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Screams on Screens: Paradigms of Horror
Screams on Screens: Paradigms of Horror Barry Keith Grant Brock University [email protected] Abstract This paper offers a broad historical overview of the ideology and cultural roots of horror films. The genre of horror has been an important part of film history from the beginning and has never fallen from public popularity. It has also been a staple category of multiple national cinemas, and benefits from a most extensive network of extra-cinematic institutions. Horror movies aim to rudely move us out of our complacency in the quotidian world, by way of negative emotions such as horror, fear, suspense, terror, and disgust. To do so, horror addresses fears that are both universally taboo and that also respond to historically and culturally specific anxieties. The ideology of horror has shifted historically according to contemporaneous cultural anxieties, including the fear of repressed animal desires, sexual difference, nuclear warfare and mass annihilation, lurking madness and violence hiding underneath the quotidian, and bodily decay. But whatever the particular fears exploited by particular horror films, they provide viewers with vicarious but controlled thrills, and thus offer a release, a catharsis, of our collective and individual fears. Author Keywords Genre; taboo; ideology; mythology. Introduction Insofar as both film and videogames are visual forms that unfold in time, there is no question that the latter take their primary inspiration from the former. In what follows, I will focus on horror films rather than games, with the aim of introducing video game scholars and gamers to the rich history of the genre in the cinema. I will touch on several issues central to horror and, I hope, will suggest some connections to videogames as well as hints for further reflection on some of their points of convergence. -
Canonical Monstrosity, the Romero Zombie, and the Political Subject
City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects 10-2014 Civilization of the Living Dead: Canonical Monstrosity, the Romero Zombie, and the Political Subject Nicholas Walter Robbins Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/468 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] CIVILIZATION OF THE LIVING DEAD: CANONICAL MONSTROSITY, THE ROMERO ZOMBIE, AND THE POLITICAL SUBJECT by NICHOLAS W. ROBBINS A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Political Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York 2014 ii © 2014 NICHOLAS W. ROBBINS All Right Reserved iii This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Political Science in satisfaction of the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Corey Robin _______________ ________________________________________ Date Chair of Examining Committee Alyson Cole _______________ ________________________________________ Date Excecutive Officer Corey Robin Alyson Cole Joe Rollins Supervisory Committee THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iv Abstract CIVILIZATION OF THE LIVING DEAD: CANONICAL MONSTROSITY, THE ROMERO ZOMBIE, AND THE POLITICAL SUBJECT by Nicholas W. Robbins Advisor: Professor Corey Robin This dissertation analyzes the canonical monsters of Western political theory, including Plato’s wolf-man, Hobbes’s Leviathan and Tocqueville’s mechanical mass. It argues that monster theorists – including horror film director George A. -
What Is “Horror”? 8 Slashers & Serial Killers 20 Cannibals, Freaks & Hillbillies 54 Revenge of Nature & 80
