Contemporary Gothic and Horror Film

<p>This book looks at contemporary Gothic cinema within a transnational approach. With a focus on the aesthetic and philosophical roots which lie at the heart of the Gothic the study invokes its literary as well as filmic forebears by exploring how these styles informed strands of the modern filmic Gothic: the ghost narrative folk horror the vampire movie cosmic horror and finally the zombie film. In recent years the concept of transnationalism has 'trans'-cended its original boundaries perhaps excessively in the minds of some. Originally defined in the wake of the rise of globalisation in the 1990s as a way to study cinema beyond national boundaries where the look and the story of a film reflected the input of more than one nation or region or culture. It was considered too confining to study national cinemas in an age of internationalization witnessing the fusions of cultures and post-colonialism exile and diasporas. The concept allows us to appreciate the broader range of forces from a wider international perspective while at the same time also engaging with concepts of nationalism identity and an acknowledgement of cinema itself.</p>