Do the pleasures of horror movies really begin and end in sadism? So the public discussion of film assumes, and so film theory claims. Carol Clover argues, however, that these films work mainly to engage the viewer in the plight of the victim-hero, who suffers fright but rises to vanquish the forces of oppression.
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- Release Date 01/01/1992
- Author Carol J. Clover
- Language English
- Company BFI Publishing
- Weight 1.32 pounds
- Dimensions 7.99 x 10 x 1.85 inches
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