Contemporary Horror on Screen: An Evolving Visual Narrative

Acknowledgments
Contents
Editors and Contributors
1 Introduction
	References
Part I The Environment and Climatic Apocalyptic Events as a Threat on Humanity
2 Panic Watching: On the Function of Consuming Fictional Pandemics During a Real Pandemic
	Outbreak/Pandemic Films and COVID-19
	Functions of Watching Outbreak Films
	Outbreak and Contagion
	Conclusion
	References
3 When Corporate Biology Gets Caught up with Mother Nature: An Analysis of the Netflix Viral Horror the Rain
	References
4 Representations of Environmental Apocalyptic Horror in Greenland (2020)
	Conclusion
	References
5 From Haaa! to OOO: The New Cycle of Killer Objects: The New Cycle of Killer Objects
	The Posthuman and the Horror Genre
	Posthumanism and OOO: Brief Sketches
	The Horror Politics of OOO
	Conclusions
	References
Part II Ritual, Rite and Curses as Horror in the Disintegration of Family and Community
6 Hereditary’s Intergenerational Curse
	Audience Reception
	Hidden Secrets
	Family Disintegration
	Bad Mothers
	The Occult and Paimon
	Conclusion
	References
7 Haunted Churches, Wicked Schools, Addressing Postcolonial History Through Philippine Horror
	Horror and Horror Cinema
	(Postcolonial) Gothic and Philippine Consequences
	Analysis of Seklusyon
	Analysis of Eerie
	Reflections and Conclusions
	References
8 A Ghost Story and Micro-Cosmic Horror: Virginia Woolf’s Indifferent Fear
	References
9 Shifting Subjectivities: Adopting the Perspective of the Other in Mother and Get Out
	Othering in Horror
	Shifting Perspectives
	Internalising the Threat
	Conclusion
	References
10 Pedophobiac Audiences: Mapping the Presence of the Child in Horror Cinema
	References
11 Good for Her; Ready or Not’s Final Girl and the Rich, Patriarchal Family as Monster
	Carol Clover’s Final Girl
	Ready or Not as Slasher
	Ready or Not’s Final Girl
	The Monstrous Le Domas Family
	Intergenerational Wealth
	The Patriarchal Ritual
	Marriage
	Grace as a White Final Girl
	Conclusion
	References
Part III Horrors of Political Agenda and Leadership: The Rise of Nations Against their People
12 The It Duology: An Integrated Analysis of Mainstream Horror in the 2010s
	IT and IT: Chapter 2
	The Framework
	Sociohistorical Factors: The Evil Politics of Trump and Clowns
	Industrial Factors: New Line, High Concept Event Horror, and Nostalgia
	Psychological Factors: The Appeal of Evil Clowns in the Trump Era
	Conclusion
	References
13 Why Isn’t There Anybody? Isolation and Loneliness in Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s Pulse
	An Emptying Society: The Liquification of Japan in the Lost Decade
	The Liquification of Japan: Categorical Instability in the Lost Decades
	Visualising Chaos: Fear of Technological Isolation
		Dare Mo Inai: When Isolation is Channelled Through Technology
	Conclusion
	References
14 Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones: A Failed Movie or a Movie Failed?
	References
15 The Horror Film and Donald Trump: The Revenge of Minorities
	The Donald Trump Election
	The Horror Film
	Jason Blum and the Horror Film
	Horror Film and the Black Power
	Horror Movie and Girl-Power
	References