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A tribute to Robin Wood, focusing on his influence on horror criticism, and more specifically, on his appraisal of George A. Romero as ‘a great and audacious filmmaker’ through detailed consideration of his zombie movies. The article considers the key elements of his extraordinary influence on horror criticism, and a detailed examination of the monster which most directly responds to horror’s potential ambivalence: the zombie. In order to consider the ambivalence in the relationship between normality and the monster – that central and most important component of Wood’s horror criticism – created by Romero’s zombies, analysis focuses on the materiality of the films through close attention to the bodies on-screen.
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Mar 24, 2014 · Donaldson, L. F. (2011) “Normality is threatened by the Monster”: Robin Wood, Romero and zombies. CineAction (84). pp. 24-31. ISSN 0826-9866.
A tribute to Robin Wood, focusing on his influence on horror criticism, and more specifically, on his appraisal of George A. Romero as ‘a great and audacious filmmaker’ through detailed consideration of his zombie movies. The article considers the key elements of his extraordinary influence on horror criticism, and a detailed examination of the monster which most directly responds to horror’s potential ambivalence: the zombie. In order to consider the ambivalence in the relationship between normality and the monster – that central and most important component of Wood’s horror criticism – created by Romero’s zombies, analysis focuses on the materiality of the films through close attention to the bodies on-screen.
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Normality is threatened by the monster: Robin Wood, Romero and Zombies. ... More importantly, zombies are normality: everyday Americans reconstituted as monsters ...
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“Normality is Threatened by the Monster”: Robin Wood, Romero and Zombies, CineAction, 84, 2011, 24-31.
‘“Normality is Threatened by the Monster”: Robin Wood, Romero and Zombies’, CineAction, 84, 2011, 24-31.
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The democratic scope of Robin Wood's film criticism is something to be celebrated in itself; that his interests were always varied and wide ranging is the key strength of his writing. Who, but Robin Wood, would have seen Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944) and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974) as American family comedies? His critical career started with a call for taking Hitchcock seriously, and it is this quality, of taking movies seriously (cutting across apparent binaries of 'art' and 'exploitation'), that I admire the most, not least when it comes to horror. My tribute to Robin Wood will focus on his influence on horror criticism, and more specifically, on his appraisal of George A. Romero as 'a great and audacious filmmaker' through detailed consideration of his zombie movies. (1) Robin Wood's approach to horror is characteristic of his criticism more generally, in its capacity to directly address and unravel concerns central to the experience of film. In an attempt to echo his characteristically straightforward manner I will start with a list of the key elements of his extraordinary influence on horror criticism. 1. 'Normality is threatened by the monster'. (2) Wood's basic formula for all horror films presents a paradigm which cuts directly to the key dynamics of the genre, despite its many forms across the varied eras of American filmmaking. His forthright statement crucially understands horror's close relationship to other genres--as indica...
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Zombies are among the most popular types of monsters recognised in today's society. They are corpses of once living creatures that have been reanimated by outside forces. The term "zombie" is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli. Zombies have gone by many names throughout history and have been divided into various different (sub)categories based on their origins and behaviour
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Mar 19, 2020 · Them” dichotomy that emerges between zombies and humans in the zombie genre applies to monsters more broadly. ... normal, monster vs human, ...
Zombies, as mentioned in my last blog post are everywhere in popular culture and we can learn a lot from studying them and their monstrous siblings - werewolves, vampires, aliens, ghosts and the like. Traditionally, when we speak about things that are monstrous, we're referring to someone or someth
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While they might come off as zombies, their true nature is a little more complicated than that.
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Jul 17, 2017 · ... normal life. At one point in the series, the group manage to ... Romero created monsters that blurred the line between human and zombie.
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