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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798409003321

Autore

Murray Robin L.

Titolo

Monstrous nature : environment and horror on the big screen / / Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, England : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8032-9490-5

0-8032-9492-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/6164

Soggetti

Horror films - History and criticism

Environmental protection and motion pictures

Nature in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Part 1. Anthropomorphism and the "big bug" movie -- Hellstrom chronicle and Beetle Queen conquers Tokyo: anthropomorphizing nature for humans -- "As beautiful as a butterfly": monstrous cockroach nature and the horror film -- Part 2. Human ecology and the horror film -- The earth bites back: vampires and the ecological roots of home -- Through an eco-lens of childhood: Roberto Rossellini's Germany year zero and Guillermo del Toro's The devil's backbone -- Part 3. Evolution and monstrous nature -- Zombie evolution: a new world with or without humans -- Laughter and the eco-horror film: the Troma solution -- Parasite evolution in the eco-horror film: when the host becomes the monster -- Gendering the cannibal: bodies and landscapes in feminist cannibal movies -- American Mary and body modification: nature and the art of change -- Conclusion: monstrous nature and the new cli-fi cinema -- Filmography.