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OverviewIt's always been a wild world, with humans telling stories of killer animals as soon as they could tell stories at all. Movies are an especially popular vehicle for our fascination with fierce creatures. In Brute Force, Dominic Lennard takes a close look at a range of cinematic animal attackers, including killer gorillas, sharks, snakes, bears, wolves, spiders, and even a few dinosaurs. Lennard argues that animal horror is not so much a focused genre as it is an impulse, tapping into age-old fears of becoming prey. At the same time, these films expose conflicts and uncertainties in our current relationship with animals. Movies considered include King Kong, Jaws, The Grey, Them!, Arachnophobia, Jurassic Park, Snakes on a Plane, An American Werewolf in London, and many more. Drawing on insights from film studies, art history, cognitive science, and evolutionary psychology, Brute Force is an engaging critical exploration—and appreciation—of cinema's many bad beasts. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dominic LennardPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438476605ISBN 10: 1438476604 Pages: 276 Publication Date: 02 July 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Welcome (Back) to the Jungle 1. Going Ape: King Kong 2. Out of Our Depth: Surviving Marine Monsters 3. Man versus Wild: Bears, Wolves, and the Men Who Fight Them 4. Creepy Crawlies: Intelligent Ants, Sickening Spiders, and Other Ill-intentioned Invertebrates 5. Mad Science Makes for Cranky Creatures 6. In Their Sights: The Gaze of the Predator 7. Snakes Alive 8. Bad Dog! The Rogue Hounds of Horror 9. Beast Mode: Becoming the Wolf Man Aftermath Notes Works Cited IndexReviewsThe brilliance of Dominic Lennard's Brute Force is not only that it is long overdue, but one didn't realize it was due in the first place! Yet upon reflection and, of course, through Lennard's engaging book, one realizes not only the ubiquity of animals in horror, but their utter centrality to so many classic horror films. In reading this, we can hear the distant rumble of footsteps of a genetically reborn Tyrannosaurus or the hurried pounding of our beloved Rover who has decided that he wants more than kibbles and bits for dinner-and we look mighty appetizing. 'Groundbreaking' is often overused, but in this case it truly fits. - David Desser, coeditor of Tough Ain't Enough: New Perspectives on the Films of Clint Eastwood Author InformationDominic Lennard is Associate Lecturer at the University of Tasmania and the author of Bad Seeds and Holy Terrors: The Child Villains of Horror Film, also published by SUNY Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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