Noah Simon Jampol is an assistant professor of English at Bronx Community College, City University of New York. He lives in New Jersey. Cain Miller is a PhD student in cinema and media studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. His research focuses on masculinity and the male body in horror cinema. Leah Richards is a professor of English at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York. She has published articles on Bram Stoker's Dracula, Romero's Land of the Dead, and the penny dreadful on which Sweeney Todd is based. John R. Ziegler, associate professor of English at Bronx Community College, City University of New York, has published work on early modern literature, Shakespeare, and video games. He serves as co-editor of the journal Supernatural Studies.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. “Isn’t that cheating?”: Extradiegetic Narrative Control in There’s Always VanillaLeah Richards2. “You’ve really got to get with it, Mrs. Mitchell”: Freud, Friedan and Jack’s WifeLeah Richards3. L’Univers Concentrationnaire of The CraziesNoah Simon Jampol4. Draining the Blood of the Patriarch: Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity in MartinCain Miller5. The King Is Dead; Long Live the King: Capitalism and Nostalgia in KnightridersLeah Richards6. Creepshow and Patriarchal Horror(s)John R. Ziegler7. Race and Murder in CreepshowJohn R. Ziegler8. “The Monkey Ruled the Man”: Phallocentrism, ­Able-Bodiedness and AIDS Anxieties in Monkey ShinesCain Miller9. Animating Politics, Reanimating Genres in “Cat from Hell” and “The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar”Noah Simon Jampol and John R. Ziegler10. Queer Reproduction and the Family in The Dark HalfJohn R. Ziegler11. “The New (White) Face of Terror”: White Male Victimization in BruiserCain MillerConclusion: From Amusement to EvilChapter NotesWorks CitedIndex

Noah Simon Jampol is an assistant professor of English at Bronx Community College, City University of New York. He lives in New Jersey. Cain Miller is a PhD student in cinema and media studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. His research focuses on masculinity and the male body in horror cinema. Leah Richards is a professor of English at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York. She has published articles on Bram Stoker's Dracula, Romero's Land of the Dead, and the penny dreadful on which Sweeney Todd is based. John R. Ziegler, associate professor of English at Bronx Community College, City University of New York, has published work on early modern literature, Shakespeare, and video games. He serves as co-editor of the journal Supernatural Studies.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. “Isn’t that cheating?”: Extradiegetic Narrative Control in There’s Always VanillaLeah Richards2. “You’ve really got to get with it, Mrs. Mitchell”: Freud, Friedan and Jack’s WifeLeah Richards3. L’Univers Concentrationnaire of The CraziesNoah Simon Jampol4. Draining the Blood of the Patriarch: Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity in MartinCain Miller5. The King Is Dead; Long Live the King: Capitalism and Nostalgia in KnightridersLeah Richards6. Creepshow and Patriarchal Horror(s)John R. Ziegler7. Race and Murder in CreepshowJohn R. Ziegler8. “The Monkey Ruled the Man”: Phallocentrism, ­Able-Bodiedness and AIDS Anxieties in Monkey ShinesCain Miller9. Animating Politics, Reanimating Genres in “Cat from Hell” and “The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar”Noah Simon Jampol and John R. Ziegler10. Queer Reproduction and the Family in The Dark HalfJohn R. Ziegler11. “The New (White) Face of Terror”: White Male Victimization in BruiserCain MillerConclusion: From Amusement to EvilChapter NotesWorks CitedIndex

Noah Simon Jampol is an assistant professor of English at Bronx Community College, City University of New York. He lives in New Jersey. Cain Miller is a PhD student in cinema and media studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. His research focuses on masculinity and the male body in horror cinema. Leah Richards is a professor of English at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York. She has published articles on Bram Stoker's Dracula, Romero's Land of the Dead, and the penny dreadful on which Sweeney Todd is based. John R. Ziegler, associate professor of English at Bronx Community College, City University of New York, has published work on early modern literature, Shakespeare, and video games. He serves as co-editor of the journal Supernatural Studies.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. “Isn’t that cheating?”: Extradiegetic Narrative Control in There’s Always VanillaLeah Richards2. “You’ve really got to get with it, Mrs. Mitchell”: Freud, Friedan and Jack’s WifeLeah Richards3. L’Univers Concentrationnaire of The CraziesNoah Simon Jampol4. Draining the Blood of the Patriarch: Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity in MartinCain Miller5. The King Is Dead; Long Live the King: Capitalism and Nostalgia in KnightridersLeah Richards6. Creepshow and Patriarchal Horror(s)John R. Ziegler7. Race and Murder in CreepshowJohn R. Ziegler8. “The Monkey Ruled the Man”: Phallocentrism, ­Able-Bodiedness and AIDS Anxieties in Monkey ShinesCain Miller9. Animating Politics, Reanimating Genres in “Cat from Hell” and “The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar”Noah Simon Jampol and John R. Ziegler10. Queer Reproduction and the Family in The Dark HalfJohn R. Ziegler11. “The New (White) Face of Terror”: White Male Victimization in BruiserCain MillerConclusion: From Amusement to EvilChapter NotesWorks CitedIndex