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“Do not Look… or it Takes You”: The Games of Horror Vacui
The aesthetic concept of horror vacui describes aspects of this obsession. Horror vacui is the fear of empty space that…
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The Horror Genre in Screams and the Paradigms of Cinema
Horror movies aim to rudely move us out of our complacency in the quotidian world, by way of negative emotions…
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Daughters of Darkness and the Sinful Lesbian Vampires
The return of the Vampire has not yet revived interest in a surprising phenomenon of the 1960s and early 1970s.
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The Heart of Darkness in Gothic Tropics and Island Horror
This article considers a cycle of Hollywood horror films that take place on fantastical tropical islands
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The Cinematographic Gothic World of Universal Monsters
It is fair to say that horror film after 1960 has tried to resurrect every single Gothic monster that has…
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The Horror Films Pantheon, Literature and Generations
One curious characteristic of books about horror films is that they tend to end pessimistically, either by prophesying the impending…
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Natural Existentialism and the Paradox of Art-Horror
This article explores the relationship between existentialism and the horror genre
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The Horror Body: Transgressing Beyond the Anatomy
The body being harmed, injured or mutilated is one of the most ancient fears in human nature.
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‘The Ring’ Cross-Cultural and Religious Horror Films Studies
Within the field of religion and media, the study of horror films has always been treated as a minor topic,…
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Necromancy, Witchcraft and the Occult in British Horror
Dana Andrews pursued by the fiery footprints of Professor Karswell’s demon.
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The Rise of Universal Pictures and Horror Deadful Pleasures
Universal Pictures notoriety came from the horror genre, which would consist of pictures with a sensationalistic subject matter, socially taboo…
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Seasons of the Witch and the Monstrous in the Middle Ages
Benjamin Christensen’s film ‘Häxan’ has entranced, entertained, shocked, and puzzled audiences for nearly a century.
