Scared Sacred: Idolatry, Religion and Worship in the Horror Film [paperback]
About
Scared Sacred is the first anthology in a small series exploring the complex relationship between religion and the cinematic church of horror.
Featuring a foreword from Hellraiser's Pinhead, Doug Bradley, each first-edition paperback (limited to 500 copies) comes with a numbered certificate and reversible page marker.
The collection's sixteen chapters dissect your favourite films through a critical lens, with subjects ranging from:
—the Medieval witch (Häxan) to Korean Shamanism (Whispering Corridors);
—gender politics in Buddhism (Onibaba) to race politics in 1970s America (Ganja & Hess);
—and demonic warfare (The Amityville Horror;The Conjuring) to the horror of faith (The Exorcist III).
Along with sixteen original chapter illustrations in a woodcut style (by John Sowder), the stunning cover art (by Jeremy Thompson) is embellished in classic silver foiling.
If you would an electronic version of Scared Sacred, the eBook is available on the Kindle store.
Contents
Foreword
by Doug Bradley
Introduction
Reading Religion in the Dead of Night
by Douglas E Cowan
Section One: Christianity
Onward Christian Soldiers: Eyes of Believers in The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016)
by Alexandra West
“I don’t know if we’ve got the heir to the Thorn millions here or Jesus Christ himself”: Catholicism, Satanism and the Role of Predestination in The Omen (1976)
by LMK Sheppard
As God Is My Witness: Martyrdom in Modern-Day Horror
by Andrea Subissati
The Last Sin Eater: The Purgatorial Testament and Redemption of the Hell Priest in the Hellraiser Mythology
by Rebecca Booth
Section Two: Mysticism
Needful Things: Buddhism and Gender in Onibaba (1964) and Nang Nak (1999)
by Erin Thompson
Between Two Worlds: Regression, Restitution and Soul Transmigration in The Dybbuk (1937) and Demon (2015)
by Rebecca Booth
From the Stake to the Sanitarium: Taming the Disruptive Feminine in Häxan (1922) and Antichrist (2009)
by Valeska Griffiths
Monstrous Realism: Irreligious Religion in Lovecraft’s Cosmic Horror
by Anya Stanley
Section Three: Occultism
“Not everything that moves, breathes and talks is alive”: Christianity, Korean Shamanism and Reincarnation in Whispering Corridors (1998) and The Wailing (2016)
by Frazer Lee
Deprogramming the Program: The Image and Anxiety of the Religious Cult in the Made-for-Television Film
by Amanda Reyes
I Believe in Death: William Peter Blatty and the Horror of Faith in The Ninth Configuration (1980) and The Exorcist III (1990)
by Samm Deighan
The Last Temptation: Demonic Warfare and Supernatural Sacrifice in The Amityville Horror (1979) and When the Lights Went Out (2012)
by Erin Thompson
Section Four: Beyond Belief
A Taste for Blood and Truth: Bill Gunn’s Ganja & Hess (1973)
by John Cussans
Zoolatry and the Feline Fatale: Obsession, Femininity and Revenge in Cat People (1942) and Kuroneko (1968)
by Joseph Dwyer
Faith and Idolatry in the Abrahamic Religions: Security Through Symbols in Şeytan (1974) and Jinn (2014)
by Neil Gravino
Prophetic Voices and the Lethal Hand of God: The Religious Zealotry of Frailty (2001)
by Chris Hallock
About
Scared Sacred is the first anthology in a small series exploring the complex relationship between religion and the cinematic church of horror.
Featuring a foreword from Hellraiser's Pinhead, Doug Bradley, each first-edition paperback (limited to 500 copies) comes with a numbered certificate and reversible page marker.
The collection's sixteen chapters dissect your favourite films through a critical lens, with subjects ranging from:
—the Medieval witch (Häxan) to Korean Shamanism (Whispering Corridors);
—gender politics in Buddhism (Onibaba) to race politics in 1970s America (Ganja & Hess);
—and demonic warfare (The Amityville Horror;The Conjuring) to the horror of faith (The Exorcist III).
Along with sixteen original chapter illustrations in a woodcut style (by John Sowder), the stunning cover art (by Jeremy Thompson) is embellished in classic silver foiling.
If you would an electronic version of Scared Sacred, the eBook is available on the Kindle store.
