Considering using this text in my horror fiction course when it is re-released in Fall as Horror: A Very Short Introduction. The organization of the chapters and the accessible explanations of history and theory make it well-suited to an undergraduate course. Sep 18, Annarella rated it it was amazing Shelves: edelweiss , essay , non-fiction. A very good book that analyze what the different type of "horror" are, how they changed and what changed in this last years. It's very detailed, well researched, wonderfully written and you're hooked since the beginning as it's such an interesting book.
Highly recommended! Many thanks to Oxford University Press and Edelweiss for this ARC A very good book that analyze what the different type of "horror" are, how they changed and what changed in this last years. Oct 23, Alexandra Pearson rated it really liked it. Jones gets a lot of information into this slim book without ever feeling as though he's rushing or missing things out. Given the depth and width of the contents, I'm surprised OUP didn't release this as a Very Short Introduction to Horror, but then we wouldn't have got the beautiful cover.
A must read for any fan of horror or popular culture in general. An academic study of horror. The main focus is on large themes: Monsters; Body; Mind etc. Enjoyable, but ultimately a bit disappointing, skimming some areas e. The overall coverage is good, but I was hoping for more new references.
Worth a read if you enjoy horror. May 24, Katia M. Davis rated it really liked it. A relatively brief but good overview of the history of horror in its many forms.
Each chapter could easily have been a book I its own right if the author had had enough space I enjoyed the inclusion of psychology, physiology, and sociology to not only suggest why we create horror, but why some of us are seemingly drawn to it.
A good little read. Jan 23, Gloria rated it it was amazing. An intriguing and comprehensive insight into horror and it's impact on the world at large - and it's pocket sized. Dealing with myth, movies, books, history, and anxieties if the times, this is a great gateway book to anyone interested in the long, rich history of horror. Jan 18, Shannon rated it really liked it Shelves: horror , non-fiction. An invaluable book for anyone who enjoys horror as a genre, and especially for anyone interested in writing horror themselves.
I go from this review straight to marking some books that Jones covered want-to-read! Jul 12, Magdalena rated it liked it Shelves: non-fiction. It's a good intro to horror, in both film and literature, but it wasn't enough for me. The book was also much shorter and smaller than I expected it to be.
Still, an interesting read if you're into horror. Dec 11, Christopher rated it really liked it. Must-read for horror fans. Whip-smart, comprehensive and yet short. Jan 27, Karen rated it really liked it Shelves: horror , film , pop-culture. A slim overview of the elements of horror in film and literature mostly film. A nice read with some interesting thoughts. Apr 01, JP Conroy rated it it was amazing.
This is horror in a nutshell! Aug 25, Rae rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fiction , horror , acquired A concise but satisfying whirlwind tour of different aspects of horror, pulling in cultural and psychological points of view and an impressive range of sources.
Jan 22, Chris Hagen rated it it was ok. More academic than I was expecting and then not thorough enough to be worth it as an academic work. As horror is marketed to mainstream society in the form of romantic vampires and blockbuster hits, it maintains its shadowy presence on the edges of respectability, as banned films and violent Internet phenomena push us to question both our own preconceptions and the terrifying capacity of human nature.
Introduction 1. Monsters 2. The Occult and the Supernatural 3. Horror and the Body 4. Horror and the Mind 5. Science and Horror 6. Afterword: Horror Since the Millennium. As horror is marketed to mainstream society in the form of romantic vampires and blockbuster hits, it maintains its shadowy presence on the edges of respectability, as banned films and violent Internet phenomena push us to question both our own preconceptions and the terrifying capacity of human nature.
Introduction 1. Monsters 2. The Occult and the Supernatural 3. Horror and the Body 4. Horror and the Mind 5. Science and Horror 6. Afterword: Horror Since the Millennium. Media Sleeping With the Lights On. Save Not today. Format ebook. Author Darryl Jones. Publisher OUP Oxford. Fear is one of the most primal human emotions, and one of the hardest to reason with and dispel. So why do we scare ourselves? It seems almost mad that we would frighten ourselves for fun, and yet there are thousands of books, films, games, and other forms of entertainment designed to do exactly that.
As Darryl Jones shows, the horror genre is huge. Ranging from vampires, ghosts, and werewolves to mad scientists, Satanists, and deranged serial killers, the cathartic release of scaring ourselves has made its appearance in everything from Shakespearean tragedies to internet memes.
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