American horror
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"Jordan Peele and Ari Aster became new masters of American horror after their debut films, “Get Out” and “Hereditary,” instantly became genre classics upon release." IndieWire, June 6 2019, Zack Sharf |
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The first published American horror story was Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
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Related: EC Comics - Edgar Allan Poe - Anne Rice - H. P. Lovecraft - Stephen King - American TV horror hosts - slasher films and the "final girl" trope - American culture - horror
In France, Poe and Lovecraft are both considered to be among the greatest American writers. Beginning with Baudelaire's translations of Poe in the 1850s, American horror has been held in high esteem by every generation of French literati.
Horror films: The Brood - Carnival of Souls - Masque of the Red Death - Night of the Living Dead - Psycho - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
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European horror - Japanese horror
- Carnival of Souls (1962)
American horror film is prudish
http://www.horschamp.qc.ca/new_offscreen/final_girl.html [Oct 2004]
American horror vs European horror film
Donato Totaro has pointed out that contrary to the American horror film, the killers/murderers in Euro horror are often female! [...] There are many instances where (a) the victims are exclusively or mainly male, and (b) the male victim/hero is sexually attracted to the female killer, not repulsed, as with the monstrous-feminine, and hence there can be no disavowal of her femininity. --after
Current trend in American horror movies
- Hostel (2006) - Eli Roth , torture porn, Get Out
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