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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"horror movie"”.
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Risk and Resilience Variables as Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress and Growth: A Longitudinal Media-Based Study
… Media imagery of fictional events (e.g., movies) can produce acute states of anxiety and symptoms similar to PTSD. Recent research (Carleton, Sikorski, & Asmundson, 2010) indicates such media may be useful for experimental studies exploring predispositional risk factors for PTSD (e.g., …
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Sex, sadism and spain: the spanish horror film, 1968-1977
… of 1968 and 1977 Spain experienced a boom in horror movie production that rivaled other sectors of production and yielded impressive statistics. This work canonizes these films in relation to their historical genesis, aesthetic characteristics and their social reception.</p>
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Nightmares from the Past: 'Kaiki eiga' and the Dawn of Japanese Horror Cinema
While the global popularity of Japanese horror movies of the past twenty years such as Ring (Ringu, 1998) and Ju-on: The Grudge (Ju-on, 2002) has made these films the subject of much academic attention, the previous nine decades of popular Japanese horror cinema remain an understudied area of film …
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“Closer to the Objective”: Following Helen from Troy to Chicago
… means for describing the role of heroines in the horror movie genre, so too does “Closer to the Objective” use the Helen-Figure or Helen Surrogate to codify the role of women in the war narrative. The primary texts examined in this work include the traditional war narratives the Iliad, against …
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Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home is a short horror film that tells the story of Gavin and his encounters with supernatural energies after he moves to a new room. In the end, the story reveals that his roommate is the initiator. The movie draws inspiration from a variety of classic horror films, with an emphasis on …