The Canadian horror film : terror of the soul / edited by Gina Freitag and André Loiselle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freitag, Gina, 1985- editor.

Loiselle, André, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horror films--Canada--History and criticism.

Horror films.

Canada.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2015.

Contents:

Part 1 Shaping the Canadian Horror Landscape

1 Monsters up North; A Taxonomy of Terror / Caelum Vatnsdal Vatnsdal, Caelum 21

2 Viral Culture: Canadian Cultural Protectionism and Pontypool / Andrea Subissati Subissati, Andrea 30

Part 2 The Territories of Horror: Terror Stories on Page and Screen

3 Blood in the Bush Garden: Indigenization, Gender, and Unsettling Horror / Aalya Ahmad Ahmad, Aalya 47

4 Pure Laine Evil: The Horrifying Normality of Quebec's Ordinary Hell in the Film Adaptations of Patrick Senécal's "Romans d'épouvante" / Andre Loiselle Loiselle, Andre 67

Part 3 A Golden Age of Gore: The Tax Shelter Slasher

5 (Who's in the) Driver's Seat: The Canadian Brute Unleashed in Death Weekend / Paul Corupe Corupe, Paul 91

6 Rituals: Creating the Forest Slasher within the Canadian Tax Shelter Era / Mark R. Hasan Hasan, Mark R. 108

Part 4 The True North, Strong and Violent: Eco-Horror in Canada

7 The [Hostile] Nature of Things: A Cultural Dialogue on Environmental Survival / Gina Freitag Freitag, Gina 135

8 Eco-Horror and Boundary Transgressions in Orca: The Killer Whale / Peter Thompson Thompson, Peter 153

Part 5 Horror by Any Other Name: Animation and the Avant-Garde

9 A Song from the Heart Beats the Devil Every Time: The Fear of Selling Out in Nelvana's The Devil and Daniel Mouse and Rock and Rule / Kier-La Janisse Janisse, Kier-La 171

10 Where Is Fear? Space, Place, and the Sense of Horror in the Canadian Avant-Garde Film / Scott Birdwise Birdwise, Scott 185

Part 6 Blood, Guts, and Beyond: An Homage to Cronenberg

11 Traces of Horror: The Later Films of David Cronenberg / William Beard Beard, William 209

12 The Physician as Mad Scientist: A Fear of Deviant Medical Practices in the Films of David Cronenberg / James Burrell Burrell, James 231

13 Contagious Characters: Cronenberg's Rabid, Demarbre's Smash Cut, and the Reframing of Porn-Fame / Sean Moreland Moreland, Sean 249.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and filmography.

ISBN:

9781442650541

1442650540

9781442628502

1442628502

OCLC:

907661803