If, like me, you grew up in the 90s, it's more than likely you watched Moomin, the Japanese-Finnish-Dutch animation television series, also known as 'Moominvalley,' 'Tales from Moominvalley,' and 'Adventures from Moominvalley.' And it's likely you had a favourite character. My favourite happened to be the Groke. Up until a few years ago, my knowledge… Continue reading The Kid Who Loved The Dark – The Groke
I've been re-watching the scenes from the 1978 film Watership Down which feature the Black Rabbit of Inlé. (You can find them buried at the bottom of this post if you'd like to watch them too.) I wanted to find out if they still brought about the same feelings of foreboding as those I found… Continue reading The Kid Who Loved The Dark – The Black Rabbit Of Inlé
I adored the movie Willow as a kid. We had it on VHS. As with most of the films we owned back in the day, it had been recorded off the TV. I can even remember WILLOW scrawled (by my Dad) on the VHS sticker in red marker pen. I don't know how many times… Continue reading The Kid Who Loved The Dark – The Death Dogs From Willow
You will probably be aware by now that I'm quite taken with Norway. I talk about it whenever the opportunity arises. (It's only going to get worse folks, just so you know.) Though I don't think I've talked about how, when I was little, Roald Dahl helped fuel my obsession for everything Norsk. I was… Continue reading The Kid Who Loved The Dark – Erica From The Witches
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 