Huckvale David - Terrors Of The Flesh The Philosophy Of Body Horror In Film - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The horror and psychological denial of our mortality along with the corruptibility of our flesh are persistent themes in drama. Body horror films have intensified these themes in increasingly graphic terms. The aesthetic of body horror has its origins in the ideas of the Marquis de Sade and the existential philosophies of Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche all of whom demonstrated that we have just cause to be anxious about our physical reality and its existence in the world. This book examines the relationship between these writers and the various manifestations of body horror in film. The most characteristic examples of this genre are those directed by David Cronenberg but body horror as a whole includes many variations on the theme by other figures whose work is charted here through eight categories: copulation generation digestion mutilation infection mutation disintegration and extinction.
Title: Terrors Of The Flesh The Philosophy Of Body Horror In Film
Author(s): Huckvale David
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476682181
Pages: 196 Pages, 24 Photos, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Publication Date: 8/6/2020
Category: Film: Styles & Genres