Haunted Homes

Looking at everything from classic movies like James Whale’s The Old Dark House to contemporary works like Hereditary, The Conjuring, and the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House, Dahlia Schweitzer explores why haunted homes have become a prime stage for dramatizing anxieties about family, gender, race, and economic collapse.

List of contents

Introduction 

1 The Suburbs 

2 The Suburban Gothic 

3 Gender, Horror, and the Family 

4 Race, Horror, and the Family 

Conclusion 

Acknowledgments 

Further Reading 

Works Cited 

Index 

About the author

DAHLIA SCHWEITZER is an associate professor of film and media at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Her many books include L.A. Private Eyes and Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World (both Rutgers University Press).

Product details

• Authors: Dahlia Schweitzer
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781978807730
• ISBN: 978-1-978807-73-0
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Quick Takes: Movies and Popula; Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture; Quick Takes: Movies & Popular Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet