The horror sensorium
Subtitle: media and the senses
By: Angela Ndalianis
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers; McFarland & Co.; McFarland & Company; McFarland
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780786461271
Subjects: Horror television programs; History and criticism; Horror films; Motion picture audiences
Description: "Through analyses of various mediums, this volume explores how the horror genre affects the mind and body of the spectator. By examining how these diverse media generate medium-specific corporeal and sensory responses, it reveals how the sensorium interweaves sensory and intellectual encounters to produce powerful systems of perception"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Horror aesthetics and the sensorium; title: Dancing with the living dead: video games, avatars and arms on the brain; title: Dark rides, hybrid machines and the multisensory experience; title: Paranormal romance: Anita Blake, Sookie Stackhouse and the monsters who love them; title: Payback's a bitch! death proof, planet terror and the carnivalization of grindhouse cinema; title: Hail to the king! techno-intertexts, video game horror and doom; title: Transmedia and the sensorium: from Blair witch to True blood.