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Brute Force: Animal Horror Movies
Citation
Lennard, D, Brute Force: Animal Horror Movies, State University of New York Press, Albany, New York, pp. 276. ISBN 9781438476612 (2019) [Authored Research Book]
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Abstract
It'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.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Authored Research Book |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | cinema studies, animal studies |
| Research Division: | Creative Arts and Writing |
| Research Group: | Screen and digital media |
| Research Field: | Cinema studies |
| Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
| Objective Group: | Arts |
| Objective Field: | The performing arts |
| UTAS Author: | Lennard, D (Dr Dominic Lennard) |
| ID Code: | 149903 |
| Year Published: | 2019 |
| Deposited By: | Office of the University College |
| Deposited On: | 2022-04-27 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-07-26 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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