Craig Ian Mann

DrSheffield Hallam University

SheffieldUnited Kingdom

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The Death of Deathwave

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Craig Ian Mann Sheffield Hallam University

March 06, 2019
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The Death of Deathwave horror cinema horror film horror film genres elevated genre post-horror Curator's Note The problem with post-horror is, in part, that it is only the most recent in a long series of terms that have been dreamt up in an attempt t ...

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Re: The Problem with Post-Horror

I completely agree with Laura

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Sheffield Hallam University

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 — 3:50 pm
I completely agree with Laura in her assertion that horror is subjected to this kind of commentary in a way that other genres are not (and historically have not been). The closest analogue I can think of is more common in discussions of literature than ci ...
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Re: “If you feel like screaming, I definitely think that you should”: The House that Jack Built and the continued pervasiveness of the art/ horror debate in contemporary cinema

There are some absolutely

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Sheffield Hallam University

Thursday, March 7, 2019 — 10:13 am
There are some absolutely fascinating thoughts here on a film I very much need to see, and I completely agree that some examples of "extreme" horror are frequently elevated through cultural narratives surrounding "art cinema" that are ...