Animal Horror Cinema Genre, History and Criticism [Hardcover]

This first full-length scholarly study about animal horror cinema defines the popular subgenre and describes its origin and history in the West. The chapters explore a variety of animal horror films from a number of different perspectives. This is an indispensable study for students and scholars of cinema, horror and animal studies.

'From apes and alligators to arachnids and amphibians, this collection brilliantly maps movies that include animal as sources of fear. It is an original, ambitious and timely contribution to film studies, cultural studies, horror studies and animal studies.'

- Justin D. Edwards, University of Surrey, UK

John Edgar Browning, Georgia Institute of Technology, USAMyha T. Do, University of California, Davis, USAMichael Fuchs, University of Graz, AustriaKatarina Gregersdotter, Ume? University, SwedenNicklas H?ll?n, Ume? University, SwedenJohan H?glund, Linnaeus University, SwedenDawn Keetley, Lehigh University, USACraig Ian Mann, Sheffield Hallam University, UKMaja Milatovic, Southern Cross University, AustraliaNiklas Salmose, Linnaeus University, SwedenJennifer Schell, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USASusanne Schwertfeger, Umtrieb-Gallery Kiel, Germany