Motions

This article explores the relationship between existentialism and the horror genre

The body being harmed, injured or mutilated is one of the most ancient fears in human nature.

Within the field of religion and media, the study of horror films has always been treated as a minor topic,…

Dana Andrews pursued by the fiery footprints of Professor Karswell’s demon.

Universal Pictures notoriety came from the horror genre, which would consist of pictures with a sensationalistic subject matter, socially taboo…

Benjamin Christensen’s film ‘Häxan’ has entranced, entertained, shocked, and puzzled audiences for nearly a century.

Starting from this awareness, this article aims at embracing, rather than fighting, the persistent tendency to disregard any manifestation of…

Scholars tend to agree on Riccardo Freda’s ‘I Vampiri’ (1957) being the first Italian horror film. Indeed, prior to Riccardo…

The persistence of these themes over the last hundred years provides evidence that our beliefs and concerns about eugenic thinking,…

British cultural horror cinema examined in this article in the ways in which violent international horror films of the 1960s,…

The Western horror genre has undergone many changes over the years, reflecting and adapting to the changes in Western society.…

Torture porn has been thematically present as a trope in the horror film since its inception in the 1930s Hollywood…