Contemporary Gothic and Horror Film: Transnational Perspectives

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This book looks at contemporary Gothic cinema within a transnational approach. With a focus on the aesthetic and philosophical roots which lie at the heart of the Gothic, the study invokes its literary as well as filmic forebears by exploring how these styles informed strands of the modern filmic Gothic: the ghost narrative, folk horror, the vampire movie, cosmic horror and, finally, the zombie film. In recent years, the concept of transnationalism has ‘trans’-cended its original boundaries, perhaps excessively in the minds of some. Originally defined in the wake of the rise of globalisation in the 1990s, as a way to study cinema beyond national boundaries, where the look and the story of a film reflected the input of more than one nation, or region, or culture. It was considered too confining to study national cinemas in an age of internationalization, witnessing the fusions of cultures, and post-colonialism, exile and diasporas. The concept allows us to appreciate the broader range of forces from a wider international perspective while at the same time also engaging with concepts of nationalism, identity and an acknowledgement of cinema itself. Cover Front Matter Half-title Title page Copyright information Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 The Gothic Tradition Illuminated on Screen I II III lV Chapter 2 Grief Encounters: Ghost Narratives I II III IV VI VII Chapter 3 Folk in Hell: Rurality in Transition I II III IV V VI VII Chapter 4 Vampire Gothic as Post-Exotic Gloom I II III IV V VI Chapter 5 Shock and Awe: Cosmic Horror as Existential Crisis I II III IV V VI VII Chapter 6 De-Composmolitanism: Zombie Horror as Apocalypse I II III IV V VI VI CODA End Matter Bibliography Texts: Film Texts: Literature Criticism: Books Criticism: Articles/Chapters Websites Aubert, Robin. Interview. Bradshaw, Peter. Guardian Review. Carpenter, John. Interview. Chantal Guy. Article. Chan-wook, Park. Interview by Mekado Murphy. Dabney Tyler Waring. Article. Ifeanye, K. C. Article. Jung Bum-shik. Interview. Keegan, Rebecca. Interview. Vanity Fair, September 2017. Kent, Jennifer. Interview. Lim, Denis. Article. Lopez, Issa. Interview. Moore, Alan. Interview. Myer, So. Article. Newman, Kim. Article. Ogwang, Lydia. Article. Rayns, Tony. Review. Train to Busan. Sight and Sound, 7 October 2016. Siede, Caroline. Article. Sontag, Susan. Article. Vilek Foundation. Interview. Watercutter, Anna. Article. Index