Her face, with intent eyes just touched with bistre, had in the moonlight a most strange, otherworld look. |
Faith in these dreams as a means of communication with the otherworld is very strong. |
It's an astonishing piece of work that lurks in the strange otherworld between score and sound effects – a brooding, scraping, pulsing aural undertow that perfectly accompanies the on-screen weirdness. |
Aptly named Phantasmagoria, the exhibition is a perfect fit for the autumnal season where landscapes of otherworld dimensions, ghost inhabited spaces and netherworld spectres are common recurrences. |
The idea of crossing water en route to the otherworld, which first appears in Egyptian eschatology, occurs in the eschatological topography of other religions, as was noted above. |
The state-of-the-art 3D technology draws us in, but it is the vivid weirdness of Cameron's luridly imagined tropical otherworld that keeps us fascinated. |