Why horror seduces Clasen, Mathias F. creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. nyu 2017 monographic eng remote 1 online resource Why do humans feel the need to scream at horror films? In Why Horror Seduces, author Matthias Clasen looks to evolutionary social science to show how the horror genre is a product of human nature. Cover; Why Horror Seduces; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Horror, Fear, and Evolution; Part 1: An Evolutionary Theory of Horror; 1. Sizing Up the Beast: What Horror Is, and How It Is Studied; 2. How Horror Works, I: The Evolution and Stimulation of Negative Emotion; 3. How Horror Works, II: Spooky Monsters, Scary Scenarios, and Terrified Characters; 4. Fear for Your Life: The Appeals, Functions, and Effects of Horror; Part 2: Evolutionary Perspectives on American Horror; 5. Monsters Everywhere: A Very Brief Overview of American Horror. 6. Vampire Apocalypse: I Am Legend (1954)7. Trust No One: Rosemary's Baby (1967); 8. Fight the Dead, Fear the Living: Night of the Living Dead (1968); 9. Never Go Swimming Again: Jaws (1975); 10. Haunted Houses, Haunted Minds: The Shining (1977); 11. Hack n' Slash: Halloween (1978); 12. Lost and Hunted in Bad Woods: The Blair Witch Project (1999); Part 3: Future Evolutions in Horror Entertainment and Horror Research; 13. The Future of Horror; References; Index. Mathias Clasen. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Horror tales, American History and criticism American fiction 20th century History and criticism American literature Psychological aspects Récits d'horreur américains Histoire et critique Roman américain 20e siècle Histoire et critique Littérature américaine Aspect psychologique LITERARY CRITICISM American General American fiction American literature Psychological aspects Horror tales, American 1900-1999 fast PS374.H67 C53 2017 813.009/164 (OCoLC)983824736 9780190666545 0190666544 9780190666521 0190666528 9780190666514 019066651X 9780190666507 0190666501 9780190666507 2017005226 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/4159 YDX 170529 20260319163935.3 in00005714974 eng