Culture Wars and Horror Movies : Social Fears and Ideology in Post-2010 Horror Cinema

Abstract

In this volume, contributors explore the deep ideological polarization in US society as portrayed in horror narratives and tropes. By navigating this polarized society in their representation of social values, twenty-first-century horror films critically frame and engage conflicting and divisive ideological issues. "Culture Wars and Horror Movies: Social Fears and Ideology in Post-2010 Horror Cinema" analyses the ways in which these “culture wars” make their way into and through contemporary horror films, focusing on the post-2010 US context and its fundamental political divisions.