Horror Films for Children
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-26512-7 (ISBN)
Horror Films for Children examines the history, aesthetics and generic characteristics of children’s horror films, and identifies the ‘horrific child’ as one of the defining features of the genre, where it is as much a staple as it is in adult horror but with vastly different representational, interpretative and affective possibilities. Through analysis of case studies including blockbuster hits (Gremlins), cult favourites (The Monster Squad) and indie darlings (Coraline), Catherine Lester asks, what happens to the horror genre, and the horrific children it represents, when children are the target audience?
Catherine Lester is Lecturer in Film and Television at the University of Birmingham, UK. Prior to this, she was a teaching assistant and PhD candidate at the University of Warwick. Her primary teaching and research interests include children’s media, animation and the horror genre, both separately and the intersections between them.
Introduction
Chapter One: Frankenstein to Frankenweenie: the evolution of children’s horror in Hollywood cinema
Chapter Two: Children Behaving Badly: representing and addressing the horrific child in Gremlins
Chapter Three: No Grown-Ups Allowed: PG-13 and the horrific ‘Crazyspace’ of The Monster Squad
Chapter Four: ‘As normal as it could be’: ParaNorman and the normalization of the horrific child
Chapter Five: A ‘Child-Friendly’ Horror Aesthetic: challenging assumptions with Coraline
Chapter Six: Man of the House: gender, space and domestic violence in Monster House and The Hole
Conclusion: Expansions and Absences of Children’s Horror
Erscheinungsdatum | 05.10.2021 |
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Zusatzinfo | 26 bw illus |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Kinder- / Jugendbuch | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-350-26512-8 / 1350265128 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-26512-7 / 9781350265127 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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