Horror

H.P. Lovecraft in June 1934 (Photo Lucius B. Truesdell)

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born on August 20, 1890, in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. H.P. Lovecraft’s work in the literary field started as a poet, manuscript reviewer, and journalist. In 1919, he published the short story “Dagon”, where he started developing the themes that would mark his career. For the occasion, he used a Mesopotamian deity, but in the following years, he started creating his own mythology.

Some works of H.P. Lovecraft were published posthumously, and over time rose to fame. The so-called Cthulhu Mythos, which include the works that include a pantheon of deities and various totally alien creatures, became the most important part of the author’s works. They include elements of science fiction, fantasy and horror, and ended up influencing generations of writers in those genres.

David Duchovny in 2013

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David William Duchovny was born on August 7, 1960 in New York, USA. In 1993, David Duchovny became a big hit when he started playing Special Agent Fox Mulder in the the TV show “The X-Files”. He’s also famous as the protagonist of the TV shows “Californication”, which aired between 2007 and 2014, and “Aquarius”, which aired between 2015 and 2016. Duchovny also worked as executive producer on both shows.

Ennio Morricone in 2012

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The news arrived of the death of the composer Ennio Morricone. He was hospitalized in a clinic in Rome following a fall that caused his femur’s fracture.

An encyclopedia could be written to analyze the hundreds of music pieces written by Ennio Morricone. His soundtracks, which include a wide range of styles, made the history of cinema contributing to the success of many movies of all genres. He will be remembered as one of the greatest composers in the history of cinema.

Happy birthday Lance Henriksen!

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Lance James Henriksen was born on May 5, 1940 in New York, USA. In 1970 Lance Henriksen had the opportunity to join the cast of a stage play for which he had painted the scenarios with the complication that he was illiterate. Gradually he learned to read, also thanks to the scripts of the works in which he started finding roles, in theater, television and cinema. He reached the pinnacle of fame in television when Cris Carter created the TV show “Millennium” thinking of him as the protagonist. The show ran for three seasons and he was nominated for a Golden Globe for three straight years. The show had a sort of ending in an episode of “The X-Files”.

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

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The novel “I Am Legend” by Richard Matheson was published for the first time in 1954.

Robert Neville’s days are spent looking for the vampires who live in the area around his home hiding from the sunlight to go out after sunset. He tries to find and kill as many of them as possible, knowing that at night they will come looking for him to convince him to go out, sometimes attempting an attack to break into his house.

The situation for Robert Neville is difficult because, as far as he knows, he’s the last man left on Earth after a pandemic turned everyone else into vampires. He struggles to remain lucid and all too often gets drunk to escape the despair caused by that situation. He tries to understand the origin and characteristics of vampirism hoping to improve his defenses, but he always risks making fatal mistakes.