Horror: A Screen and Cultural Genre

As one of the most popular global genres, the horror film has nevertheless struggled, until recently, to be taken seriously as an important critical and cultural form. This subject is designed as a bridging subject for students interested in the crossover between screen studies and cultural studies and looks at the formal and aesthetic evolution of horror. It also investigates how the horror genre’s use of affect and emotion has made it an important critical form for issues of race, gender, nationality, sexuality and identity. A range of canonical horror films and screen media as well as more recent innovations to the genre will be examined.