Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic

by Linda Badley

This fascinating study relates horror film to recent interpretations of the body and the self, drawing from feminist film theory, psychoanalytic theory, cultural criticism and gender studies. Applying the term horror broadly, this work includes discussions of black comedy, thrillers, science fiction, and slasher films. Central to this book is the view of horror as a modern iconography and discourse of the body. Badley's thought-provoking analysis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313275238
• ISBN13: 9780313275234
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.5"