Terror of the Soul: An Introduction - Gina Freitag and André Loiselle
I – SHAPING THE CANADIAN HORROR LANDSCAPE
1. Monsters Up North: A Taxonomy of Terror – Caelum Vatnsdal
2. Viral Culture: Canadian Cultural Protectionism and Pontypool –
Andrea Subissati
II – THE TERRITORIES OF HORROR: TERROR STORIES ON PAGE
AND SCREEN
3. Blood in the Bush Garden: Indigenization, Gender and Unsettling
Horror – Aalya Ahmad
4. Pure Laine Evil: The Horrifying Normality of Québec’s Ordinary
Hell in the Film Adaptations of Patrick Senécal’s ‘Romans
d’Épouvante’ – André Loiselle
III – A GOLDEN AGE OF GORE: THE TAX SHELTER
SLASHER
5. (Who’s in the) Driver’s Seat: The Canadian Brute Unleashed in
Death Weekend – Paul Corupe
6. The Creation and Codification of the Forest Slasher during the
Tax Shelter Years 1977–1982 – Mark R. Hasan
IV – THE TRUE NORTH, STRONG AND VIOLENT: ECO-HORROR IN
CANADA
7. The [Hostile] Nature of Things: A Cultural Dialogue on
Environmental Survival – Gina Freitag
8. Eco-Horror and Boundary Transgressions in Orca: The Killer Whale
– Peter Thompson
V – HORROR BY ANY OTHER NAME: ANIMATION AND THE AVANT
GARDE
9. A Song From the Heart Beats the Devil Every Time: The Fear of
Selling out in Nelvana’s The Devil and Daniel Mouse and Rock and
Rule – Kier-La Janisse
10. Where is Fear? Space, Place, and the Sense of Horror in the
Canadian Avant-Garde Film – Scott Birdwise
VI – BLOOD, GUTS, AND BEYOND: AN HOMAGE TO
CRONENBERG
11. Traces of Horror: the Later Films of David Cronenberg – Bill
Beard
12. The Physician as Mad Scientist: A Fear of Deviant Medical
Practices in the Films of David Conenberg – James Burrell
13. Contagious Characters: Cronenberg's Rabid, Demarbre's Smash Cut
and the Reframing of Porn- fame – Sean Moreland
‘Canadian Mental-Case’: A Conclusion – Gina Freitag and André Loiselle
Bibliography
Filmography
"An interesting and wide-ranging collection that makes a valuable contribution to work on both Canadian film and the genre of horror" -- Mark Jancovich, Professor of Film Studies, School of Film, Television, and Media Studies, University of East Anglia "This volume represents a welcome expansion of both horror film studies and Canadian film studies." -- Adam Lowenstein, Director, Film Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, author of 'Dreaming of Cinema: Spectatorship, Surrealism, and the Age of Digital Media'
Gina Freitag is an independent scholar and the founder of the
Cellar Door Film Festival in Ottawa.
André Loiselle is a professor in the Film Studies program and
assistant vice-president (Academic) at Carleton University.
‘These excellent essays identify precisely what sets the Canadian
horror film apart from its American and British brethren…. Highly
recommended.’
*Choice Magazine vol 53:08:2016*
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