What is “Horror”? 8 Slashers & Serial Killers 20 Science-Fiction-Horror 96 The Living Dead 126 Introduction The Abominable Dr. Phibes / Deep Red / Alien / Aliens / Altered States / The Androm- 28 Days Later… / Bowery at Midnight / Dressed to Kill / Friday the 13th / Halloween / eda Strain / The Devil Commands / Eyes The Brain that Wouldn’t Die / Braindead / M / Man Bites Dog / Peeping Tom / Psycho / without a Face / The Fly / Goke, Body Snatcher Bride of Frankenstein / The Curse of Scream / The Silence of the Lambs / The from Hell / Invaders from Mars / Invasion of Frankenstein / Day of the Dead / Flesh for Stepfather / The Vanishing the Body Snatchers / The Invisible Man / The Frankenstein / Frankenhooker / Frankenstein / Invisible Man Returns / Island of Lost Souls / The Golem / The Mummy / Night of the Living Naked Lunch / Planet of the Vampires / Dead / Pet Sematary Pumpkinhead / Shivers / Tetsuo: The Iron Man / They Live / The Thing from Another World / Videodrome / The Village of the Damned Cannibals, Freaks & Hillbillies 54 Revenge of Nature & 80 Ghosts & Haunted Houses 150 Possession, Demons 166 Basket Case / Blood Feast / The Cabinet of Environmental Horror The Cat and the Canary / A Chinese Ghost & Tricksters Dr. Caligari / Cannibal Holocaust / Deliverance / The Alligator People / Creature from the Black Story / Don’t Look Now / The Haunting / The The Bad Seed / Candyman / The Exorcist / Eraserhead / Freaks / The Hills Have Eyes / Lagoon / Eight Legged Freaks / Environmental Innocents / Kill, Baby… Kill / Kwaidan / Lady Exorcist II: The Heretic / Faust / Häxan: House of 1000 Corpses / It’s Alive / The Last Horror / Godzilla / Gremlins / The Innocent and in White / The Old Dark House / Poltergeist Witchcraft through the Ages / Hellbound: House on the Left / The Phantom of the the Beast / Jaws / King Kong / Phase / Hellraiser 2 / Dr. -
An Exhumation of Transness in Horror Cinema
Lawrence University Lux Lawrence University Honors Projects 7-2020 Werewomen: An Exhumation of Transness in Horror Cinema Sam Miller Follow this and additional works at: https://lux.lawrence.edu/luhp Part of the Film and Media Studies Commons © Copyright is owned by the author of this document. This Honors Project is brought to you for free and open access by Lux. It has been accepted for inclusion in Lawrence University Honors Projects by an authorized administrator of Lux. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Werewomen: An Exhumation of Transness in Horror Cinema Sam Miller 1 INTRODUCTION: GINGER SNAPS The original idea for this paper occurred because I watched a film titled Ginger Snaps (John Fawcett, 2000). I related to it (or rather, to the figure of the werewolf within it) to an almost uncomfortable degree. This was not something I had expected at the outset. Ginger Snaps is a modestly budgeted Canadian horror film about a teenage girl who is bitten by, and subsequently transforms into, a werewolf—nothing about it pre-viewing struck me as potentially profound or paper-inspiring. And, to be fair, it was not the narrative of the movie that struck me or even any specific technical element of the film. Instead, it was one minor, seemingly insignificant scene. The scene in question finds the protagonist of the film, Ginger, discovering that she has begun growing a tail. Embarrassed by this new bodily development, Ginger tucks and tapes her tail between her legs before getting dressed and going to school. I assume that, for many people, this extremely brief scene whizzes by without much thought—a mere vignette in the life of a Canadian teenager becoming a werewolf—but this scene did something else for me: it found a way to depict something that I experience daily and yet never see depicted onscreen— to be explicit: tucking, the practice of hiding of one’s penis and testicles so that they are not visible through tight clothing. -
Grant Details Event Details Impact
The ANU Gender Institute Grant Report: Russell Smith 2018 Grant details I was involved in organizing an international conference to mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The conference, Frankenstein 2018: Two Hundred Years of Monsters, took place at the National Film and Sound Archive from 12-15 September 2018, with the generous support of the Humanities Research Centre; the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics in CASS; and the ANU Gender Institute. One of our four main themes of the conference was gender, sexuality, reproduction and the work of care’. We sought funding from the ANU Gender Institute to