![]() ![]() These are sentiments that have preoccupied recent writing on the horror genre, much of which borrows from developments in contemporary philosophy, and is attempting to expand the confines of horror beyond the usual fixation on gore, violence, and shock tactics. Much of this has changed in the ensuing years, as a robust and diverse critical literature has emerged around the horror genre, much of which not only considers the horror genre as a reflection of society, but as an autonomous platform for posing far-reaching questions concerning the fate of the humans species, the species that has named itself. Review of Mark Fisher, The Weird and the Eerie (Repeater, 2017)įor a long time, the horror genre was not generally considered worthy of critical, let alone philosophical, reflection it was the stuff of cheap thrills, pulp magazines, B-movies. ![]()
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