Critical Companion to Wes Craven

Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns is professor in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the University of Buenos Aires.John Darowski is a PhD candidate in comparative humanities at the University of Louisville.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction. Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni and John DarowskiPart I: Space, Time, Urbanities1.“Destabilizing Safety: Space, Place, and Risk in Craven’s Last House on the Left, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Red Eye.” Jacob Babb2.““What If?” The Unrealized in Wes Craven’s The Twilight Zone (1985) and Nightmare Cafe.” Emiliano Aguilar3.“Ruined Landscapes, the EcoGothic and Eco-Horror in the Early Films of Wes Craven: Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, Deadly Blessing, Swamp Thing, The Hills Have Eyes II.” Michael Stock4.“Nowhere Is Safe: Suburban Terror in A Nightmare on Elm Street, Shocker and Scream.” Daniel P. ComporaPart II: Traumatic Aspects5. “Teenage alienation and Fractured Identities: Re-evaluating Wes Craven’s My Soul to Take.” Reece Goodall6.“Wes Craven and BIPOC Horror: Contrasting The People Under the Stairs with The Possession of Joel Delaney.” Joshua W. Katz, Taksala Abeygunawardena, Natalie O’Reilly, Brenan R.R. Smith and Todd G. Morrison7.“

“Pagnoni Berns and Darowski have curated a volume on the cinema of Wes Craven that is greater than the sum of its parts, illuminating the dark corners of his canon while also offering fresh insights into old favorites. From his television movies to ecocritical readings of his work to multiple analyses of “rubber reality,” there is something here for every scholar, fan, and scholar-fan of Craven’s work. A thorough survey of an underappreciated auteur.“