Jesús Joaquín Palacios Trigo (born 1964) is a Spanish author, journalist and film critic.
Biography
Palacios was born in 1964 in
San Lorenzo de El Escorial
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also known as El Escorial de Arriba, is a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located to the northwest of the region in the southeastern side of the Sierra de Guadarrama, at the foot of Moun ...
, Spain. He began his career with his father Joaquin Palacios, editor of ''Antología de la poesía macabra española e hispano americana'' (Valdemar 2000), editing
fanzine
A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ''magazine'' or ''zine'') is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleas ...
s like ''Excalibur'' (1984) and ''El Grito'' (1986), focused in horror, fantastic and macabre, a field in which is today considered a cult author.
Palacios attended the prestigious
Complutense University of Madrid
The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...
, where he graduated in Journalism.
Palacios is the author of numerous books, like ''
Goremanía'', ''Satán en Hollywood. Una historia mágica del cine'', or the critically praised ''Psychokillers''.
His critics has been published by many of the main film magazines in Spanish language, like
Fotogramas
''Fotogramas'' is a Spanish digital and print film magazine which has been in circulation since 1946. It is one of the early film magazines in Spain.
History
Founded in Barcelona, it was first published on 15 November 1946 by Antonio Nadal-Rodó ...
,
Nosferatu
''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' () is a 1922 silent film, silent German Expressionism (cinema), German Expressionist vampire film directed by F. W. Murnau from a screenplay by Henrik Galeen. It stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who ...
or
CINE2000. He has collaborated with many important weekly and daily news papers like Tiempo, Tribuna,
Interviú,
Qué Leer,
El Cultural
''El Cultural'' is a Spanish weekly magazine dedicated to arts and culture. It is based in Madrid. It was a weekly supplement of '' La Razón''. It later was one of the weekly supplements of '' El Mundo'', as a part of Unidad Editorial S.A.
In ...
,
El Mundo,
La Razón,
Generación XXI, etc. He is also a frequent collaborator of many film festivals, like
Festival Internacional de Cine de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
,
Festival de Cine de Sitges
SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia () is an annual film festival held in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. It specializes in fantasy, horror and cult films. Established in 1968, the festival takes place every year, usually in ...
,
Festival de Cine de Gijón,
Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de
San Sebastián
San Sebastián, officially known by the bilingual name Donostia / San Sebastián (, ), is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. It lies on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, from the France–Spain border ...
, among others.
Palacios also has participated in many TV shows as a film critic and an expert in the macabre. One of his last projects in this media is the very popular "Inferno 13" for the Spanish network
Calle 13.
Published work
Author
* ''Goremanía'', Alberto Santos Editor, 1995
* ''Planeta Zombi'', Midons Editorial, 1996
* ''Satán en Hollywood'', Valdemar 1997
* ''Psychokillers'', Ediciones Temas de Hoy, 1998
* ''Goremanía 2'', Alberto Santos Editor, 1999
* ''Los ricos también matan'', Temas de Hoy, 2000
* ''Alégrame el día'', Espasa-Calpe, 2000
* ''Nosotros los vampiros'', Oberon, 2002
* ''La fábrica de sueños'', Espasa, 2003
* ''Desde el infierno'', Oberon, 2004
* ''Eric Jan Hanussen. La vida y los tiempos del mago de Hitler'', Oberon, 2005
* ''Juegos mortales: Katanas, mentiras y cintas de vídeo'', Espasa-Calpe, 2007.
* ''¿Qué debes saber para parecer un cinéfilo?'', Espasa-Calpe, 2008.
* ''Aleksei Balabanov'', Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón, 2009
* ''Hollywood maldito'', Valdemar 2014
Editor/Curator
* ''Cara a cara. Una mirada al cine de género italiano'', Semana negra de Gijón, 2004 (con Rubén Paniceres)
* ''Gun crazy. Serie negra se escribe con B'', T&B, 2005 (con Antonio Weinrichter)
* ''Euronoir. Serie negra con sabor europeo'', T&B, 2006
* ''Asia Noir. Serie negra al estilo oriental'', T&B, 2007 (con Roberto Cueto)
* ''Métal Hurlant y el Cine Fantástico'', Donostia Kultura, 2009
* ''La bestia en la pantalla. Aleister Crowley y el cine fantástico'', Donostia Kultura, 2010
* ''NeoNoir. Cine negro americano moderno'', T&B, 2011
Collective Work
* ''Los desarraigados en el cine español'', Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón, 1998.
* ''El Giallo italiano. La oscuridad y la sangre'', Nuer, 2001.
* ''La nueva carne. Una estética perversa del cuerpo'', Valdemar 2002.
* ''El día del niño'', Valdemar 2003.
* ''Imágenes del mal'', Valdemar 2003.
* ''Europa imaginaria. Cinco miradas sobre lo fantástico en el Viejo Continente'', Valdemar 2006.
* ''El demonio en el cine. Máscara y espectáculo'', Valdemar 2007.
* ''El cine de ciencia ficción. Explorando mundos'', Valdemar 2008.
* ''American Gothic. El cine de terror USA 1968–1980'', Donostia Kultura, 2008
* ''Las sombras del horror. Edgar Allan Poe en el cine'', Valdemar 2009.
* ''Pesadillas en la oscuridad'', Valdemar 2010.
* ''Drácula. Un monstruo sin reflejos'', Reino de Cordelia, 2012.
* ''Neoculto. El libro imprescindible sobre el cine de culto''. Calamar 2012
References
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1964 births
Living people
Spanish film critics
Complutense University of Madrid alumni