Peter Fraser is a professor of English and Director of the School of Communication and the Arts at Regent University. This is his third book on the intersection of Christianity and film. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction1. What Lies Beneath the Horror Genre2. Monster and Man: Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth3. Modern Paralysis and Ancient Faith: Carl Dreyer’s Vampyr4. Carnival Pleasures: Karl Freund’s The Mummy5. Lawless Men and Beasts: Jacques Tourneur’s Night of the Demon6. Kill Thine Enemy: Howard Hawks’ The Thing7. The Return of Molech: Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man8. The Corruption of the Virgin: William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist9. No Pleasure but Cruelty: John Carpenter’s Halloween10. Lord of the World: Hideo Nakata’s RinguConclusionChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“a well-written, accessible work...it fills a void as one of the first books of its type”—Journal of American Culture.

Peter Fraser is a professor of English and Director of the School of Communication and the Arts at Regent University. This is his third book on the intersection of Christianity and film. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction1. What Lies Beneath the Horror Genre2. Monster and Man: Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth3. Modern Paralysis and Ancient Faith: Carl Dreyer’s Vampyr4. Carnival Pleasures: Karl Freund’s The Mummy5. Lawless Men and Beasts: Jacques Tourneur’s Night of the Demon6. Kill Thine Enemy: Howard Hawks’ The Thing7. The Return of Molech: Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man8. The Corruption of the Virgin: William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist9. No Pleasure but Cruelty: John Carpenter’s Halloween10. Lord of the World: Hideo Nakata’s RinguConclusionChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“a well-written, accessible work...it fills a void as one of the first books of its type”—Journal of American Culture.

Peter Fraser is a professor of English and Director of the School of Communication and the Arts at Regent University. This is his third book on the intersection of Christianity and film. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction1. What Lies Beneath the Horror Genre2. Monster and Man: Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth3. Modern Paralysis and Ancient Faith: Carl Dreyer’s Vampyr4. Carnival Pleasures: Karl Freund’s The Mummy5. Lawless Men and Beasts: Jacques Tourneur’s Night of the Demon6. Kill Thine Enemy: Howard Hawks’ The Thing7. The Return of Molech: Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man8. The Corruption of the Virgin: William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist9. No Pleasure but Cruelty: John Carpenter’s Halloween10. Lord of the World: Hideo Nakata’s RinguConclusionChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“a well-written, accessible work...it fills a void as one of the first books of its type”—Journal of American Culture.