Affective Intensities and Evolving Horror Forms

From Found Footage to Virtual Reality

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by Adam Daniel

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Horror

Keywords

horror, psychology

Publishing date

2021

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

1st publishing

2020

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 232 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4744-5636-4

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Book Presentation:
Horror cinema is a genre that is undergoing constant evolution, from the sub-genre of ‘found footage,’ to post-cinematic new media forms such as Youtube horror, horror video games and cinematic virtual reality horror. By investigating how these new forms alter the dynamics of spectatorship, this book charts how cinema’s affective capacities have shifted in relation to these modifications in the forms of cinematic horror. It applies a rich theoretical synthesis of phenomenological and Deleuzian approaches to a number of case studies, including films like The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity and Creep as well as video games such as Alien: Isolation and new media forms such as Youtube horror and virtual reality horror.

About the Author:
Adam Daniel is a member of the Writing and Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University. His research investigates the evolution of horror film, with a focus on the intersection of embodied spectatorship and new media technologies. He has published on film, television and popular culture, and is the Vice-President of the Sydney Screen Studies Network.

See the publisher website: Edinburgh University Press