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Animal Horror Movies
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Artikel-Nr:
9781438476629
Veröffentl:
2019
Seiten:
276
Autor:
Dominic Lennard
Serie:
SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Considers how dangerous beasts in horror films illuminate the human-animal relationship.
It's always been a wild world, with humans telling stories of killer animals as soon as they could tell stories at all. Movies are an especially popular vehicle for our fascination with fierce creatures. InBrute Force, Dominic Lennard takes a close look at a range of cinematic animal attackers, including killer gorillas, sharks, snakes, bears, wolves, spiders, and even a few dinosaurs. Lennard argues that animal horror is not so much a focused genre as it is an impulse, tapping into age-old fears of becoming prey. At the same time, these films expose conflicts and uncertainties in our current relationship with animals. Movies considered includeKing KongJawsThe GreyThem!ArachnophobiaJurassic ParkSnakes on a PlaneAn American Werewolf in London, and many more. Drawing on insights from film studies, art history, cognitive science, and evolutionary psychologyBrute Force is an engaging critical exploration—and appreciation—of cinema's many bad beasts.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Welcome (Back) to the Jungle
1. Going Ape:King Kong
2. Out of Our Depth: Surviving Marine Monsters
3. Man versus Wild: Bears, Wolves, and the Men Who Fight Them
4. Creepy Crawlies: Intelligent Ants, Sickening Spiders, and Other Ill-intentioned Invertebrates
5. Mad Science Makes for Cranky Creatures
6. In Their Sights: The Gaze of the Predator
7. Snakes Alive
8. Bad Dog! The Rogue Hounds of Horror
9. Beast Mode: Becoming the Wolf Man
Aftermath
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Welcome (Back) to the Jungle
1. Going Ape:King Kong
2. Out of Our Depth: Surviving Marine Monsters
3. Man versus Wild: Bears, Wolves, and the Men Who Fight Them
4. Creepy Crawlies: Intelligent Ants, Sickening Spiders, and Other Ill-intentioned Invertebrates
5. Mad Science Makes for Cranky Creatures
6. In Their Sights: The Gaze of the Predator
7. Snakes Alive
8. Bad Dog! The Rogue Hounds of Horror
9. Beast Mode: Becoming the Wolf Man
Aftermath
Notes
Works Cited
Index