Lit Hub Rounds Up This Week’s Most Praiseworthy New Reads
A round-up of the week's best-reviewed books, from Steinem's memoir to a dark fantasy about heaven.
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Tag: dark fantasy
TV Reviews7.7/10
Richter Belmont Returns in Castlevania: Nocturne, a Worthy Return to the Belmont Legacy
A Belmont rises against a rising vampire lord amid the French Revolution's dread turmoil, in this dark animated tale.
TV Reviews5.5/10
Spawn Review: A Hellish Ambition That Mostly Delivers
A demon rises from Hell to reclaim his soul, a tale of vengeance and sacrifice told in shadow and flame.
TV Reviews8.1/10
‘Beyond the Boundary’: A Boy Who Cannot Die and a Girl Who Kills Youmu
A boy who cannot die and a girl who kills spirits for a living meet in a dark fantasy of loneliness and violence.
TV Reviews8.2/10
Ninja Blade’s Revenge Against the Bandit Army
A grim tale of a lone warrior with silver eyes who battles demons across a haunted isle, reviewed herein.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Alice: Madness Returns Review: A Sequel That Plays Like a Diagnosis
Alice: Madness Returns review — a 2011 sequel where Victorian London hides a predator and Wonderland hides the truth. Score: 7.2 of 10.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Snow White and the Huntsman: A Gorgeous, Empty $170 Million Mood Board
A review of Snow White and the Huntsman (2012): gorgeous design, a wasted cast, and a script that treats its heroine as a symbol rather than a person.
Game Reviews8.6/10
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Review — The Middle Chapter That Mattered
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings review — how CD Projekt Red's sequel fixed combat, added traps and bombs, and built the franchise.
Movie Reviews9.8/10
Pan’s Labyrinth at 20: Del Toro’s Dark Fantasy Still Refuses to Let Magic Excuse Cruelty
Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth premiered at Cannes in 2006 with a record 22-minute ovation. Two decades on, it remains a landmark of dark fantasy.