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Vol. 68 No. 1 (2025): Horror Culture (Early View)
Published: 2025-04-25

Issue Theme — Articles

  • Ideology Beyond the Gates of Hell. The Political Significance of Yōkai in Kaneto Shindō’s Films — "Onibaba" (1964) and "Kuroneko" (1968)

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26485/ZRL/2025/68.1/2
    Maciej Krauze
  • Terminological and Genological Notes on Weird Fiction and Horror

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26485/ZRL/2025/68.1/5
    Kajetan Poniatyszyn
  • Dracula Meets the Music Video

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26485/ZRL/2025/68.1/9
    Tomasz Fisiak
  • Echoes of Evil: Haunted Houses and Lingering Terrors in "The Amityville Horror" and "The Conjuring"

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26485/ZRL/2025/68.1/6
    Julia Seltnerajch
  • A Milestone in the Field of Dracula Studies: Elizabeth Miller and the Perception of History in Bram Stoker’s Vampire Novel

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26485/ZRL/2025/68.1/11
    Marius-Mircea Crișan

Issue Theme — Reviews

Issue Theme — Miscellanea

  • The first Polish translation of Bram Stoker’s short story "Gibbet Hill"

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26485/ZRL/2025/68.1/4
    Nina Anna Trzaska

Main Section — Reviews

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