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260 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780691048024
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 01 December 1992
Description
Do the pleasures of horror movies really begin and end in sadism? So the public discussion of film assumes, and so film theory claims. Carol Clover argues, however, that these films work mainly to engage the viewer in the plight of the victim-hero...
Community Reviews Summary of 490 reviews
Moods
challenging 47%
reflective 42%
dark 25%
adventurous 3%
tense 3%
funny 1%
inspiring 1%
lighthearted 1%
mysterious 1%
Pace
medium 31%
fast 1%
Average rating
Content Warnings
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Graphic
Sexual assault, Violence, GoreModerate
Ableism, Body horror, Domestic abuse260 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780691048024
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 01 December 1992
Description
Do the pleasures of horror movies really begin and end in sadism? So the public discussion of film assumes, and so film theory claims. Carol Clover argues, however, that these films work mainly to engage the viewer in the plight of the victim-hero...
Community Reviews Summary of 490 reviews
Moods
challenging 47%
reflective 42%
dark 25%
adventurous 3%
tense 3%
funny 1%
inspiring 1%
lighthearted 1%
mysterious 1%
Pace
medium 31%
fast 1%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Sexual assault, Violence, GoreModerate
Ableism, Body horror, Domestic abuse