Torture porn : popular horror after Saw /

Lambasted by critics as a sign of censorial failure and even social decline, the horror subgenre known as 'torture porn' has generated a great deal of controversy during the last decade. Although torture porn films such as Saw, Hostel and The Human Centipede were highly successful and have...

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Main Author:	Jones, Steve, 1979-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects:	Splatter films > History and criticism. Horror films > History and criticism. Torture in motion pictures. ART / Film & Video. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Pornography. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.