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- Title
HOW TERRORISM MODIFIED THE HORROR MOVIES.
- Authors
Korstanje, Maximiliano; Skoll, Geoffrey
- Abstract
In 2005 when the movie Hostel came out, written and directed by Eli Roth, it seemed universal, although set in Slovakia. The first Hostel was followed by two sequels in 2007 and 2011. The sadism depicted in the films represented an inherent, though veiled, aspect of contemporary tourism. Cinematic representation of sadism in tourism reflects a wider turn to sadistic relations in international political affairs, especially the rise of jihadism after the September 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks in New York. The rise of international terror has changed not only the tourist industry but also the film industry. Cultural entertainment both reflects and shapes our fears, hopes and challenges. Because of this dialectical relationship between objective reality and its phenomenological impact, exploring horror movies offers a way to expand our understanding current world affairs. Prior to 9/11 horror movies used nature or unnatural beings as the main threats. Monsters, like vampires or similar imaginary creatures, or wild animals such as ants or sharks provided the fearsome threats. It was the natural world or an unnatural phenomenon that were represented as dangerous, but they were dangers able to be tamed by rationality and instrumentality. After 9/11, however, other people became the sources of horror. Today as never before, man is the wolf of man.
- Subjects
TERRORISM in motion pictures; HORROR films; TOURISM; SADISM; VAMPIRE films
- Publication
International Journal of Terrorism & Political Hot Spots, 2017, Vol 12, Issue 2/3, p353
- ISSN
1932-7889
- Publication type
Article