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The Descent.

Marriott, James.

The Descent. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (119 pages) - Devil's Advocates Series . - Devil's Advocates Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. The Descent -- 2. The Shock of the Old -- 3. Going Underground -- 4. One Million Years BC -- 5. Return to the Source -- 6. Chicks with Picks -- 7. Nightmares in a Damaged Brain -- 8. Family -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Emphasizing female characters and camaraderie, The Descent is an ideal springboard for discussing underexplored horror themes: the genre's engagement with the lure of the archaic; the idea of birth as the foundational human trauma and its implications for horror film criticism; and the use of provisional worldviews, or "rubber realities," in horror.

9781906733957


Horror films-History and criticism.


Electronic books.

791.437

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