Abstract
dc:description.abstractFilm visually communicates the idea of culture, leaving interpretation open to an impressionable audience. Though a genre's recognizable iconography can transcend boundaries, understanding a film's intended message still requires a certain amount of foreknowledge. J-Horror, the common term for Japanese horror among fans, is a sub- genre of Horror that has been catapulted into Hollywood's limelight due to adaptations such as The Ring (2002). Based upon a novel, Ringu, by Koji Suzuki and Nakata Hideo's 1998 cinematic creation of the same name, Gore Verbinski adapted the terrifying plot for Western audiences in his 2002 counterpart. With the cross-cultural transition, certain aspects of the premise and characters were changed. I posit these differences are more than artistic reinterpretation, and are culturally significant. However, while certain facets of fear are culturally specific, the horror film serves as a universalizing tool of communication, surpassing cultural boundaries.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science in Professional and Technical Communication - (M.S.)
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Humanities
- Year
- 2007
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Quillen, MaryLou
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Robert Edward Lynch
- Nancy Steffen-Fluhr
- John E. O'Connor
Subjects
dc:subject × 4Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/399
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.njit.edu:theses-1398