{"product_id":"monstrous-forms-adam-charles-hart-9780190916244","title":"Monstrous Forms: Moving Image Horror Across Media","description":"It makes us jump. It makes us scream. It haunts our nightmares. So why do we watch horror? Why do we play it? What could possibly be appealing about a genre that tries to terrify us? Why would we subject ourselves to shriek-inducing shocks, or spend dozens of hours watching a television show about grotesque flesh-eating monsters? \u003cem\u003eMonstrous Forms \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a theory of horror that works through the genre across a broad range of contemporary moving-image media: film, television, video games, YouTube, gifs, streaming, virtual reality. This book analyzes our experience of and engagement with horror by focusing on its form, paying special attention to the common ground, the styles and forms that move between mediums. It looks at the ways that moving-image horror addresses its audiences, the ways that it elicits, or demands, responses from its viewers, players, browsers. Camera movement (or \"camera\" movement), jump scares, offscreen monsters-horror innovates and perfects styles that directly provoke and stimulate the bodies in front of the screen. Analyzing films including \u003cem\u003eParanormal Activity\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIt Follows\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGet Out\u003c\/em\u003e, video games including \u003cem\u003eAmnesia: The Dark Descent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLayers of Fear\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUntil Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e, and TV shows including \u003cem\u003eThe Walking Dead \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAmerican Horror Story\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMonstrous Forms\u003c\/em\u003e argues for understanding horror through its sensational address, and dissects the forms that make that address so effective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Charles Hart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190916249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190916244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Adam Charles Hart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981477675263,"sku":"9780190916244","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07607fe5-2c17-4b1b-8a71-56c50cda707f.jpg?v=1683255811","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monstrous-forms-adam-charles-hart-9780190916244","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}