This volume finds the proper place of psychoanalytic thought in critical analysis of cinema through a series of essays that debate its legitimacy, utility, and validity as applied to the horror genre. It distinguishes itself from previous work in this area through the self-consciousness with which psychoanalytic concepts are employed and the theorization that coexists with interpretations of particular horror films and subgenres.
Crítico de cinema, estudioso acadêmico e produtor com mestrados em Filosofia e Estudos de Cinema pelas universidades de Harvard e de Nova York. É autor de Designing Fear: An Aesthetics of Cinematic Horror, editor dos livros The Horror Film and Psychoanalysis: Freud’s Worst Nightmares, New Hollywood Violence, 100 European Horror Film, Fear Without Frontiers: Horror Cinema Around the Globe, Traditions in World Cinema e The Horror Film. Co-editou Understanding Film Genres, Horror International e Underground USA: Filmmaking Beyond the Hollywood Canon.