Re-imagining Jane Austen

First published in 1813, “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen is one of the most popular novels of all times. 

The enormous popularity of the book and author has led to numerous adaptions and creative re-imaginings in recent years.

Keeping with the Halloween theme for the month, I thought I’d share two examples of spooky and strange Jane Austen inspired entertainment.

First Up – the Spooky

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Movie – “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”

Horror of all horrors, Jane Austen’s classic story “Pride and Prejudice” has been re-imagined with violent Zombie mayhem. 

The best-selling, mashup horror novel was published in 2009 and the movie is due for release in 2016.

Seth Grahame-Smith from enotes.com writes,

"Elizabeth and Darcy frequently engage in combat, both verbal and physical, with each other as well as with the zombies, only to discover that they are equally matched. Elizabeth is not just Darcy's intellectual equal, but his equal in combat."

From Aceshowbiz.com,

   

"Set in 19th-century era, the movie tells the story of a woman trying to survive in polite society amidst the attack from the undead."

Here’s the first movie trailer.

Secondly – the Strange

Video – “Jane Austen's Fight Club”

From Tom Chivers at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/,

"The spoof film trailer, Jane Austen's Fight Club, went viral (in 2010), gaining nearly 200,000 hits on YouTube in just two days.

The video shows Lizzie Bennett and other Austen characters - including Emma and the Dashwoods - setting up an underground boxing club, in manner of the cult David Fincher film Fight Club."

The video was made by Austen-fans, Emily Janice Card, Keith Paugh and Jeff Dickson.

Here’s the faux movie trailer.

In 1810 and 2012, “We were no longer ‘good society’.”

Cheers
Ashlyn