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The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul
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The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul Paperback - 2015

by Gina Freitag (Editor); Andr� Loiselle (Editor)


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From the cheaply made "tax-shelter" films of the 1970s to the latest wave of contemporary "eco-horror," Canadian horror cinema has rarely received much critical attention. Gina Freitag and Andr Loiselle rectify that situation in The Canadian Horror Film with a series of thought-provoking reflections on Canada's "terror of the soul," a wasteland of docile damnation and prosaic pestilence where savage beasts and mad scientists rub elbows with pasty suburbanites, grumpy seamen, and baby-faced porn stars.

Featuring chapters on Pontypool, Ginger Snaps, 1970s slasher films, Quebec horror, and the work of David Cronenberg, among many others, The Canadian Horror Film unearths the terrors hidden in the recesses of the Canadian psyche. It examines the highlights of more than a century of Canadian horror filmmaking and includes an extensive filmography to guide both scholars and enthusiasts alike through this treacherous terrain.

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  • Title The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul
  • Author Gina Freitag (Editor); Andr� Loiselle (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 302
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Toronto Press, Toronto
  • Date 2015-10-22
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781442628502 / 1442628502
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
  • Library of Congress subjects Canada, Horror films
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016297660
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.436

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  • Choice, 04/01/2016, Page 0

About the author

Gina Freitag is an independent scholar and the founder of the Cellar Door Film Festival in Ottawa. Andr Loiselle is a professor in the Film Studies program and assistant vice-president (Academic) at Carleton University.
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