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Brazilian Horror Cinema in the Twenty-First Century
Neo-Fascism, Disaffection, Resistance
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Brazil's pressing socio-political questions as seen through the country's horror-film-influenced audio-visual production between 2008 and 2022.
Since the 2008 release of Embodiment of Evil, the third instalment in the Coffin Joe trilogy, which began with At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, Brazil's audiovisual industry has been producing an increasing number of unsettling, often violent and frequently dystopian films, reflecting the wide-ranging social, cultural, environmental and economic problems the country is facing.
This edited volume by scholars from Brazil, the United Kingdom and the United States discusses a broad selection of Brazilian audio-visual productions released between 2008 and 2022 which, through their use of aesthetic and narrative devices borrowed from horror cinema, shed light on the country's pressing socio-political questions. Mostly by first-time directors, these productions bear witness to a second 'Golden Age' of Brazilian horror cinema (reflected in new, specialised festivals such as CineFantasy, RioFan, CRASH and Fantaspoa) and ultimately serve to illustrate, in audio-visual form, the tensions at the heart of Brazilian society in the second decade of the twenty-first century.
Since the 2008 release of Embodiment of Evil, the third instalment in the Coffin Joe trilogy, which began with At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, Brazil's audiovisual industry has been producing an increasing number of unsettling, often violent and frequently dystopian films, reflecting the wide-ranging social, cultural, environmental and economic problems the country is facing.
This edited volume by scholars from Brazil, the United Kingdom and the United States discusses a broad selection of Brazilian audio-visual productions released between 2008 and 2022 which, through their use of aesthetic and narrative devices borrowed from horror cinema, shed light on the country's pressing socio-political questions. Mostly by first-time directors, these productions bear witness to a second 'Golden Age' of Brazilian horror cinema (reflected in new, specialised festivals such as CineFantasy, RioFan, CRASH and Fantaspoa) and ultimately serve to illustrate, in audio-visual form, the tensions at the heart of Brazilian society in the second decade of the twenty-first century.
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Contributor: Stephanie Dennison
STEPHANIE DENNISON is Professor of Brazilian Studies and Director of the Centre for World Cinema and Digital Cultures at the University of Leeds, UK.
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Contributor: Laura Loguercio Cánepa
LAURA LOGUERCIO CÁNEPA is Professor in Communication Studies at the Universidade Paulista - UNIP, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Contributor: Laura Loguercio Cánepa
LAURA LOGUERCIO CÁNEPA is Professor in Communication Studies at the Universidade Paulista - UNIP, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Contributor: Stephanie Dennison
STEPHANIE DENNISON is Professor of Brazilian Studies and Director of the Centre for World Cinema and Digital Cultures at the University of Leeds, UK.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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List of Contributors
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Foreword
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Contemporary Screen Horror in Brazil
1 - Part 1: The Reemergence of Brazilian Horror in the Twenty-first Century
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1 Te Return of Coffin Joe: Embodiment of Evil and Contemporary Brazilian Horror Cinema
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2 A Time-Traveller’s Guide to a Country of Horrors: A Study of Past, Present and Future Reimagined in Brazilian Cinema
41 - Part 2: Brazilian “Post-Horror”
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3 Hard Labor and Kill Me Please: Key Moments of Middle-Class Horror in Brazil
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4 Reckoning with the Future: Fear, Resentment and Social Monsters in Neighbouring Sounds
73 - Part 3: The Curse of Urban Violence in Brazil
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5 A Glance Trough the Window: Te Working Class and its Discontents in Te Tenants
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6 Mormaço, Mould and Malaise: Bodies and Urban Space in Confict
106 - Part 4: Folk-Horror Brazilian-Style
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7 Folk Horror in Unsoul and Te Famous and the Dead
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8 Azougue Nazaré: Religious Intolerance in a Secular Country
143 - Part 5: Race, Gender and Brazil’s Colonial Past
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9 Plantation Hauntings in Te Devil’s Knot
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10 Good Manners: Colonialism and Structural Racism in Brazilian Horror Cinema
174 - Part 6: Social Cannibalism
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11 Always Feeding Of the Poor: Sex, Blood and Class Struggle in Te Cannibal Club
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12 A Cordial Murder: Horror and Social Tensions in Friendly Beast
209 - Part 7: Teen Horror on Screen
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13 Te Joy: Brazilian Teen Horror Fuelled by Boredom
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14 Te Young Baumanns: Nostalgia, Ruins and Images of a Country in a State of Latency
240 - Part 8: Tropical Dystopias
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15 We are Born in Flames: Living with Ghosts, Revamping Pasts and Futures in Tremor Iê
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16 Bacurau Flies at Dusk: Film, Viral Cultural Politics, COVID-19, Hauntings and Futures
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Index
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February 18, 2025
eBook ISBN:
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Keywords for this book
Brazilian horror; Twenty-First Century; Socio-political questions; Audio-visual production; Dystopian films; Streaming series; First-time directors; Golden Age; Horror festivals; Brazilian society
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
