Kord, ST;
(2016)
Gangs and guilt: Towards a new theory of horror film (Sunderland, L, Trans.).
Cultural Dynamics
, 28
(1)
pp. 69-83.
10.1177/0921374015623387.
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Abstract
The most basic and unanimous statement made in scholarship on horror films is that horror films are ‘about’ fear: the primary purpose of horror films is to scare viewers. Based on horror films from the 1970s until the present in which child gangs play a significant part, this essay advances a new theory of horror film, namely that horror films primarily seek to elicit not fear but guilt. The analysis focuses on four topics: themes, camera angles, horror’s cinematic casting of ‘abnormality,’ and the rift, unique to the horror genre, between audience ‘alignment’ and ‘allegiance.’
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Gangs and guilt: Towards a new theory of horror film |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0921374015623387 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0921374015623387 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2016. |
| Keywords: | Children in film, film theory, genre theory, horror films |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1431923 |
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