How modern alternative horror has divided critics and fans with David Church
How modern alternative horror has divided critics and fans with David Church
Interview Timeline
David Church is a film and media scholar specializing in genre studies, taste cultures, and histories of film circulation. He is the author of numerous books including a recent one on modern horror films. We spoke about the book and recent horror films. Post-Horror: Art, Genre and Cultural Elevation (Edinburgh University Press, 2021)
0:48 – David talks about why he enjoys horror films and why he wrote this book.
2:36 – David talks about the old horror movies he watched.
4:38 – David talks about examining horror films from 2013 and 2014.
6:53 – David talks about the motivations of the film makers in making new types of horror.
9:19 – David talks about how streaming has affected horror films.
12:16 – David talks about anthology horror films.
13:12 – David talks about horror video games.
14:10 – David talks about the budgets of these films.
16:13 – David compares low budget sci-fi with other low budget indie films.
17:58 – David talks about what he focuses on in the book.
23:42 – David talks about whether any of these films are sci-fi or historical.
25:16 – David talks about the countries these films are made in.
25:42 – David talks about cultural elevation of these films.
27:51 – David talks about these films and literary source material.
31:14 – David talks the use of monsters in these films.
34:07 – David talks about whether these horror movies are connected to the wars on terror.
36:27 – David talks about horror and politics.
37:08 – David talks about the focus of the book.
38:32 – David talks about the critics he looked at.
39:55 – David talks about the movies he had to watch. He talks about enjoying occult films.
41:34 – David talks about the stark divide about how good people thought the movies were.
43:03 – David talks about major studios trying to copy these films.
44:30 – David talks about the movie “Us”.
46:42 – David talks about the different groups defining horror.
47:16 – David talks about fans arguing about films.
48:33 – David talks about subversive horror films.
50:36 – David talks about new movies that have come out.
52:15 – David talks about Parasite.
53:08 – David talks about the meaning
56:00 – SPOILER for Get Out – 57:04
57:04 David talks about the studios putting out these films.
1:01:31 – David can be found at david-church.com
Links of interest
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-post-horror.html
https://www.david-church.com/
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Guests: David Church
Host: Cris Alvarez
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