Cinematic emotion in horror films and thrillers
Subtitle: the aesthetic paradox of pleasurable fear
By: by Julian Hanich.
Series: Routledge advances in film studies
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415871396
Subjects: Horror films -- History and criticism; Thrillers (Motion pictures) -- History and criticism; Motion picture audiences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: How to describe cinematic fear, or why phenomenology?; title: Multiplexperiences : individualized immersion and collective feelings; title: Frightening fascination : a phenomenology of direct horror; title: Intimidating imaginations : a phenomenology of suggested horror; title: Startling scares : a phenomenology of cinematic shock; title: Anxious anticipations : a phenomenology of cinematic dread; title: Apprehensive agitation : a phenomenology of cinematic terror; title: Moments of intensity : lived-body metamorphoses and experienced time; title: Moments of collectivity : the cinema of fear and feelings of belongingness; title: The end.