Horror Stories

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: Third-year standing; SCRN 1001; or permission of the Program Director This course introduces the foundations of horror on screen, examining its major forms, themes, and stylistic conventions across both classic and contemporary screen media. Horror is one of the most enduring and dynamic genres in the history of film and television. With its roots in mythology, fairy tales, gothic literature, feminism, and psychoanalysis, horror continues to both unsettle and captivate audiences with stories of vampires, ghosts, zombies, werewolves, serial killers, and other "monstrous" figures. More than a source of fear and shock, horror serves as a powerful cultural lens through which societies confront their deepest anxieties and fears about technology, religion, politics, gender and sexuality, sexism and misogyny, diversity, otherness, and the environment. (Format: Lecture/Seminar 3 Hours) (Exclusion: SCRN 3991 Horror Stories)