PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Horror

Paper · Semantic Scholar

This study investigates the lexico-thematic group of “Film Genres” as constructed through an analysis of German film discourse. Genre designations are examined with regard to the internal structure of this lexical group and the semantic relationships between nominations, thereby illuminating a significant lexical segment of the cinematic language. The analysis reveals a primary division within German film genres int…

Reference · Wikidata

genre of fiction

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Horror is a genre of speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare an audience. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon, in 1984, defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length ... which shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing". Ho…

Book · DOAB

Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009) is stop-motion studio LAIKA's feature-length debut based on the popular children's novel by British author Neil Gaiman. Heralding a revival in global interest in stop-motion animation, the film is both an international cultural phenomenon and a breakthrough moment in the technological evolution of the craft. This open access collection brings together an international group of practitio…

Full text · Open Library

Image · DPLA

Special issue on the Clocktower protests. 12 pages.