Global Horror Cinema Today

<p> The horror film is thriving worldwide. Filmmakers in countries as diverse as the USA Australia Israel Spain France Great Britain Iran and South Korea are using the horror genre to address the emerging fears and anxieties of their cultures. This book investigates horror cinema around the globe with an emphasis on how the genre has developed in the past ten years. It closely examines 28 international films including <I>It Follows</I> (2014) <I>Grave (Raw</I> 2016) <I>Busanhaeng (Train to Busan</I> 2016) and <I>Get Out</I> (2016) with discussions of dozens more. Each chapter focuses on a different country analyzing what frightens the people of these various nations and the ways in which horror crosses over to international audiences.</p>