How Horror Works in Books and Film
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Narrated by:
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Shannon Scott
About this listen
Why are we scared of ghosts, zombies, vampires, demons, and monsters, when we know they are not real? Why do dark attics give us the creeps? How do writers and directors know exactly what anxieties to tap into, so that we break out in goosebumps, cover our eyes, and cringe?
Shannon Scott invites you into the spooky, creepy, and sometimes surprising world of the horror genre to examine how popular scary movies and books manipulate our collective and individual fears—not only to frighten us, but also to address taboo subjects, and to reflect and comment on the state of our society. More important, she examines what lessons we can learn from these fears.
Throughout this series, she will introduce you to the many facets of fear—the traditional monsters you are familiar with, as well as examples of apocalyptic and social horror, psychological horror, and ecohorror. Using well-known characters and settings, Shannon will show you how each case can—and does—reveal a lot about our personal fears and our cultural anxieties.
The things that go bump in the night are not always in your head, but it’s your head that makes you afraid of them.
©2022 Audible Originals LLC (P)2022 Audible Originals LLCWhat listeners say about How Horror Works in Books and Film
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- Om
- 13-12-2022
Truly amazing
The narration and the examples from modern cinema just adds another layer.
Good content.
A must.
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- Chelsea J
- 13-03-2023
just ok
I thought it would explain what makes horror so scary. instead it just categorised the different types of horror. it was ok, glad I didn't pay money for it.
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- Dr She D’Montford
- 30-12-2022
Well done
Explains the need for horror that mankind’s had since the birth of history in contemporary terms.
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- rhiannon
- 06-02-2024
Very interesting
Really interesting book with a clear reader. Great for anyone with literature interests or who likes horror movies. Would recommend.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-01-2023
Just ok
I like lecture series usually I just felt like for this one you needed to see the referenced films
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- Adam Duncan
- 13-08-2023
A showcase of synopses and spoilers
Overall good, but less an analysis of the horror genre and more an advertisement for many good horror texts along with, unfortunately, their summaries and twists. I’ve written down a lot of movies/books to check out next, but I also had to skip some sections to avoid the many spoilers. Performance itself is riddled with, the “Christopher Walken comma”, a comma that, separates phrases based on, seemingly word count rather than, the structure of the sentence itself. Trivial but very distracting when listening at higher speeds.
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