Korean Horror Cinema

Alison Peirse; Daniel Martin

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2013

Korean Horror Cinema

Alison Peirse and Daniel Martin

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748677658

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About this book

The first detailed English-language book on Korean horror introduces the cultural specificity of the genre to an international audience, from the iconic monsters of gothic horror, to the avenging killers of Oldboy and Death Bell.

Beginning in the 1960s, it traces a path through the history of Korean horror, offering new interpretations of classic films, demarcating the shifting patterns of production and consumption across the decades, and acquainting readers with films rarely seen and discussed outside of Korea. It explores the importance of folklore and myth on horror film narratives, the impact of political and social change upon the genre, and accounts for the transnational triumph of some of Korea’s contemporary horror films. While covering some of the most successful recent films such as Phone and A Tale of Two Sisters, the collection also explores the obscure, the arcane and the little-known outside Korea, including detailed analyses of The Devil’s Stairway and Woman’s Wail. Its exploration and definition of the canon makes it an engaging and essential read for students and scholars in horror film studies and Korean Studies alike.

Key features

Covers films from 1960 to present day, from The Housemaid to Thirst
Case studies cover both popular and lesser known films, from Oldboy to The Fox with Nine Tails
Discusses icons of the genre such as the wonhon (vengeful female ghost) and the gumiho (shapeshifting fox)

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Julian Stringer Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Alison Peirse and Daniel Martin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Classic Korean Horror
1. Family, Death and the wonhon in Four Films of the 1960s Hyangjin Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. Creepy Liver-Eating Fox Ladies: The Thousand Year Old Fox and Korea’s Gumiho Alison Peirse and James Byrne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3. War Horror and Anti-Communism: From Piagol to Rainy Days Mark Morris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
4. Mother’s Grudge and Woman’s Wail: The Monster-Mother and Korean Horror Film Eunha Oh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
Part II: Contemporary ‘Domestic’ Horror
5. Heritage of Horrors: Reclaiming the Female Ghost in Shadows in the Palace Yun Mi Hwang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
6. Acacia and Adoption Anxiety in Korean Horror Cinema Hye Seung Chung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
7. Apartment Horror: Sorum and Possessed Nikki J. Y. Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
8. The Face(s) of Korean Horror Film: Toward a Cinematic Physiognomy of Affective Extremes David Scott Diffrient Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
9. Death Bell and High-School Horror Chi-Yun Shin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Part III: Contemporary ‘International’ Horror
10. Between the Local and the Global: ‘Asian Horror’ in Ahn Byung-ki’s Phone and Bunshinsaba Daniel Martin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
11. Diary of a Lost Girl: Victoriana, Intertextuality and A Tale of Two Robert L. Cagle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
12. From A Tale of Two Sisters to The Uninvited: A Tale of Two Texts Leung Wing-Fai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
13. Oldboy goes to Bollywood: Zinda and the Transnational Appropriation of South Korean ‘Extreme’ Cinema Iain Robert Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
14. Park Chan-wook’s Thirst: Body, Guilt and Exsanguination Kyu Hyun Kim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: March 14, 2013
ISBN: 9780748677658