{"product_id":"horror-comes-home-essays-on-hauntings-possessions-and-other-domestic-terrors-in-cinema-paperback-2","title":"Horror Comes Home: Essays on Hauntings, Possessions and Other Domestic Terrors in Cinema - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCynthia J. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eA. Bowdoin Van Riper\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Home, we are taught from childhood, is safe. Home is a refuge that keeps the monsters out--until it isn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This collection of new essays focuses on genre horror movies in which the home is central to the narrative, whether as refuge, prison, menace or supernatural battleground. The contributors explore the shifting role of the home as both a source and a mitigator of the terrors of this world, and the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Well known films are covered--including \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInsidious: The Last Key\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWinchester House\u003c\/i\u003e--along with films produced outside the U.S. by directors such as Alejandro Amenabar (\u003ci\u003eThe Others\u003c\/i\u003e), Hideo Nakata (\u003ci\u003eRingu\u003c\/i\u003e) and Guillermo Del Toro (\u003ci\u003eThe Orphanage\u003c\/i\u003e), and often overlooked classics like Alfred Hitchcock's \u003ci\u003eThe Lodger\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynthia J. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e, a cultural anthropologist focusing on popular culture and visual media, teaches in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts at Emerson College in Boston. She is the editor or coeditor of twenty scholarly volumes, many exploring the horror genre. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. Bowdoin Van Riper\u003c\/b\u003e is an historian specializing in depictions of science and technology in popular culture. He is the reference librarian at the Martha's Vineyard Museum, and is the author or editor of a wide range of volumes, ranging from science to science fiction to horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 279\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.7 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47576774672605,"sku":"9781476679679","price":86.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/EhNO7a_YRd9781476679679.webp?v=1783710152","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/horror-comes-home-essays-on-hauntings-possessions-and-other-domestic-terrors-in-cinema-paperback-2","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}