Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One. Why Horror?
6. 1. Black Screens, Lost Bodies: The Cinematic Apparatus of 9/11 Horror 13
7. 2. Let’s Roll: Hollywood Takes on 9/11 40
8. 3. Transforming Horror: David Cronenberg’s Cinematic Gestures after 9/11 62
9. Part Two. Horror Looks at Itself
10. 4. Caught on Tape? The Politics of Video in the New Torture Film 83
11. 5. Cutting into Concepts of “Reflectionist” Cinema? The Saw Franchise and Puzzles of Post- 9/11 Horror 107
12. 6. The Host versus Cloverfield 124
13. 7. “Shop ’Til You Drop!”: Consumerism and Horror 142
14. Part Three. Horror in Action
15. 8. Historicizing the Bush Years: Politics, Horror Film, and Francis Lawrence’s I Am Legend 165
16. 9. “I Am the Devil and I’m Here to Do the Devil’s Work”: Rob Zombie, George W. Bush, and the Limits of American Freedom 186
17. 10. “Forever Family” Values: Twilight and the Modern Mormon Vampire 200
18. 11. Assimilation and the Queer Monster 220
19. Selected Bibliography 235
20. Selected Filmography 243
21. Contributors 247
22. Index 251