support travel for a keynote speaker we had invited to address this theme, Prof. Julie Carlson, of the English Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Event details Prof. Julie Carlson received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1985, and is the author of England's First Family of Writers: Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary Shelley, In the Theatre of Romanticism: Coleridge, Nationalism, Women; guest editor of Domestic/Tragedy (South Atlantic Quarterly) and various articles on romantic drama and theatre. Her keynote lecture was titled “Just Friends”: Frankenstein and the Friend to Come? It began with a finely-grained analysis of the use of the word ‘friend’ in Frankenstein, mapping these readings against an illuminating exposition of the contemporary meanings of this term in Romantic era discourse, in particular the political significance of the term in radical politics and philosophy (‘friends of liberty’, etc.). Noting how Frankenstein’s monster has frequently been read as a spokesperson for marginalized and oppressed populations, she read the monster’s refusal of the discourse of friendship against the radical black critique of the rhetoric of friendship in US political rhetoric. -
Horrorhound.Com MOVIE NEWS; 30 Days of Night, Resident Evil 3, DVD NEWS: Halloween, Etc
Winter 2007/2008 $6.95 A 25 Year BetrespectlMe BE A MONSTER! • MAKE A MONSTER! • ENLIST & UPLOAD! m MONSTERSTV.COM TO ENTER! WINTER 2007/08iiitineiR- www.horrorhound.com MOVIE NEWS; 30 Days of Night, Resident Evil 3, DVD NEWS: Halloween, etc. Featuring Grlndhouse, Tales from the Crypt, ' etc. SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON Coverage TOY NEWS: 30 Days of Night, Child's Play, Saw, Hezco Toys, etc. MUSICIANS in Horror! HALLOWEEN III Pull-Out Poster! HALLOWEEN III A HorrorHound Retrospective The History of HORROR ROCK COMIC BOOKS: Strangeland, Bump, of Army Darkness, Artist Spotlight: ON THE COVER: 30 Days of Nights makes Vampires scary again! Chucky, etc. MONTE WARD THIS ISSUE: The San Diego Comic-Con is the biggest geek- Horror’s fest of the year, and "horror geeks” luckily receive as much news and Hallowed suiprises from this annual event as anyone else: from revelations of Grounds: upcoming films to new comic announcements and video game titles. Halloween GOREHOUND; The most significant news from this year’s event is the onslaught of new action figure and collectibles due in stores over the next several Wizard of Gore months! Mezco Toys continues their line of “Cinema of Fear’ action fig- FANtasoi; ures with new additions: Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre Fan Art, Freddy 2, (based on his first film appearance) and Jason Voorhees Collector's from Frfc/ay fhe 13th Parts. On top of this. Gentle Giant has announced Spotlight Serial Killers: 2, a number of resin products from ‘Chainsaw ' 30 Days of Night and a RICHARD SPECK number of other horror comic titles! Check out page 21 for all the infor- mation concerning these announcements and many more! ROADKILL: Movie news this issue features our cover story; 30 Days of Night, HorrorHound in which we speak with Sam Raimi (producer), Josh Hartnett (star), Weekend November Steve Niles (creator) and David Slade (director): see page 8. -
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La Actriz Itziar Castro Se Convierte En La Novia De Frankenstein En El
ITZIAR CASTRO ANTZEZLEA DA FRANKENSTEINEN NESKA-LAGUNA 2018 BELDURREZKO ASTEAREN KARTELEAN Mary Shelleyk sortutako pertsonaiari eskainitako ziklo bat eta David Ajaren eta Sandra Arteagaren erakusketak aurtengo programazioan Itziar Castro da urriaren 27tik azaroaren 2ra arte izango den Donostiako Fantasiazko eta Beldurrezko 29. Zinemaren Astearen kartelaren protagonista. Hala, Frankenstein munstroaren neska-lagun bihurtu da, 1935ean Universal ekoiztetxeak sortutako pertsonaia jatorrizko filmaren jarraipenean: Bride of Frankenstein (1935), aurrenekoa bezala James Whalek zuzendua. 