book - Film, Horror and the Body Fantastic . 00-00-1995

Linda Badley

This book details features of the Contemporary horror genre, in particular, body horror. It analyses films from this period of time and disucsses their relat...[full record]

chapter - The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror film : Trying to Survive on the Darker Side: 1980s Family Horror . 00-00-1996. pp.164-177

Tony Williams

Article analyses the 1980s horror film and its notions of the family unit. Discusses the horror series of Friday the 13th, Halloween and Nightmare on Elm str...[full record]

chapter - The Horror Reader : The Terror of Pleasure - The Contemporary horror film and postmodern theory . 00-00-2000. pp.285 - 293

Ken Gelder, Philip Brophy, Tania Modleski

This article looks at the Contemporary horror film and its postmodern aesthetic, dealing with issues such as the schizophrenic body and popular culture in re...[full record]

chapter - Why we watch, the attractions of violent entertainment : The psychology of the appeal of portrayals of violence . 00-00-1998. pp.179-211

Clark McCauley, Dolf Zillmann

Zillmann broadly questions why we are so attracted to violence in cinema, television, literature and media and expresses his astoundment that this question i...[full record]