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T1 From Post-Horror to Deep Horror: M. Night Shyamalan’s Take on the Genre
A1 Frutos García, Carlos Samuel
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Post-Horror
K1 Characterization
K1 Shyamalan
K1 Grief
K1 Existential Dread
K1 Ambiguity
K1 Caracterización
K1 Duelo
K1 Terror Existencial
K1 Ambigüedad
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB This essay approaches the characterization of “post-horror”, a film sub-genre established by Steve Rose. According to Rose, the term itself derives from the adjective ‘postmodern’ to refer to a set of horror movies produced in the 2010s and characterized by grief, complicated family bonds and existential dread. After considering the characterization proposed by Rose, the function of these elements in post-horror films is explored and compared to the presence of similar elements in M. N. Shyamalan’s movies in the 1990s. It is found that both sets of films follow the same strategies: grief and complicated family bonds are used to deepen into the characters; the portrayal of existential dread triggers a characteristic kind of discomfort; and ambiguous scenes stimulate open-ended interpretation processes. The results of this comparison mark the emergence of post-horror, here rebaptized as deep horror, long before 2010.
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64246
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64246
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 16-jun-2024