Korean Horror Cinema / / Alison Peirse, Daniel Martin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Peirse, Alison,; Martin, Daniel,
• MitwirkendeR: Byrne, James,; Cagle, Robert L.,; Chung, Hye Seung,; Diffrient, David Scott,; Hwang, Yun Mi,; Kim, Kyu Hyun,; Lee, Hyangjin,; Lee, Nikki J. Y.,; Martin, Daniel,; Morris, Mark,; Oh, Eunha,; Peirse, Alison,; Shin, Chi-Yun,; Smith, Iain Robert,; Stringer, Julian,; Wing-Fai, Leung,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Foreword --; Contributors --; Introduction --; Part I: Classic Korean Horror --; 1. Family, Death and the wonhon in Four Films of the 1960s --; 2. Creepy Liver-Eating Fox Ladies: The Thousand Year Old Fox and Korea’s Gumiho --; 3. War Horror and Anti-Communism: From Piagol to Rainy Days --; 4. Mother’s Grudge and Woman’s Wail: The Monster-Mother and Korean Horror Film --; Part II: Contemporary ‘Domestic’ Horror --; 5. Heritage of Horrors: Reclaiming the Female Ghost in Shadows in the Palace --; 6. Acacia and Adoption Anxiety in Korean Horror Cinema --; 7. Apartment Horror: Sorum and Possessed --; 8. The Face(s) of Korean Horror Film: Toward a Cinematic Physiognomy of Affective Extremes --; 9. Death Bell and High-School Horror --; Part III: Contemporary ‘International’ Horror --; 10. Between the Local and the Global: ‘Asian Horror’ in Ahn Byung-ki’s Phone and Bunshinsaba --; 11. Diary of a Lost Girl: Victoriana, Intertextuality and A Tale of Two --; 12. From A Tale of Two Sisters to The Uninvited: A Tale of Two Texts --; 13. Oldboy goes to Bollywood: Zinda and the Transnational Appropriation of South Korean ‘Extreme’ Cinema --; 14. Park Chan-wook’s Thirst: Body, Guilt and Exsanguination --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780748677658; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9780748677658
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alison Peirse, Daniel Martin.

The first detailed English-language book on Korean horror introduces the cultural specificity of the genre to an international audience, from the iconic monsters of gothic horror, to the avenging killers of Oldboy and Death Bell. Beginning in the 1960s, it traces a path through the history of Korean horror, offering new interpretations of classic films, demarcating the shifting patterns of production and consumption across the decades, and acquainting readers with films rarely seen and discussed outside of Korea. It explores the importance of folklore and myth on horror film narratives, the impact of political and social change upon the genre, and accounts for the transnational triumph of some of Korea’s contemporary horror films. While covering some of the most successful recent films such as Phone and A Tale of Two Sisters, the collection also explores the obscure, the arcane and the little-known outside Korea, including detailed analyses of The Devil’s Stairway and Woman’s Wail. Its exploration and definition of the canon makes it an engaging and essential read for students and scholars in horror film studies and Korean Studies alike.Key featuresCovers films from 1960 to present day, from The Housemaid to ThirstCase studies cover both popular and lesser known films, from Oldboy to The Fox with Nine TailsDiscusses icons of the genre such as the wonhon (vengeful female ghost) and the gumiho (shapeshifting fox)