2018an betetzen dira 200 urte Mary Wollstonecraft Shelleyren Frankenstein edo Prometeo modernoa nobela argitaratu zenetik, bi urte lehenago behin baino gehiagotan zinean eta literaturan birsortu izandako Villa Diodati etxeko gaueko elkarraldi famatuan zirriborratua. Hala, kartelarekin eta atzera begirako ziklo batekin egin nahi izan dio omenaldi Asteak beldurraren mito horri. Pelikulan Elsa Lanchesterrek antzeztutako pertsonaia da kartelean Itziar Castro; Frankenstein doktoreak sortutako laguna, Boris Karloffek hezurmamitutako izakiarentzat. Pedro Usabiaga argazkilariak egin du argazkia Añarbeko Uren Hondakin Uren Ponpaketa Estazioan, Saguesen. 1977an Bartzelonan jaioa, Itziar Castro aurkezle, antzezle eta abeslariak zenbait antzerki ikuskizunetan parte hartu izan du ‒Ball de titelles, Taboo edo Pals, besteak beste‒ baita telesailetan ere ‒Vis a vis (2018)‒. Joan den urtean protagonista izan zen Astean proiektatutako Pintó & Caye-ren Matar a Dios (2017) filmean, -
Frankenstein (1931): Teoria Da Eugenia E a Representação Da Figura Do Monstro
FRANKENSTEIN (1931): TEORIA DA EUGENIA E A REPRESENTAÇÃO DA FIGURA DO MONSTRO DE SOUZA, Paula Tainar. PPGH-FCL UNESP/Assis-SP RESUMO Esta proposta de pesquisa tem como objetivo central analisar historicamente o filme Frankenstein (1931), a fim de compreender a influência da teoria da eugenia na personagem do Monstro. Adaptado do romance Frankenstein, da Mary Shelley – um clássico do Romantismo produzido no século XIX – e dirigido por James Whale, o filme foi produzido pela Universal Studios. O século XIX foi marcado por investigações biométricas, além da tentativa de legitimação científica da teoria racial, diretamente relacionada com a teoria da eugenia. Apesar disso, nota-se a ausência dessa teoria no romance de Shelley, ao passo que no filme é a justificativa principal do comportamento desviante do Monstro, o que pode sugerir que, no contexto de adaptação da película no século XX, as ideias raciais do século XIX ainda exerciam influência. Assim, é o intento da pesquisa analisar Frankenstein (1931) como fonte histórica, para compreender a presença da teoria racial que buscava se propagar e legitimar também através do cinema, bem como a representação da figura do monstro e sua relação com o contexto no qual está inserido. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Cinema; Whale; Literatura; Shelley; Teoria racial. ABSTRACT This research proposal has the central objective of historically analyzing the film Frankenstein (1931), in order to understand the influence of eugenics theory on the Monster’s character. Adapted from Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein – a classic of Romanticism produced in the 19th century – and directed by James Whale, the film was produted by Universal Studios. -
Meiermovies Feature Films by Year
MeierMovies Feature Films by Year 2021 – 19 The Eyes of Tammy Faye – 4 Tiny Tim: King for a Day – 3 ¾ Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Television Event Stillwater – 3 ½ The Lost Leonardo Supernova – 3 ¼ The Courier Les Nôtres (Our Own) FL – 3 CODA – 2 ¾ Mandibules (Mandibles) FL Lily Topples the World ↑THUMBS UP ↓THUMBS DOWN Val – 2 ½ The Little Things – 2 ¼ Lorelei – 2 The Card Counter – 1 ¾ Old – 1 ½ The Catch – 1 ¼ Prisoners of the Ghostland – ½ 2020 – 75 The Father – 4 ½ Minari FL – 4 ¼ Wanda, Mein Wunder (My Wonderful Wanda) FL – 4 The Trial of the Chicago 7 Waiting for the Barbarians Boys State My Octopus Teacher Gunda – 3 ¾ Nomadland * Soul The Way Back Some Kind of Heaven Desert One Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – 3 ½ The Quarry Sound of Metal Mogul Mowgli Ammonite Jimmy Carter: Rock ‘n’ Roll President Those Who Remained FL – 3 ¼ First Cow One Night in Miami News of the World Spaceship Earth The Invisible Man John Lewis: Good Trouble Summerland Click back to home page of MeierMovies.com The Lodge I’m Your Woman The Last Vermeer (a.k.a. Lyrebird) – 3 The Midnight Sky The Perfect Candidate FL Asia FL The Trip to Greece TV Relic Aulcie The Truffle Hunters FL Born Into the Gig Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly’s Big Picture Tesla – 2 ¾ The Crossing