The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror by Cynthia Freeland

The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror

Thinking Through Cinema

Cynthia Freeland

320 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art history horror philosophy dark medium-paced
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Horror is often dismissed as mass art of lowbrow entertainment that produced only shirt-term thrills. Horror films can be bloody, gory and disturbing, so some people argue that they have bad moral effects, inciting viewers to imitate cinematic vio...

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