...This chapter examines Ray Bradbury's creation of a kind of science fiction (SF) beyond the genre ghetto of the 1940s. The discussions cover his fascination with film; his early; his mentors; his attempts to write detective fiction and horror; his attitude toward technology; his exploration of time...

...This chapter examines Stanley Kubrick's film, The Shining (1980), based on Stephen King's eponymous novel (1977). Applying the Freudian concept of the “uncanny” to Jack Nicholson's performance the film, it suggests how genre and star performance generate horror in the aporias...

...Martel’s second feature, La niña santa/The Holy Girl, is an extended meditation on religion and sexuality, as experienced by an adolescent girl. The chapter argues that the film invokes tropes from the horror genre not in order to revel in blood and gore but to question epistemological foundations...

..., insightful essays on H. P. Lovecraft and horror fiction. Stories and reviews include a fine, Lovecraftian tribute to the actor Cecily Tyson, “My Boat”; and a critical response to Kate Wilhelm’s excellent but rather antifeminist The Clewiston Test. Alien Critic fanzine anger Cornillon Susan...

...This chapter examines Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Derrick Bell’s Faces at the Bottom of the Well, and traditional depictions of horror to highlight the limits of comedic satire to articulate Black experiences in the twenty-first century. These works blur the line...

... this period, most musicals use a standard romance formula and vary the space and time to form several common “subgenres.” The author argues that, from the 1960s, artists begin to turn to other narrative formulas such as the male quest story (Tommy), horror (Sweeney Todd...

... of filmmaking, and his commitment to innovation that is evident in two closely related genres whose disturbing violence reaches previously unrecorded levels of pain, suffering, and mental anguish: crime thriller and supernatural horror. From his directorial debut, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage...

... Picasso Pablo Bester Rosalind “Rolly” née Goulko Farmer Philip José “Fondly Fahrenheit” Bester Gibson William Psychoshop Bester and Zelazny pulp aesthetics Pynchon Thomas Sterling Bruce Varley John Bruce Sterling cyberpunk golems Gustav Meyrink horror New Wave pastiche William Gibson...

... of Cat, the science fiction novella “24 Views of Mt. Fuji by Hokusai,” and the fantasy-horror novel A Night in the Lonesome October--demonstrated that Zelazny was still willing and able to produce serious, ambitious work. But the chance for more such work ended with the author’s untimely death from...

...This chapter presents an extensive interview with Greg Egan. Topics discussed include the kind of science fiction and nonfiction books that he read growing up; why he was initially attracted writing horror stories; sources that he uses when doing research for his books; whether he had ever been...

...Commanding a cult following among horror fans, Italian film director Dario Argento is best known for his work in two closely related genres, the crime thriller and supernatural horror. In his four decades of filmmaking, Argento has displayed a commitment to innovation, from his directorial debut...

...; the importance of objects in the genre films that he has made; and the future of horror films. In the Derderian interview, Argento shares his thoughts on the bloodiness in Deep Red; what the subject of visual memory that often comes up in his films such as The Bird with the Crystal...

... and Manderlay), and individual projects such as the comedy The Boss of It All and the incendiary horror psychodrama Antichrist.Closely analyzing the films and their contexts, the book draws on a range of cultural references and critical approaches, including genre...