"Kill those damn cats!" Nyarlathotep commanded. The machinations of cats and mad gods are beyond human understanding. Kill Those Damn Cats is a Lovecraftian anthology about the Cats of Ulthar, new stories of those furious felines' heroic adventures as well as their nefarious misdeeds. Everybody's got a story about those cats. Includes tales from young up-and-coming authors as well as Cthulhu Mythos veterans. "Wilful Creatures" by DJ Tyrer "Nix's Night About Town" by Nicholas Diak "The Daughters of Bastet" by James Pratt "Dot" by Mark P. Steele "A Story for the Zoogs" by William J. Wallace "Rise, Cats, Rise" by S. L. Kerns "The Dark Thicket" by Jason Scott Aiken "The Uninvited Guest" by Rohit Sawant "In These Dark Woods" by J. M. Heluk "The Law of Unintended Consequences" by Kevin Wetmore "Thimble Hearts and Tamarind Eyes" by Kris Dikeman "Jangling the Silver Keys" by Khurt Khave The First United Church of Cthulhu is the only real and legally recognized nonprofit religious organization whose faith is based on the Cthulhu Mythos and the visions of our mad prophet H. P. Lovecraft. Find the church at FUCC.IT

Antonio Margheriti is an Italian film director who has not been the recipient of much academic or critical reassessment. Despite being a director for forty years, single handedly creating Italy's sci-fi genre, and being the first Italian director to make films critical of the Vietnam War, his contributions to Italian film canon are unrecognized. This thesis attempts to remedy this by examining one of his films, Castle of Blood, in order to set the foundation for future academic work on reassessing not only Antonio Margheriti, but other Italian genre directors as well. This thesis uses the vernacular film theory instead of the traditional auteur theory when analyzing Margheriti and Castle of Blood. The conclusions drawn from the thesis is that Castle of Blood is an important film in bridging the sexuality gap in Italy during the 1960s, despite a period of influence from the Christian Democratic Party who regulated much of the cinema. The effects of Castle of Blood of challenging sexual notions in Italian film cement Margheriti as an important director and worthy of additional reconsideration.