Contents
Foreword
by Doug Bradley
Introduction
Reading Religion in the Dead of Night
by Douglas E Cowan
Section One: Christianity
Onward Christian Soldiers: Eyes of Believers in The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016)
by Alexandra West
“I don’t know if we’ve got the heir to the Thorn millions here or Jesus Christ himself”: Catholicism, Satanism and the Role of Predestination in The Omen (1976)
by LMK Sheppard
As God Is My Witness: Martyrdom in Modern-Day Horror
by Andrea Subissati
The Last Sin Eater: The Purgatorial Testament and Redemption of the Hell Priest in the Hellraiser Mythology
by Rebecca Booth
Section Two: Mysticism
Needful Things: Buddhism and Gender in Onibaba (1964) and Nang Nak (1999)
by Erin Thompson
Between Two Worlds: Regression, Restitution and Soul Transmigration in The Dybbuk (1937) and Demon (2015)
by Rebecca Booth
From the Stake to the Sanitarium: Taming the Disruptive Feminine in Häxan (1922) and Antichrist (2009)
by Valeska Griffiths
Monstrous Realism: Irreligious Religion in Lovecraft’s Cosmic Horror
by Anya Stanley
Section Three: Occultism
“Not everything that moves, breathes and talks is alive”: Christianity, Korean Shamanism and Reincarnation in Whispering Corridors (1998) and The Wailing (2016)
by Frazer Lee
Deprogramming the Program: The Image and Anxiety of the Religious Cult in the Made-for-Television Film
by Amanda Reyes
I Believe in Death: William Peter Blatty and the Horror of Faith in The Ninth Configuration (1980) and The Exorcist III (1990)
by Samm Deighan
The Last Temptation: Demonic Warfare and Supernatural Sacrifice in The Amityville Horror (1979) and When the Lights Went Out (2012)
by Erin Thompson
Section Four: Beyond Belief
A Taste for Blood and Truth: Bill Gunn’s Ganja & Hess (1973)
by John Cussans
Zoolatry and the Feline Fatale: Obsession, Femininity and Revenge in Cat People (1942) and Kuroneko (1968)
by Joseph Dwyer
Faith and Idolatry in the Abrahamic Religions: Security Through Symbols in Şeytan (1974) and Jinn (2014)
by Neil Gravino
Prophetic Voices and the Lethal Hand of God: The Religious Zealotry of Frailty (2001)
by Chris Hallock
About
Scared Sacred is the first anthology in a small series exploring the complex relationship between religion and the cinematic church of horror.
Featuring a foreword from Hellraiser's Pinhead, Doug Bradley, each first-edition paperback (limited to 500 copies) comes with a numbered certificate and reversible page marker.
The collection's sixteen chapters dissect your favourite films through a critical lens, with subjects ranging from:
—the Medieval witch (Häxan) to Korean Shamanism (Whispering Corridors);
—gender politics in Buddhism (Onibaba) to race politics in 1970s America (Ganja & Hess);
—and demonic warfare (The Amityville Horror;The Conjuring) to the horror of faith (The Exorcist III).
Along with sixteen original chapter illustrations in a woodcut style (by John Sowder), the stunning cover art (by Jeremy Thompson) is embellished in classic silver foiling.
If you would an electronic version of Scared Sacred, the eBook is available on the Kindle store.
Contents
Foreword
by Doug Bradley
Introduction
Reading Religion in the Dead of Night
by Douglas E Cowan
Section One: Christianity
Onward Christian Soldiers: Eyes of Believers in The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016)
by Alexandra West
“I don’t know if we’ve got the heir to the Thorn millions here or Jesus Christ himself”: Catholicism, Satanism and the Role of Predestination in The Omen (1976)
by LMK Sheppard
As God Is My Witness: Martyrdom in Modern-Day Horror
by Andrea Subissati
The Last Sin Eater: The Purgatorial Testament and Redemption of the Hell Priest in the Hellraiser Mythology
by Rebecca Booth
Section Two: Mysticism
Needful Things: Buddhism and Gender in Onibaba (1964) and Nang Nak (1999)
by Erin Thompson
Between Two Worlds: Regression, Restitution and Soul Transmigration in The Dybbuk (1937) and Demon (2015)
by Rebecca Booth
From the Stake to the Sanitarium: Taming the Disruptive Feminine in Häxan (1922) and Antichrist (2009)
by Valeska Griffiths
Monstrous Realism: Irreligious Religion in Lovecraft’s Cosmic Horror
by Anya Stanley
Section Three: Occultism
“Not everything that moves, breathes and talks is alive”: Christianity, Korean Shamanism and Reincarnation in Whispering Corridors (1998) and The Wailing (2016)
by Frazer Lee
Deprogramming the Program: The Image and Anxiety of the Religious Cult in the Made-for-Television Film
by Amanda Reyes
I Believe in Death: William Peter Blatty and the Horror of Faith in The Ninth Configuration (1980) and The Exorcist III (1990)
by Samm Deighan
The Last Temptation: Demonic Warfare and Supernatural Sacrifice in The Amityville Horror (1979) and When the Lights Went Out (2012)
by Erin Thompson
Section Four: Beyond Belief
A Taste for Blood and Truth: Bill Gunn’s Ganja & Hess (1973)
by John Cussans
Zoolatry and the Feline Fatale: Obsession, Femininity and Revenge in Cat People (1942) and Kuroneko (1968)
by Joseph Dwyer
Faith and Idolatry in the Abrahamic Religions: Security Through Symbols in Şeytan (1974) and Jinn (2014)
by Neil Gravino
Prophetic Voices and the Lethal Hand of God: The Religious Zealotry of Frailty (2001)
by Chris Hallock