The naked and the undead : evil and the appeal of horror /

Horror is often dismissed as mass art or lowbrow entertainment that produces only short-term thrills. Horror films can be bloody, gory, and disturbing, so some people argue that they have bad moral effects, inciting viewers to imitate cinematic violence or desensitizing them to atrocities. In The Na...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freeland, Cynthia A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.
Colección:Thinking through cinema.
Temas:
Horror films > History and criticism.
Good and evil in motion pictures.
Films d'horreur > Histoire et critique.
Mal au cinéma.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
Horror films.
Griezelfilms.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Evil in Horror Films
  • A Feminist Framework
  • pt. 1. Mad Scientists and Monstrous Mothers. 1. Dr. Frankenstein's Progeny. 2. Women and Bugs. 3. Monstrous Flesh
  • pt. 2. From Vampires to Slashers. 4. Seductive Vampires. 5. The Slasher's Blood Lust. 6. Feminist Slashers?
  • pt. 3. Sublime Spectacles of Disaster. 7. Uncanny Horror. 8. Graphic Horror. Epilogue: The Appeal of Horror.

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