{"product_id":"the-canadian-horror-film-terror-of-the-soul-paperback-softback-9781442628502","title":"The Canadian Horror Film; Terror of the Soul (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442628502","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Canadian Horror Film\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTerror of the Soul\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGina Freitag (Edited by), André Loiselle (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442628502\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 October 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e302 pages, 7 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;These excellent essays identify precisely what sets the Canadian horror film apart from its American and British brethren…. Highly recommended.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - G.A. Foster (Choice Magazine vol 53:08:2016)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the cheaply made “tax-shelter” films of the 1970s to the latest wave of contemporary “eco-horror,” Canadian horror cinema has rarely received much critical attention. Gina Freitag and AndrÉ Loiselle rectify that situation in \u003cem\u003eThe Canadian Horror Film\u003c\/em\u003e with a series of thought-provoking reflections on Canada’s “terror of the soul,” a wasteland of docile damnation and prosaic pestilence where savage beasts and mad scientists rub elbows with pasty suburbanites, grumpy seamen, and baby-faced porn stars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeaturing chapters on \u003cem\u003ePontypool\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGinger Snaps\u003c\/em\u003e, 1970s slasher films, Quebec horror, and the work of David Cronenberg, among many others, \u003cem\u003eThe Canadian Horror Film\u003c\/em\u003e unearths the terrors hidden in the recesses of the Canadian psyche. It examines the highlights of more than a century of Canadian horror filmmaking and includes an extensive filmography to guide both scholars and enthusiasts alike through this treacherous terrain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerror of the Soul: An Introduction - Gina Freitag and AndrÉ Loiselle\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI – SHAPING THE CANADIAN HORROR LANDSCAPE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1. Monsters Up North: A Taxonomy of Terror – Caelum Vatnsdal\u003cbr\u003e  2. Viral Culture: Canadian Cultural Protectionism and Pontypool – Andrea Subissati\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eII – THE TERRITORIES OF HORROR: TERROR STORIES ON PAGE AND SCREEN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  3. Blood in the Bush Garden: Indigenization, Gender and Unsettling Horror – Aalya Ahmad\u003cbr\u003e  4. Pure \u003cem\u003eLaine\u003c\/em\u003e Evil: The Horrifying Normality of QuÉbec’s Ordinary Hell in the Film Adaptations of Patrick SenÉcal’s ‘Romans d’\u0026amp;Eacute;pouvante’ – AndrÉ Loiselle\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIII – A GOLDEN AGE OF GORE: THE TAX SHELTER SLASHER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  5. (Who’s in the) Driver’s Seat: The Canadian Brute Unleashed in \u003cem\u003eDeath Weekend\u003c\/em\u003e – Paul Corupe \u003cbr\u003e  6. The Creation and Codification of the Forest Slasher during the Tax Shelter Years 1977–1982 – Mark R. Hasan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIV – THE TRUE NORTH, STRONG AND VIOLENT: ECO-HORROR IN CANADA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  7. The [Hostile] Nature of Things: A Cultural Dialogue on Environmental Survival – Gina Freitag \u003cbr\u003e  8. Eco-Horror and Boundary Transgressions in \u003cem\u003eOrca: The Killer Whale\u003c\/em\u003e – Peter Thompson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eV – HORROR BY ANY OTHER NAME: ANIMATION AND THE AVANT GARDE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  9. A Song From the Heart Beats the Devil Every Time: The Fear of Selling out in Nelvana’s \u003cem\u003eThe Devil and Daniel Mouse\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRock and Rule\u003c\/em\u003e – Kier-La Janisse \u003cbr\u003e  10. Where is Fear? Space, Place, and the Sense of Horror in the Canadian Avant-Garde Film – Scott Birdwise\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVI – BLOOD, GUTS, AND BEYOND: AN HOMAGE TO CRONENBERG\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  11. Traces of Horror: the Later Films of David Cronenberg – Bill Beard\u003cbr\u003e  12. The Physician as Mad Scientist: A Fear of Deviant Medical Practices in the Films of David Conenberg – James Burrell\u003cbr\u003e  13. Contagious Characters: Cronenberg's Rabid, Demarbre's Smash Cut and the Reframing of Porn- fame – Sean Moreland\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Canadian Mental-Case’: A Conclusion – Gina Freitag and AndrÉ Loiselle\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Filmography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588162154776,"sku":"9781442628502","price":22.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-canadian-horror-film-terror-of-the-soul-paperback-softback-9781442628502","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}