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Hanich, Julian, 1975-

Cinematic emotion in horror films and thrillers : the aesthetic paradox of pleasurable fear / Julian Hanich. - New York : Routledge, 2010. - x, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Routledge advances in film studies ; 5 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- How to describe cinematic fear, or why phenomenology? -- Multiplexperiences : individualized immersion and collective feelings -- Frightening fascination : a phenomenology of direct horror -- Intimidating imaginations : a phenomenology of suggested horror -- Startling scares : a phenomenology of cinematic shock -- Anxious anticipations : a phenomenology of cinematic dread -- Apprehensive agitation : a phenomenology of cinematic terror -- Moments of intensity : lived-body metamorphoses and experienced time -- Moments of collectivity : the cinema of fear and feelings of belongingness -- The end.

ISBN: 9780415871396 0415871395

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Horror films--History and criticism.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)--History and criticism.
Motion picture audiences.

LC Class. No.: PN1995.9.H6 / H355 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 791.436164 / H355