ENGFLM 1695 - HORROR FILM

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description This course will investigate the key films and critical discussions surrounding the horror genre from its silent film beginnings to the present. We will use horror as a lens to ask wide-ranging questions about spectatorship, theory, history, aesthetics, and politics that have shaped and continue to transform film and media studies. This course examines horror subgenres, the ways that producers and directors have developed the genre, and the ways horror film exploits social attitudes and values to generate audience involvement. This is a Critical Studies course and counts for Category II towards the Film and Media Studies major and minor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Film Studies

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