Horror Zone

Introduction. Ian Conrich
Industry, Technology and the New Media
1. Dark Rides, Hybrid Machines and the Horror Experience. Angela Ndalianis
(University of Melbourne, Australia)
2. High Concept Thrills and Chills: The Horror Blockbuster. Stacey Abbott
(Roehampton University, UK)
3. Bringing it All Back Home: Horror Cinema and Video Culture. Linda Badley
(Middle Tennessee State University, US)

Audiences, Fans, and Consumption
4. Stalking the Web: Celebration, Chat and Horror Film Marketing on the
Internet. Brigid Cherry (St Mary's College, UK)
5. Attending Horror Film Festivals and Conventions: Liveness, Subcultural Capital
and "Flesh-and-Blood Genre Communities". Matt Hills (University of
Cardiff, UK)
6. Trashing the Academy: Taste, Excess and an Emerging Politics of Cinematic
Style. Jeffrey Sconce (Northwestern University, US)
7. Terrifying Toys and Tie-ins: The Material Culture of Horror Cinema. Ian Conrich (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)

Manufacture and Design
8. They're Here!: Special Effects in the Horror Cinema of the 1970s and 1980s. Ernest
Mathijs (University of British Columbia, Canada)
9. Making Up Monsters: Set and Costume Design in Horror Films. Tamao
Nakahara (University of California, Berkeley, US)
10. Culture Wars: Some New Trends in Art Horror. Joan Hawkins (University of
Indiana, US)

Boundaries of Horror
11. âParts is Partsâ: Pornography, Splatter Films and the Politics of Corporeal
Disintegration. Jay Mcroy (University of Wisconsin, Parkside, US)
12. Nazi Horror Films. Julian Petley (Brunel University, UK)
13. Better the Devil You Know: Antichrists at the Millennium. Mick Broderick
(Murdoch University, Australia)
14. Feminine Boundaries: Adolescence, Witchcraft and Magic in Contemporary
Cinema and Television. Estella Tincknell (University of the West of England)
15. Impaired Visions: the Cultural and Cinematic Politics of Blindness in the Horror
Film. Angela Marie Smith (University of Utah, US)
Notes
Bibliography
Index