FL Hillbilly Elegy Fandango at the Wall FL Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles Over the Moon ↑THUMBS UP ↓THUMBS DOWN The Nest – 2 ½ Blackbird Undine FL – 2 ¼ On the Rocks True History of the Kelly Gang The Dark and the Wicked Mulan Onward Possessor – 2 Tenet The Turning Mank Wendy The Assistant Promising Young Woman I’m Thinking of Ending Things – 1 ¾ How to Build a Girl The Hunt Shiva Baby The Personal History of David Copperfield Greed – 1 ½ Palm Springs The Prom Unhinged The Wretched – 1 ¼ Shithouse Bad Hair – 1 Like a Boss – ½ The Climate of the Hunter Your Iron Lady FL Note: COVID-19 forced many films this year to cancel their theatrical and/or festival releases and opt instead for releases via Web (streaming), TV and/or DVD/Blu-ray. -
13 Films and Cocktails of Halloween” THROUGHOUT OCTOBER
Media Contact: Valerie Cisneros [email protected] 407-629-1088 x302 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ENZIAN PRESENTS “13 Films and Cocktails of Halloween” THROUGHOUT OCTOBER Orlando, FL (September 26, 2018) – Enzian is showcasing a series of scary movies and events so you can celebrate Halloween all month long. The lineup features programs for all ages and includes a free outdoor screening, parties, midnight films, and cult classics. Eden Bar will also be featuring 13 Cocktails of Halloween available all October, as well as hosting a free Halloween party on October 27th. Matthew Curtis, Programming Director of Enzian, remarked, “This year’s incredible lineup for ‘13 Films of Halloween’ at Enzian could not be more fun! With legendary horror films and iconic cult classics spanning 90 years of spooky cinema (1922 – 2012), audiences will be able to see everything from a gorgeous new restoration of F.W. Murnau’s original NOSFERATU to Tim Burton’s magnificent stop- motion animated FRANKENWEENIE. A who’s who of great horror film directors will be represented, including George A. Romero, Stuart Gordon, Frank Henenlotter, John Carpenter, and Wes Craven, not to mention a tribute to the late Margot Kidder with a screening of Brian De Palma’s chilling SISTERS from 1972, and a rare 35mm print of 1958’s HORROR OF DRACULA starring the immortal Christopher Lee.” Operations Manager, Veronica Jaramillo, added, “Each year, Eden Bar comes up with the most innovative and delicious cocktail recipes to help make our 13 Films of Halloween lineup a fun and interactive experience all month long!” High-resolution photos of the 13 Cocktails of Halloween can be found here, and credit must be given to Enzian Theater, Eden Bar, and Isacc Yi Photography. -
Meiermovies Feature Films by Star Rating
MeierMovies Feature Films by Star Rating 5 stars (masterpieces) Oscars Noms Cinema Year Director Writer AFI 100 1. Gone with the Wind * $1 8 (11) ~ 13 (16) 5 1939 Selznick/Fleming/Cukor Howard/Hecht/Zelznick 4 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1 4 3 1968 Stanley Kubrick Kubrick/A. Clarke 22 3. Psycho 0 4 3 1960 Alfred Hitchcock Joseph Stefano 18 4. The Sting * 7 10 3 1973 George Roy Hill David Ward 5. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest * 5 9 2 1975 Milos Forman Goldman/Hauben 20 6. The Godfather * 3 9 1 1972 Francis Ford Coppola M. Puzo/Coppola 3 7. Once Upon a Time in the West (165-min version) 0 0 1 1968/69 Sergio Leone S. Donati/Leone 8. The Graduate 1 6 5 1967 Mike Nichols Willingham/Henry 7 9. The Third Man 2 2 1 1949 Carol Reed Graham Greene 57 10. On the Waterfront * 8 12 2 1954 Elia Kazan Johnson/Schulberg 8 11. Modern Times SlWS 0 0 1 1936 Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin 81 12. The Godfather, Part II * 6 11 1 1974 Francis Ford Coppola M. Puzo/Coppola 32 13. Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) FL 0 0 1 1945 Marcel Carné Jacques Prevert 14. Wuthering Heights 1 8 1939 William Wyler MacArthur/Hecht 73 15. East of Eden 1 4 1955 Elia Kazan Osborn/Steinbeck 16. Pinocchio 1 2 1940 W. Disney/Sharpsteen/Luske Battaglia/Cottrell 17. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 3 (4) 6 17 1988 Robert Zemeckis/R. Williams J. Price/P.