Publication

2008 - Baylor University Press, Waco, Tex, Texas

Language

English

Word Count

78,750 words, Guess

Page Count

315 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC791.43/6164
  • LCCPN1995.9.H6 C69 2008
  • LCCPN1995.9.H6C69 2008

Description

"Why do religious elements so often lurk at the heart of horror films? And why do they scare us so? In this book, Douglas Cowan argues that horror films are opportune vehicles for externalizing the fears that lie inside our religious selves: fear of evil; of the flesh; of sacred places; of death, dying badly, or not remaining dead; and of the power - and powerlessness - of religion."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • Sacred terror: religion and horror on the silver screenBaylor University Press2008-01-01

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