Primal Roots of Horror Cinema
Subtitle: Evolutionary Psychology and Narratives of Fear
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers; McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers; McFarland
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781476674278
Subjects: Horror films, history and criticism
Description: "Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology experts posit that behaviors from our ancestors that favored survival and adaptation still influence us today. The author, with input from a new generation of Darwinists, explores six primal narratives recurring in the horror genre: territoriality, tribalism, fear of genetic assimilation, mating rituals, fear of the predator, and distrust or fear of the Other"--