The Evolution of Horror in the Twenty-First Century

Simon Bacon is an independent scholar and film critic based in Poznan, Poland.

Part I: Frameworks and Classics of 21st Century Horror Chapter 1. Horror Theory Now: Thinking About Horror Kevin Corstophine Chapter 2. Decadent Feasts: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Twenty-First-Century Prestige Horror Television Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock Chapter 3. Horror Cinema and Censorship in the Twenty-first Century Neil Jackson CHAPTER 4. The Recurrence and Evolution of Universal's Classic Monsters in Twenty-first Century Horror M. Keith Booker Chapter 5. The Remixing (and Ransacking) of Hill House: Surveying the Spectral Presence of Shirley Jackson in Contemporary Gothic Fiction Joan Passey Part II: Media and Consumption Chapter 6. Further Notes Towards a Monster Pedagogy John Edgar Browning Chapter 7. Sounding Horror: Ballads, Ring Shouts, and the Power of Music in Black Horror Erik Steinskog Chapter 8. The Evolution of Horror on Stage Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. Chapter 9. Hauntify the World: New Directions in Video Game Horror Gwyneth Peaty Chapter 10. The Evolution of Horror and New Media Carlos Littles Frontispiece to Part III Mother [Figure 5] Gemma Files Part III: Recognition and Evolution Chapter 11. The Future of Horror: Evolution or Revolution? Carina Bissett Chapter 12. Black Lives Matter Horror Maisha Wester Chapter 13. Indigenous Horror in the Twenty-First Century Jacob Floyd Chapter 14. "Stepping out of the Closet": The Evolution of Queer Representation and Tropes in Twenty-first Century Horror TV Natasha C. Marchini Chapter 15. Involution, Adaptation, Mutation: Horror's Disability Dynamics Angela M. Smith Chapter 16. Sympathy for the Candyman: The Politics of the Past in Supernatural Horror Brandon Grafius Part IV: Evolving Themes Chapter 17. The Future Promise for Folk Horror Mikel J. Koven Chapter 18. The Rise in Ecohorror and Ecogothic Criticism Teresa Fitzpatrick Chapter 19. Undying Earth: Extinction Romances in the Age of Anthropocene Ian Fetters Chapter 20. Fear of Infection: Negotiating between Community and Isolation in Gothic Contagion Narratives Laura R. Kremmel Chapter 21. The Metal and the Flesh: Techno-liminalities, Bio-subversion, and the Enhanced Super-Body as a Horror Space Lorna Piatti-Farnell