The representation of Folk Horror in the audiovisual arts

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/arab.95387
Keywords: Folk Horror, Backwoods Horror, audiovisual, cinema, video games, audiovisual arts

Abstract

This study offers a state of the question of the representation of Folk Horror within the audiovisual arts, focusing on the medium of cinema, although without neglecting other more contemporary audiovisual models of representation, such as video games. For this purpose, a diachronic and eminently qualitative analysis has been carried out of this narrative and aesthetic phenomenon, which responds to a sub-genre within horror made up of a series of defining yet complex features. As a methodology, a bibliographical review has been applied, in addition to the brief case study of certain works that are cited throughout the text, which, nevertheless, aims to provide a more general and updated radiography of Folk Horror in the sphere of the audiovisual arts.

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Fran Mateu, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

PhD in Philosophy and Arts, associate professor in the Department of Aesthetics and Theory of the Arts at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, member of the Centre for Research in the Arts (CíA), and member of the Massiva research group. Lines of research oriented towards the relations between cinema and different means of expression. Director of Elche International Fantastic Film Festival – FANTAELX, co-director of the International Congress of Fantastic Genre, Audiovisuals and New Technologies. Author of several articles published in scientific journals such as Fotocinema, Quaderns de Cine or L’Atalante; and coordinator of books such as Crimen y Fantástico (Cinestesia, 2021), Playing Culture. El videojuego como objeto cultural (Fundación La Posta, 2022) or Territorios de la Alta Fantasía (Tirant Lo Blanch, 2023).

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Published
2024-06-28
How to Cite
Mateu F. (2024). The representation of Folk Horror in the audiovisual arts. Área Abierta. Revista de comunicación audiovisual y publicitaria, 24(2), 73-88. https://doi.org/10.5209/arab.95387
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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2024)
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Articles

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