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OverviewTake a tour of the house where a microwave killed a gremlin, a typewriter made Jack a dull boy, a sewing machine fashioned Carrie's prom dress, and houseplants might kill you while you sleep. In Household Horror: Cinematic Fear and the Secret Life of Everyday Objects, Marc Olivier highlights the wonder, fear, and terrifying dimension of objects in horror cinema. Inspired by object-oriented ontology and the nonhuman turn in philosophy, Olivier places objects in film on par with humans, arguing, for example, that a sleeper sofa is as much the star of Sisters as Margot Kidder, that The Exorcist is about a possessed bed, and that Rosemary's Baby is a conflict between herbal shakes and prenatal vitamins. Household Horror reinvigorates horror film criticism by investigating the unfathomable being of objects as seemingly benign as remotes, radiators, refrigerators, and dining tables. Olivier questions what Hitchcock's Psycho tells us about shower curtains. What can we learn from Freddie Krueger's greatest accomplice, the mattress? Room by room, Olivier considers the dark side of fourteen household objects to demonstrate how the objects in these films manifest their own power and connect with specific cultural fears and concerns. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marc OlivierPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Weight: 0.517kg ISBN: 9780253046567ISBN 10: 0253046564 Pages: 350 Publication Date: 11 February 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I: Kitchen/Dining Room 1. Refrigerator 2. Microwave 3. Telephone 4. Dining Table Part II: Living Room 5. (Sleeper) Sofa 6. Remote 7. Sewing Machine 8. Houseplant Part III: Bedroom 9. Bed 10. Typewriter 11. Armoire Part IV: Bathroom 12. Radiator 13. Pills 14. Shower Curtain Conclusion Filmography Bibliography IndexReviewsHousehold Horror provides a lively and highly original contribution to horror studies. As a work on cinema, it introduces the reader to films that may be less well-known to casual fans and scholars; more conspicuously, it returns to horror staples, gleefully reanimating works that one might otherwise assume had been critically done to death (Psycho, The Exorcist, The Shining). The close readings of individual films provide sophisticated, nuanced and even startling insights.--Allan Cameron, University of Auckland """Household Horror provides a lively and highly original contribution to horror studies. As a work on cinema, it introduces the reader to films that may be less well-known to casual fans and scholars; more conspicuously, it returns to horror staples, gleefully reanimating works that one might otherwise assume had been critically ""done to death"" (Psycho, The Exorcist, The Shining). The close readings of individual films provide sophisticated, nuanced and even startling insights.""—Allan Cameron, University of Auckland" ""Household Horror provides a lively and highly original contribution to horror studies. As a work on cinema, it introduces the reader to films that may be less well-known to casual fans and scholars; more conspicuously, it returns to horror staples, gleefully reanimating works that one might otherwise assume had been critically ""done to death"" (Psycho, The Exorcist, The Shining). The close readings of individual films provide sophisticated, nuanced and even startling insights.""—Allan Cameron, University of Auckland Author InformationMarc Olivier is Professor of French Studies at Brigham Young University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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