Simon Bacon is an independent scholar and film critic based in Poznan, Poland.

• Part I: Frameworks and Classics of 21st Century HorrorChapter 1. Horror Theory Now: Thinking About HorrorKevin CorstophineChapter 2. Decadent Feasts: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Twenty-First-Century Prestige Horror TelevisionJeffrey Andrew Weinstock Chapter 3. Horror Cinema and Censorship in the Twenty-first CenturyNeil JacksonCHAPTER 4. The Recurrence and Evolution of Universal’s Classic Monsters in Twenty-first Century HorrorM. Keith BookerChapter 5. The Remixing (and Ransacking) of Hill House: Surveying the Spectral Presence of Shirley Jackson in Contemporary Gothic FictionJoan PasseyPart II: Media and ConsumptionChapter 6. Further Notes Towards a Monster PedagogyJohn Edgar BrowningChapter 7. Sounding Horror: Ballads, Ring Shouts, and the Power of Music in Black HorrorErik SteinskogChapter 8. The Evolution of Horror on StageKevin J. Wetmore Jr.Chapter 9. Hauntify the World: New Directions in Video Game HorrorGwyneth PeatyChapter 10. The Evolution of Horror and New

The twenty-first century has seen a new golden age of horror cinema with a wide array of innovative and provocative films from creators around the globe. The essays in The Evolution of Horror in the Twenty-First Century capture the breadth and vibrancy of this period. The essays also make the important point that horror films in the twenty-first century are not only reflections of political and social tensions but are actively and critically engaged in advocating for change.

Simon Bacon is an independent scholar and film critic based in Poznan, Poland.

• Part I: Frameworks and Classics of 21st Century HorrorChapter 1. Horror Theory Now: Thinking About HorrorKevin CorstophineChapter 2. Decadent Feasts: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Twenty-First-Century Prestige Horror TelevisionJeffrey Andrew Weinstock Chapter 3. Horror Cinema and Censorship in the Twenty-first CenturyNeil JacksonCHAPTER 4. The Recurrence and Evolution of Universal’s Classic Monsters in Twenty-first Century HorrorM. Keith BookerChapter 5. The Remixing (and Ransacking) of Hill House: Surveying the Spectral Presence of Shirley Jackson in Contemporary Gothic FictionJoan PasseyPart II: Media and ConsumptionChapter 6. Further Notes Towards a Monster PedagogyJohn Edgar BrowningChapter 7. Sounding Horror: Ballads, Ring Shouts, and the Power of Music in Black HorrorErik SteinskogChapter 8. The Evolution of Horror on StageKevin J. Wetmore Jr.Chapter 9. Hauntify the World: New Directions in Video Game HorrorGwyneth PeatyChapter 10. The Evolution of Horror and New

The twenty-first century has seen a new golden age of horror cinema with a wide array of innovative and provocative films from creators around the globe. The essays in The Evolution of Horror in the Twenty-First Century capture the breadth and vibrancy of this period. The essays also make the important point that horror films in the twenty-first century are not only reflections of political and social tensions but are actively and critically engaged in advocating for change.

Simon Bacon is an independent scholar and film critic based in Poznan, Poland.

• Part I: Frameworks and Classics of 21st Century HorrorChapter 1. Horror Theory Now: Thinking About HorrorKevin CorstophineChapter 2. Decadent Feasts: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Twenty-First-Century Prestige Horror TelevisionJeffrey Andrew Weinstock Chapter 3. Horror Cinema and Censorship in the Twenty-first CenturyNeil JacksonCHAPTER 4. The Recurrence and Evolution of Universal’s Classic Monsters in Twenty-first Century HorrorM. Keith BookerChapter 5. The Remixing (and Ransacking) of Hill House: Surveying the Spectral Presence of Shirley Jackson in Contemporary Gothic FictionJoan PasseyPart II: Media and ConsumptionChapter 6. Further Notes Towards a Monster PedagogyJohn Edgar BrowningChapter 7. Sounding Horror: Ballads, Ring Shouts, and the Power of Music in Black HorrorErik SteinskogChapter 8. The Evolution of Horror on StageKevin J. Wetmore Jr.Chapter 9. Hauntify the World: New Directions in Video Game HorrorGwyneth PeatyChapter 10. The Evolution of Horror and New

The twenty-first century has seen a new golden age of horror cinema with a wide array of innovative and provocative films from creators around the globe. The essays in The Evolution of Horror in the Twenty-First Century capture the breadth and vibrancy of this period. The essays also make the important point that horror films in the twenty-first century are not only reflections of political and social tensions but are actively and critically engaged in advocating for change.