Horror after 9/11: World of Fear, Cinema of Terror

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The range of topics discussed, whilst not as comprehensive as it could have been, is nonetheless indicative of the diversity of horror in the last decade. Both compare footage of the attacks with genre-inflected allegories of the same events.

Without going so far as to claim United 93 is either outright horror or pornography, she does demonstrate how it shares in the physical affectiveness of those genres. She progresses to a consideration of how identification is established in the film, reflecting on the varying reactions to the figuration of the terrorist as either too individualized or too little.

Jigsaw, the villain, can be read as a coded version of Islamic extremity in his unshakable belief system and as a representation of the self-righteousness of the American military machine.

Steffen Hantke examines the right-wing idealization of I Am Legend, arguing that it is part of a return to a Cold War siege-mentality in both film and social life. The hillbilly, she points out, is a paradoxical figure, both essentially American and horrifically other. Their wildness and incivility reveals, by contrast, the limits of freedom actually available to the contemporary American citizen. Travis Sutton and Harry M.

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Benshoff discuss the Twilight franchise as an idealization of Mormon family values. It is indeed curious that in a collection dedicated to a decade of religiously oriented tension, this should be the only essay exploring the religious overtones of recent horror films. The essay sheds new light on the Twilight phenomenon, but suffers from a lack of distinction between the textual and cinematic versions. This absorbing final section is somewhat let down by Sam J.

Miller poses two interesting questions: However, the essay rapidly descends into strident polemic, bemoaning the laxity that has resulted from homosexual assimilation. The essays are original and avoid the bland interpretation of monsters as terrorists. On reflection, there appears to be only one notable omission: Some essays hint at this, Catherine Zimmer and Homay King in particular, but more could be done on this subject. Physical Description vi, p.

University of Texas Press, Language English View all editions Prev Next edition 2 of 3. Subjects Horror films -- History and criticism. Terror in motion pictures. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, -- Influence. Black screens, lost bodies: Rob Zombie, George W.

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