Global Horror Cinema

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Despite the global popularity of American horror cinema, horror remains a remarkably “local” genre. Nearly every film-producing nation has made horror films, often drawing on local, long-standing traditions rather than simply copying the Hollywood model. Ideas of what constitutes the horrific, the forms it takes, and its political implications vary widely between different cultures and different historical moments. This course will steer clear of the well-known horror films of the United States, instead examining horror films—both new and old—from the rest of the world. Topics to be covered include the European horror films of the 1960s and 1970s (Italy, Spain), the early 2000s Japanese horror boom, Korean “extreme cinema,” Mexican horror (both classical and modern), and Bollywood horror. Ollywoods: Global Popular Cinema and Industrial Film Form