Horror Films” Their Impact and Psychology

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Websites

  1. Why Are There Horror Films:
  2. Why Our Brains Love Horror Movies:
  3. "Horror Films – Part I". Filmsite.org. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  4. ^Steve Bennett. "Definition Horror Fiction Genre". Find me an author. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  5. "The True Origin of the Horror Film". Pages.emerson.edu. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  6. "Edison's Frankenstein". Filmbuffonline.com. 15 March 1910. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  7. Derek Malcolm, "Tod Browning: Freaks", The Guardian, 15 April 1999; A Century of Films, London: IB Tauris, 2000, p.66-67.
  8. § Merritt, Naomi, "Cannibalistic Capitalism and other American Delicacies: A Bataillean Taste of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre", Film-Philosophy, Vol 14, No 1, 2010,
  9. "Horror Films in the 1980s". Mediaknowall.com. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  10. China Bans Horror Movies – Shanghai Daily, March 2008.
  11. Roberts, Lee. "Zombie Movie History". Best-Horror-Movies. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  12. Nowell, Richard."There's More Than One Way to Lose Your Heart": the American film industry, early teen slasher films, and female youth.""]. Cinema Journal. < Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  13. Williams, Christy, "Misfit Sisters: Screen Horror as Female Rites of Passage."]. Marvels and Tales. < Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  14. Spines, Christine, "Horror Films...And the Women Who Love Them!."]. Entertainment Weekly. < Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  15. Lizardi, Ryan. "Hegemony and Misogyny in the Contemporary Slasher Remake". Journal of Popular Film and Television.

Academic Search Premiere Articles

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  1. ANDERSON-MINSHALL, DIANE. "American Horror Story." Advocate 1065 (2013): 57-61. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  2. Ayoub, Nina C. "Nota Bene." Chronicle Of Higher Education 52.10 (2005): A21. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  3. Ballon, Bruce, and MolynLeszcz. "Horror Films: Tales To Master Terror Or Shapers Of Trauma?." American Journal Of Psychotherapy 61.2 (2007): 211-230. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  4. Bishop, Kyle. "Dead Man Still Walking." Journal Of Popular Film & Television 37.1 (2009): 16-25. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  5. Briefel, Aviva. "What Some Ghosts Don't Know: Spectral Incognizance And The Horror Film." Narrative 17.1 (2009): 95-110. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  6. Calhoun, John. "Childhood's End: Let The Right One In And Other Deaths Of Innocence." Cineaste 35.1 (2009): 27-31. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  7. Connolly, Angela. "Psychoanalytic Theory In Times Of Terror." Journal Of Analytical Psychology 48.4 (2003): 407. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  8. Conrich, Ian. "Gothic Bodies And The Return Of The Repressed: The Korean Horror Films Of AhnByeong-Ki." Gothic Studies 12.1 (2010): 106-115. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  9. Gordon, Devin. "Horror Show." Newsweek 147.14 (2006): 60-62. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  10. HANTKE, STEFFEN. "The Military Horror Film: Speculations On A Hybrid Genre." Journal Of Popular Culture 43.4 (2010): 701-719. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  11. HARRIS, MARK. "Dawn Of The Dread." Entertainment Weekly 1235 (2012): 29. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  12. Jancovich, Mark. "Female Monsters: Horror, The ‘Femme Fatale’ And World War II." European Journal Of American Culture 27.2 (2008): 133-149. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  13. Jancovich, Mark. "'Frighteningly Real': Realism, Social Criticism And The Psychological Killer In The Critical Reception Of The Late 1940S Horror-Thriller." European Journal Of American Culture 31.1 (2012): 25-39. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  14. Jensen, Marc. "Feed Me!": Power Struggles And The Portrayal Of Race In Little Shop Of Horrors." Cinema Journal 48.1 (2008): 51-67. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  15. Johnson, Brian D. "An Exquisite Madness." Maclean's 116.9 (2003): 42. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  16. Johnson, Brian D. "Horror Undead." Maclean's 122.42 (2009): 56-58. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  17. Jones, Malcolm. "The Mother Of All Horror Films." Newsweek 155.3 (2010): 58-61. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  18. Keegan, Rebecca Winters. "The Splat Pack." Time 168.18 (2006): 66-70. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  19. KEISNER, JODY. "Do You Want To Watch? A Study Of The Visual Rhetoric Of The Postmodern Horror Film." Women's Studies 37.4 (2008): 411-427. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  20. Khan, Ali, and Ali Nobil Ahmad. "From ZindaLaashToZibahkhana: Violence And Horror In Pakistani Cinema." Third Text 24.1 (2010): 149-161. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  21. Kilker, Robert. "All Roads Lead To The Abject: The Monstrous Feminine And Gender Boundaries In Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining.."Literature Film Quarterly 34.1 (2006): 54-63. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  22. LEE, NATHAN. "GhostframeKillah." Film Comment 49.1 (2013): 45-47. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  23. Leeder, Murray. "Skeletons Sail An Etheric Ocean: Approaching The Ghost In John Carpenter's The Fog." Journal Of Popular Film & Television 37.2 (2009): 70-79. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  24. LOWENSTEIN, ADAM. "Spectacle Horror And Hostel: Why 'Torture Porn' Does Not Exist." Critical Quarterly 53.1 (2011): 42-60. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  25. Matlock, Mark. "Do Horror Movies Hurt My Faith?." Ignite Your Faith 65.2 (2006): 26-27. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  26. May, Jeff. "Zombie Geographies And The Undead City." Social & Cultural Geography 11.3 (2010): 285-298. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  27. McBRIDE, JASON. "Canada's Gore Factory." Maclean's 125.22 (2012): 56-58. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  28. Olney, Ian. "The Problem Body Politic, Or "These Hands Have A Mind All Their Own!": Figuring Disability In The Horror Film Adaptations Of Renard's "Les Mains D'orlac.." Literature Film Quarterly 34.4 (2006): 294-302. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  29. ŞENTÜRK, Rıdvan. "Anxiety And Fear In Children's Films." Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice 11.3 (2011): 1122-1132. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  30. Sharrett, Christopher. "The Problem Of Saw: "Torture Porn" And The Conservatism Of Contemporary Horror Films." Cineaste 35.1 (2009): 32-37. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  31. Smith, Richard Harland. "The Battle Inside: Infection And The Modern Horror Film." Cineaste 35.1 (2009): 42-45. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  32. Smith, Todd W. "Scary, Isn't It?." Outdoor Life 216.10 (2009): 8. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  33. Sparks, Glenn G. "Developing A Scale To Assess Cognitive Responses To Frightening Films." Journal Of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 30.1 (1986): 65-73. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  34. Starnes, Bobby Ann. "On Nerds, Science Education, And Horror Films." Phi Delta Kappan 87.8 (2006): 634-635. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  35. Telotte, J. P. "Faith And Idolatry In The Horror Film." Literature Film Quarterly 8.3 (1980): 143. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
  36. Zalewski, Daniel. "Show The Monster." New Yorker 86.47 (2011): 40-53. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.

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