Guest Editor: Max Bledstien
Introduction
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Articles
Here to Stay: Death, Mourning and Hauntology in Denis Côté’s Répertoire des villes disparues (2019)
By Silvia Angeli
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“Fully Authenticated by Respected Scientists”: Fact, Fiction, & the Roots of Paranormal Reality Shows in American Television History
By Matt Boyd Smith
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“Scream for your lives!”: The Philosophy of Horror in William Castle’s The Tingler (1959)
By Daniel Tilsley
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Double Vision: Global Irony in Brian De Palma’s Sisters (1972)
By Burke Hilsabeck
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Entering the Walloon Gothic: Nationalist Border Crossing and Othering in Contemporary Flemish Cinema
By Lennart Soberon and Gertjan Willems
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Dementia and Contemporary Horror Movies: Gendered Ageing and the Haunted Home
By Morgan Batch and Mark David Ryan
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Encounters through Books of Light: Uncanny Television and Media Archaeology in The Living and the Dead
By Will Abbiss
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“Breathe in for Your Vitality”: The Breath as the Nexus of Meaning in Ari Aster’s Midsommar
By Jessie Krahn
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Read more from Jessie Krahn in her Short Take, Something in the Midsommar Air!
Special Dossier: Horror Fans and Audiences
Editors: James Rendell and Kate Egan
Introduction
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Second Sight as First Response: Prestige Horror Releases, Audience Interactivity and New Canon Formations
By Eddie Falvey
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“The drive-in will never die”: Horror Fandom and Joe Bob Briggs
By Lisa Ellen Williams
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Merchandise Collecting Practices of Fans of the Alien Film Franchise
By Janelle Vermaak-Griessel
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Who Will Startle, And What Will Be Left of Them? Player Response to Affective Stimuli in Contemporary Survival Horror Gaming
By Jennifer Cooke
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Drawn to Darkness: The Remembered Impacts of Children’s Horror Television on Millennial Australian Audiences
By Merinda Staubli
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Reviews
Screening Fears: On Protective Media
Reviewed by Ruggero Eugeni
Screening Fears: On Protective Media, Francesco Casetti (Princeton UP, 2023)
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Transmedia Terrors in Post-TV Horror: Digital Distribution, Abject Spectrums and Participatory Culture
Reviewed by Eleanor Rosemary Gratz
Transmedia Terrors in Post-TV Horror: Digital Distribution, Abject Spectrums and Participatory Culture, James Rendell (Amsterdam UP, 2023)
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American Horror Story and Cult Television: Narratives, Histories and Discourses
Reviewed by Bruna Foletto Lucas
American Horror Story and Cult Television: Narratives, Histories and Discourses, Richard Hand & Mark O’Thomas (Anthem Press, 2023)
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