even though I didn’t know much about it except for it to be about Gilles de Rais and satanism. When I visited the fascinating Gustave Moreau Museum [...]

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The Bloody Countess

Posted in History, tagged , , , , , , on January 1, 2005 | No Comments »

The Bloody Countess: The Atrocities of Erzsébet Báthory
Author: Valentine Penrose
Release Date: Sep 2000
Publisher: Creation Books
Pages: 189
Erzsébet Báthory, the beautiful 17th century Hungarian Countess who tortured and killed more than 600 girls and bathed in their blood, was not as widely known as the infamous Vlad the Impaler (immortalized as Dracula by Bram Stroker), nevertheless [...]

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Occult History of the Third Reich (1998)

Posted in Documentary, History, tagged , on October 11, 2004 | No Comments »

This documentary film attempted to examine Nazism from a different angle: the occult and mysticism. Interesting as it sounds, the production of this documentary itself is very very POOR! It’s just bunch of slap-together filler footages that has nothing to do with narrations, most of them were from the Hitler propaganda Triumph of the Will. [...]

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Celluloid Closet (1995)

Posted in Documentary, History, tagged , , on October 10, 2004 | No Comments »

Interesting eye-opening documentary on the portrayal of homosexuality in Hollywood cinema history. From the early days comedic but harmless sissy (who were all stylists, costume designers, interior designers ^^;;), to the dark days of The Hayes Code (started in late 30s) that censored all ‘dirty’ immoral stuffs according to Church, where homosexuality wasn’t allow to [...]

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A Treasury of Royal Scandals

Posted in History, tagged , on August 22, 2004 | No Comments »

A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History’s Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors (2001)
by Micheal Farquhar
This is the book I’ve always been looking for. A very enjoyable lite but informative read on the European monarchy and Popes throughout the history. What’s facisnating about the misbehaving royalties is [...]

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