Cinema
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The Cognitive and Philosophical Approaches to Horror Films
Philosophical work on horror has been predominantly focused on horror films, though little of what has been written on horror…
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Introduction to Australian Research in Horror Cinema Studies
This study explores the rise of contemporary Australian horror cinema production: emerging production and distribution models; the films produced; and…
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Introduction to Tim Burton’s Advancement of Dark Gothic Art
Gothic films were more about connections, the environment and how the overall look and to feel connected to an emotion,…
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The Gothic Eruption as Culture, Subculture, Counterculture
This article explores the relationship between the eruptions of the abnormal which are a key part of the Gothic genre…
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Gothic Horror Films, Hauntings, Dark Spaces and Specters
A consideration of the film trajectories taken by Gothic cinema, including an overview of some of the most influential films…
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“Madmen Know Nothing!” The Gothic Transgression and Madness
The haunting, and the ghosts themselves, which in gothic texts are often portrayed in a manner that creates mystery and…
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‘Night of the Living Dead’: Re-evaluating the Undead Classic
The release in 2004 of Zack Snyder’s remake of George A. Romero’s ‘Dawn of the Dead’ (1978) attests to the…
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Fictionalisations of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in Film
While there are many studies of specific adaptations of Shelley, very few have focused on the overall impression her fictional…
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Realistic Horror: Film Noir and the 1940s Horror Cycle
While the thriller and the horror film are commonly seen as quite separate categories today, they were virtually indistinguishable terms…
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Through Gore Generations and the Horrific Cult Films
One curious characteristic of books about horror films is that they tend to end pessimistically, either by prophesying the impending…
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Gothic Horror Film Trajectories, from 1960 to Present
A consideration of the filmic trajectories taken by Gothic cinema since Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ (1960), including an overview of some of…
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Love Your Zombie in Horror, Ethics, Excess and Paradise
Love your zombie is not an injunction to find some good-looking walking corpse and form a deep emotional and physical…









