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Help with some sources for film studies essay
Hey guys nice site you have here just found it,
I need some help answering my own question which is; To what extent has the horror genre evolved in terms of fetishising violence to reflect socio-cultural and political anxieties? I just need a book and a magazine article that reflects the question I'm having difficulty finding resources. Thank you so much if you can help me you could save me alot of time |
I would help you if I could, but I'm afraid I can't.
And why must you film studies students always come here with your questions? I mean, at least this one isn't the typical "How are women portrayed in horror?" question, but what ever happened to doing your own work? |
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Salo definally has a politcal agenda. I suppose It could be argued that Hostel is comment on the decadence of the west and how anything can become a commodity. |
You should watch the documentary American Nightmare it covers the socio-cultural anxieties post-Vietnam a little.
It's a really poorly worded question IMO because the fetishising of violence hasn't really been used in that way. I guess you could grasp at straws and prove it somehow. Plenty of examples of horror reflecting socities flaws/anxieties (Romero's work for example) but I doesn't have anything to do with fetishising violence. |
Dawn of the Dead, American Psycho, Eden Lake are films I reckon you should be looking at for starters. As for literary sources, I havent really got too much of a clue Im afraid.
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But again - as Elvis says nothing to do with the fetishising violence. The Giallo genre definall has a fetishtic approach (very stylised with many conventions) but (though I'm no expert on the subgenre) I don't see much social commentry in them.. |
I guess by "fetishising" violence they are meaning the visceral thrills/impact of the violence in the films (perhaps?) and how it's stylised to have a disired effect to further illustrate the desired effect.
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Hmmmm thanks for the input and help guys maybe you could help me re word the question. I'm finding it hard to write a question for myself concerning the horror genre or maybe could anyone help me out asking myself something else to write a essay on.
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Still along your original lines - and what ppl here have already mentioned - something about how social/cultural/political issues have influenced the horrow genre.....
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