LEADER 04737nam 2200433 450 001 9910746070503321 005 20230929034653.0 010 $a981-9949-65-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30745842 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30745842 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928234560300041 100 $a20230929d2023 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aContemporary Horror on Screen $eAn Evolving Visual Narrative /$fSarah Baker, Amanda Rutherford, and Richard Pamatatau, editors 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.,$d[2023] 210 4$d©2023 215 $a1 online resource (233 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Baker, Sarah Contemporary Horror on Screen Singapore : Springer,c2023 9789819949649 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- References -- Part I The Environment and Climatic Apocalyptic Events as a Threat on Humanity -- 2 Panic Watching: On the Function of Consuming Fictional Pandemics During a Real Pandemic -- Outbreak/Pandemic Films and COVID-19 -- Functions of Watching Outbreak Films -- Outbreak and Contagion -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 When Corporate Biology Gets Caught up with Mother Nature: An Analysis of the Netflix Viral Horror the Rain -- References -- 4 Representations of Environmental Apocalyptic Horror in Greenland (2020) -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 From Haaa! to OOO: The New Cycle of Killer Objects: The New Cycle of Killer Objects -- The Posthuman and the Horror Genre -- Posthumanism and OOO: Brief Sketches -- The Horror Politics of OOO -- Conclusions -- References -- Part II Ritual, Rite and Curses as Horror in the Disintegration of Family and Community -- 6 Hereditary's Intergenerational Curse -- Audience Reception -- Hidden Secrets -- Family Disintegration -- Bad Mothers -- The Occult and Paimon -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Haunted Churches, Wicked Schools, Addressing Postcolonial History Through Philippine Horror -- Horror and Horror Cinema -- (Postcolonial) Gothic and Philippine Consequences -- Analysis of Seklusyon -- Analysis of Eerie -- Reflections and Conclusions -- References -- 8 A Ghost Story and Micro-Cosmic Horror: Virginia Woolf's Indifferent Fear -- References -- 9 Shifting Subjectivities: Adopting the Perspective of the Other in Mother and Get Out -- Othering in Horror -- Shifting Perspectives -- Internalising the Threat -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Pedophobiac Audiences: Mapping the Presence of the Child in Horror Cinema -- References -- 11 Good for Her -- Ready or Not's Final Girl and the Rich, Patriarchal Family as Monster. 327 $aCarol Clover's Final Girl -- Ready or Not as Slasher -- Ready or Not's Final Girl -- The Monstrous Le Domas Family -- Intergenerational Wealth -- The Patriarchal Ritual -- Marriage -- Grace as a White Final Girl -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Horrors of Political Agenda and Leadership: The Rise of Nations Against their People -- 12 The It Duology: An Integrated Analysis of Mainstream Horror in the 2010s -- IT and IT: Chapter 2 -- The Framework -- Sociohistorical Factors: The Evil Politics of Trump and Clowns -- Industrial Factors: New Line, High Concept Event Horror, and Nostalgia -- Psychological Factors: The Appeal of Evil Clowns in the Trump Era -- Conclusion -- References -- 13 Why Isn't There Anybody? Isolation and Loneliness in Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Pulse -- An Emptying Society: The Liquification of Japan in the Lost Decade -- The Liquification of Japan: Categorical Instability in the Lost Decades -- Visualising Chaos: Fear of Technological Isolation -- Dare Mo Inai: When Isolation is Channelled Through Technology -- Conclusion -- References -- 14 Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones: A Failed Movie or a Movie Failed? -- References -- 15 The Horror Film and Donald Trump: The Revenge of Minorities -- The Donald Trump Election -- The Horror Film -- Jason Blum and the Horror Film -- Horror Film and the Black Power -- Horror Movie and Girl-Power -- References. 606 $aHorror films$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aHorror films$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a791.436164 702 $aBaker$b Sarah 702 $aRutherford$b Amanda 702 $aPamatatau$b Richard 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910746070503321 996 $aContemporary Horror on Screen$93569150 997 $aUNINA