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MYSTERY IN TECHNO-HORROR. ON THE EXAMPLE OF KAIRO (2001) BY KIYOSHI KUROSAWA

Litteraria Copernicana, 2014
In my paper I focused on the concept of horror cinema, and on how Japanese horror films functions in reception by a modern viewer. I also try to analyse interrelations between American and Japanese horror movies. I refer to the Kairo as the evidence of a
Małgorzata Major
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Hispanic horror: An introduction [PDF]

, 2019
First paragraph: This issue of Horror Studies is dedicated to the theme of Hispanic horror, or horror texts that have some connection with cultures that can be considered to come under a Hispanic umbrella. The field has a long history that has often gone
Davies, Ann
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Horror in the Andes

Journal of Anthropological Films, 2020
Horror in the Andes is a behind-the-scenes documentary that follows the process of making a horror movie in Ayacucho, Peru. Directed by audio-visual anthropologist Martha-Cecilia Dietrich, it explores how Andean filmmakers use the horror genre as a means
Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
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RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN HORROR FICTION AS A GENRE, CREATIVE WRITING AND EDUCATIONAL PHENOMENON: A PROBLEM STATEMENT

Многоязычие в образовательном пространстве, 2019
Although the genre of horror has gained an extraordinary popularity in contemporary literature, it still raises controversy among specialists. The situation in Russia is especially complicated.
Vyacheslav Sergeevich Malykh
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The Pure Moment of Murder: The Symbolic Function of Bodily Interactions in Horror Film [PDF]

, 2011
Both the slasher movie and its more recent counterpart the "torture porn" film centralize graphic depictions of violence. This article inspects the nature of these portrayals by examining a motif commonly found in the cinema of homicide, dubbed here the "
Steve Jones, Jones, Steve
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After the horror [PDF]

BMJ, 1988
Posttraumatic stress disorder is formal terminology for a common condition, the psychological problems that follow exposure to events such as the Bradford football stadium fire, the Zeebrugge ferry disaster, the Vietnam war, or some less well publicised and more private horror such as assault or rape.
Rapheal B., Middleton W.
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Horrible Heroes: Liberating Alternative Visions of Disability in Horror

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2016
Understanding disability requires understanding its social construction, and social construction can be read in cultural products. In this essay, I look to one major locus for images of persons with disabilities—horror.
Melinda Hall
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Review: Horror Film: A Critical Introduction by Murray Leeder

Open Screens, 2018
This is a book review of Horror Film: A Critical Introduction by Murray Leeder, a comprehensive yet concise introductory guide to horror cinema.
John Lynskey
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The Horror of the Anthropocene

C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings, 2018
In this essay I explore the profound and specific fastening of horror to the Anthropocene by considering both scientific and philosophical responses to our contemporary moment.
Sarah Dillon
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Black Spider: horror made in Switzerland [PDF]

, 2022
Jeremias Gotthelf’s 1842 novella The Black Spider is a classic of Swiss literature – and a rare example of horror made in Switzerland. Cinema and literary critic Alan Mattli questions whether a new cinematic adaptation can help it break through ...
Mattli, Alan; https://orcid.org/
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