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Were brutal American horror movies like the Saw and Hostel films a reaction to the trauma of 9/11? Or was something else responsible for the rise of these violent and gory films during the first decade of the twenty-first century? This study reveals the history of how the emergence of the DVD market changed cultural and industrial attitudes about horror movies and film ratings. These changes made way for increasingly violent horror films, like those produced by the 'Splat Pack', a group of filmmakers who were heralded in the press as subversive outsiders. Taking a different tack, this study proposes that the films of the Splat Pack were products of, rather than reactions against, film industry policy. In doing so, the monograph blends film industry study with an analysis of the films themselves, revealing the films of the Splat Pack as commercial products rather than political manifestos.
Contents
Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Industrial Context of the Splat Pack; 1. Introducing the Splat Pack; 2. Politics and the Horror Film: An Industry Studies Intervention; 3. The DVD Revolution and the Horror Film, Take One: From Trash to Art to Collectable; 4. The DVD Revolution and the Horror Film, Take Two: Rise of the 'Unrated'; Part II: The Splat Pack on DVD; 5. Text, Subtext, and the Story of the Film: Eli Roth's Hostel and Hostel: Part II on DVD; 6. The 'White Trash' World of Rob Zombie: Class, Collecting, and Slumming Spectators; 7. Seriality, Subjectivity, and New Media: Consuming the Saw Series; 8. Scars, Both Material and Cyber: Haute Tension and The Descent on DVD; Afterward; Biblography; Filmography; DVD Supplemental Materials Referenced.
