French Horror

Reece Goodall is a Director of Student Experience at the University of Warwick, where he completed a PhD thesis comprising an industrial and theoretical analysis of contemporary French horror cinema. He has previously written for French Screen Studies, Horror Studies and Animation Studies, and is the author of the forthcoming monograph French Horror: Industry, Society and Media and the editor of the forthcoming Horror Spoofs and Parody: Dying of Laughter.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures1. Introduction2. The Limited History of French Horror3. New Avenues of Distribution4. Looking Forward Through Looking Back: Historicizing French Horror5. Genre and Nation in the Works of Alexandre Aja6. Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo: Monstrous Mothers and Spaces of Horror7. Gender and the Body in the Film sof Julia Ducournau and Coralie Fargeat8. Race and the banlieues9. Horror Naturelle10. Lapsing Identities and the Fear of Vanishing Frenchness11. ConclusionApendixReferences

This excellent volume rethinks French horror beyond the familiar lenses of auteurism and the New French Extremity, offering a long-overdue intervention into the field. Its attention to production histories and French cultural policy is especially significant, providing insights that resonate beyond national borders. Moving from films like Eyes without a Face to The Substance, the volume traces a compelling trajectory for understanding horror in France and beyond.