Gothic Dissections in Film and Literature

Ian Conrich is Honorary Fellow at the University of Vienna, Austria. He is an author or editor of fourteen books, including Horror Zone: The Cultural Experience of Contemporary Horror Cinema (2009) and The Cinema of John Carpenter: The Technique of Terror (2005).Laura Sedgwick is studying for a PhD in Film and Gothic Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland. She is co-editor of ‘Islands and Film’, a special issue of the journal Post Script.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Brain.- 3. Head and Face.- 4. Eyes.- 5. Ears and Nose.- 6. Teeth.- 7. The Tongue, Mouth, and Lips.- 8. Hair and Fingernails.- 9. Hands.- 10. Feet and Limbs.- 11. Bones.- 12. Skin.- 13. The Heart.- 14. Genitalia.- 15. The Uterus.- 16. The Stomach, Intestines, and the Anus.- 17. Epilogue.