Feeding the Monster, 9780571385768
Hardcover
Why we crave horror: fear, anxiety, pain, hunger and power.
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Feeding the Monster

why horror has a hold on us

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  • Hardcover

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    2 December 2024

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Summary

Feeding the Monster: A Feast of Fear and Pop Culture

Zombies want brains. Vampires want blood. Cannibals want human flesh. All monsters need feeding.

Horror has been embraced by mainstream pop culture more than ever before, with horror characters and aesthetics infecting TV, music videos and even TikTok trends. Yet even with the commercial and critical success of The Babadook, Hereditary, Get Out, The Haunting of Hill House, Yellowjackets and countless othe…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780571385768
ISBN-10:0571385761
Author:Anna Bogutskaya
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Imprint:Faber & Faber
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:2 December 2024
Weight:368g
Dimensions:31mm x 224mm x 146mm
About The Author

Anna Bogutskaya

Anna Bogutskaya is a freelance critic, author, film programmer and creative producer. She writes for BBC Culture, Guardian, MUBI, the Face, TimeOut, amongst others, and programmes films for BFI, Edinburgh Film Festival and Fantastic Fest. She produces and hosts The Final Girls podcast, created and produced the horror anthology podcast Eerie and has produced podcasts for Paramount, Studiocanal, BFI and Vertigo Releasing, as well as contributing to many others. Her first book, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate, was published in the UK and US in May 2023.

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