Torture porn in the wake of 9/11 : horror, exploitation, and the cinema of sensation / Aaron Michael Kerner.

Saw, Hostel, The Devil's Rejects: this wave of horror movies has been classed under the disparaging label "torture porn." Since David Edelstein coined the term for a New York magazine article a few years after 9/11, many critics have speculated that these movies simply reflect iconic...

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Main Author: Kerner, Aaron (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Series:War culture.
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