The naked and the undead :: evil and the appeal of horror /
Horror is often dismissed as mass art or lowbrow entertainment that produces only short-term thrills. Horror films can be bloody, gory, and disturbing, so some people argue that they have bad moral effects, inciting viewers to imitate cinematic violence or desensitizing them to atrocities. In The Na...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Horror is often dismissed as mass art or lowbrow entertainment that produces only short-term thrills. Horror films can be bloody, gory, and disturbing, so some people argue that they have bad moral effects, inciting viewers to imitate cinematic violence or desensitizing them to atrocities. In The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror, Cynthia A. Freeland seeks to counter both aesthetic disdain and moral condemnation by focusing on a select body of important and revealing films, demonstrating how the genre is capable of deep philosophical reflection about the existence and nature of evil'both human and cosmic. In exploring these films, the author argues against a purely psychoanalytic approach and opts for both feminist and philosophical understandings. She looks at what it is in these movies that serves to elicit specific reactions in viewers and why such responses as fear and disgust are ultimately pleasurable. The author is particularly interested in showing how gender figures into screen presentations of evil. The book is divided into three sections: Mad Scientists and Monstrous Mothers, which looks into the implications of male, rationalistic, scientific technology gone awry; The Vampire's Seduction, which explores the attraction of evil and the human ability (or inability) to distinguish active from passive, subject from object, and virtue from vice; and Sublime Spectacles of Disaster, which examines the human fascination with horror spectacle. This section concludes with a chapter on graphic horror films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Written for both students and film enthusiasts, the book examines a wide array of films including: The Silence of the Lambs, Repulsion, Frankenstein, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Alien, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Interview with the Vampire, Frenzy, The Shining, Eraserhead, Hellraiser, and many others. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) : illustrations |
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| Bibliographie: | Filmography: pages 301-302. Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index. |
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| spelling | Freeland, Cynthia A. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94085114 The naked and the undead : evil and the appeal of horror / Cynthia A. Freeland. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000. 1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Thinking through cinema Filmography: pages 301-302. Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index. Introduction: Evil in Horror Films -- A Feminist Framework -- pt. 1. Mad Scientists and Monstrous Mothers. 1. Dr. Frankenstein's Progeny. 2. Women and Bugs. 3. Monstrous Flesh -- pt. 2. From Vampires to Slashers. 4. Seductive Vampires. 5. The Slasher's Blood Lust. 6. Feminist Slashers? -- pt. 3. Sublime Spectacles of Disaster. 7. Uncanny Horror. 8. Graphic Horror. Epilogue: The Appeal of Horror. Print version record. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Horror is often dismissed as mass art or lowbrow entertainment that produces only short-term thrills. Horror films can be bloody, gory, and disturbing, so some people argue that they have bad moral effects, inciting viewers to imitate cinematic violence or desensitizing them to atrocities. In The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror, Cynthia A. Freeland seeks to counter both aesthetic disdain and moral condemnation by focusing on a select body of important and revealing films, demonstrating how the genre is capable of deep philosophical reflection about the existence and nature of evil'both human and cosmic. In exploring these films, the author argues against a purely psychoanalytic approach and opts for both feminist and philosophical understandings. She looks at what it is in these movies that serves to elicit specific reactions in viewers and why such responses as fear and disgust are ultimately pleasurable. The author is particularly interested in showing how gender figures into screen presentations of evil. The book is divided into three sections: Mad Scientists and Monstrous Mothers, which looks into the implications of male, rationalistic, scientific technology gone awry; The Vampire's Seduction, which explores the attraction of evil and the human ability (or inability) to distinguish active from passive, subject from object, and virtue from vice; and Sublime Spectacles of Disaster, which examines the human fascination with horror spectacle. This section concludes with a chapter on graphic horror films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Written for both students and film enthusiasts, the book examines a wide array of films including: The Silence of the Lambs, Repulsion, Frankenstein, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Alien, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Interview with the Vampire, Frenzy, The Shining, Eraserhead, Hellraiser, and many others. Horror films History and criticism. Good and evil in motion pictures. Films d'horreur Histoire et critique. Mal au cinéma. PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video Reference. bisacsh Good and evil in motion pictures fast Horror films fast Griezelfilms. gtt Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast has work: The naked and the undead (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGWyhhCchKB9d888cx3GH3 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Freeland, Cynthia A. Naked and the undead. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000 0813367026 9780813367026 (DLC) 99035593 (OCoLC)41488892 Thinking through cinema. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99013542 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=538872 Volltext FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=200705 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Freeland, Cynthia A. The naked and the undead : evil and the appeal of horror / Thinking through cinema. Introduction: Evil in Horror Films -- A Feminist Framework -- Mad Scientists and Monstrous Mothers. Dr. Frankenstein's Progeny. Women and Bugs. Monstrous Flesh -- From Vampires to Slashers. Seductive Vampires. The Slasher's Blood Lust. Feminist Slashers? -- Sublime Spectacles of Disaster. Uncanny Horror. Graphic Horror. Epilogue: The Appeal of Horror. Horror films History and criticism. Good and evil in motion pictures. Films d'horreur Histoire et critique. Mal au cinéma. PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video Reference. bisacsh Good and evil in motion pictures fast Horror films fast Griezelfilms. gtt |
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