Found Footage Horror Films

A Cognitive Approach

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by Peter Turner

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Horror

Keywords

horror, sociology

Publishing date

2020

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Advances in Film Studies

1st publishing

2019

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 204 pages
6 x 9 ½ inches (15.5 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-0-367-66184-7

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Book Presentation:

This book adopts a cognitive theoretical framework in order to address the mental processes that are elicited and triggered by found footage horror films. Through analysis of key films, the book explores the effects that the diegetic camera technique used in such films can have on the cognition of viewers. It further examines the way in which mediated realism is constructed in the films in order to attempt to make audiences either (mis)read the footage as non-fiction, or more commonly to imagine that the footage is non-fiction. Films studied include The Blair Witch Project, Rec, Paranormal Activity, Exhibit A, Cloverfield, Man Bites Dog, The Last Horror Movie, Noroi: The Curse, Autohead and Zero Day

This book will be of key interest to Film Studies scholars with research interests in horror and genre studies, cognitive studies of the moving image, and those with interests in narration, realism and mimesis. It is an essential read for students undertaking courses with a focus on film theory, particularly those interested specifically in horror films and cognitive film theory.

About the Author:
Peter Turner is Associate Lecturer in the School of Technology, Design and Environment at Oxford Brookes University, UK

Press Reviews:
"Violence in fi ction is admittedly a difficult topic. And while Turner’s book has a few shortcomings that are attributable to the complications involved in conducting empirical research on horror, his book is an admirable work of cognitive film theory. It should inspire subsequent, testable investigations of his intriguing claims and provoke researchers to devise ethically responsible means of acquiring data pertaining to audience preferences for various types of realist horror." - Rikke Schubart, University of Southern Denmark.

See the publisher website: Routledge