Cinematic Emotion in Horror Films and Thrillers
The Aesthetic Paradox of Pleasurable Fear
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Julian Hanich | ISBN: | 9781136991585 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | February 9, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Julian Hanich |
| ISBN: | 9781136991585 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | February 9, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Hanich looks at fear at the movies – its aesthetics, its experience and its pleasures--in this thought-provoking study. Looking at over 150 different films including Seven, Rosemary's Baby, and Silence of the Lambs, Hanich attempts to answer the paradox of why we enjoy films that thrill us, that scare us, that threaten us, that shock us –affects that we otherwise desperately wish to avoid.
Hanich looks at fear at the movies – its aesthetics, its experience and its pleasures--in this thought-provoking study. Looking at over 150 different films including Seven, Rosemary's Baby, and Silence of the Lambs, Hanich attempts to answer the paradox of why we enjoy films that thrill us, that scare us, that threaten us, that shock us –affects that we otherwise desperately wish to avoid.
