{"product_id":"deleuze-and-horror-film-9780748617487","title":"Deleuze and Horror Film","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe horror film analysed from a Deleuzian perspective. This book argues that dominant psychoanalytic approaches to horror films neglect the aesthetics of horror. Yet cinematic devices such as mise en scne  editing and sound  are central to the viewers visceral fear and arousal. Using Deleuzes work on art and film  Anna Powell argues that film viewing is a form of altered consciousness and the experience of viewing horror film an embodied event.The book begins with a critical introduction to the key terms in Deleuzian philosophy and aesthetics. These include: subjectivity\/becoming  the body without organs  molecularity  time\/duration  affect  movement\/rhythm  space  anomaly and schizoanalysis. These concepts are then applied to horror films.Themes such as insanity  sensory response to film  the subject\/object  fractured time  the body and cinematography are explored in horror films such as Jacobs Ladder  Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde  Psycho  Silence of the Lambs  The Fly  A Nightmare on Elm Street  Alien Resurrection  The Others  The Shining  Interview with the Vampire  Bram Stokers Dracula and Nosferatu.FeaturesA substantial new contribution to horror film theoryA critical introduction to key terms in Deleuzian philosophy and aesthetics New readings of the classic horror canon and recent filmsAnalysis of horror styles  narrative and special effects.Deleuze and Horror Film was originally published in hardback in March 2005. The paperback edition was published in November 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666093006901,"sku":"ByrdShop_0748617485","price":63.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780748617487.jpg?v=1782419048","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/deleuze-and-horror-film-9780748617487","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}