The Cabin in the Woods / Susanne Kord.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kord, Susanne, author.

Series:

Devil's advocates.

Devil's Advocates Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horror films--History and criticism.

Horror films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool, England : Liverpool University Press, [2023]

Summary:

'The Cabin in the Woods' (2012), directed by Drew Goddard and co-authored by Goddard and Joss Whedon of Buffy-fame, was famously described by co-author Whedon as his 'loving hate letter' to horror. Interviews with Whedon reveal that his struggles with modern cinematic horror are not merely emotional, but intensely philosophical. This text reads Cabin as a philosophical metatext that asks what horror offers audiences and why audiences accept. Like any good philosophy, the film offers no answers but raises questions: what 'choices' are possible in a pre-determined universe? How do we, the audience, see the victims of violence, and with what ethical consequences? And finally, the most fraught question of all: why do we keep looking?

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on December 13, 2023).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781802073461

1802073469

9781800855205

1800855206

9781800854031

180085403X

OCLC:

1377816277