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This book highlights how horror in film and television creates
platforms to address distinct areas of modern-day concern. In
examining the prevalence of dark tropes in contemporary horror
films such as Get Out, Annabelle: Creation, A
Quiet Place, Hereditary and The Nun, as well as
series such as Stranger Things, American Horror
Story and Game of Thrones, amongst numerous
others, the authors contend that we are witnessing the
emergence of a ‘horror renaissance’. They posit that horror
films or programmes, once widely considered to be a low form of
popular culture entertainment, can contain deeper meanings or
subtext and are increasingly covering serious subject
matter. This book thus explores how horror is utilised
as a tool to explore social and political anxieties of the cultural
moment and is thus presented as a site for contestation,
exploration and expansion to discuss present-day fears. It
demonstrates how contemporary horror reflects the horror of
modern-day life, be it political, biological, social or
environmental. A vital contribution to studies of the horror genre
in contemporary culture, and the effect it has on social anxieties
in a threatening and seemingly apocalyptic time for the world, this
is a vital text for students and researchers in popular culture,
film, television and media studies.
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