Grief in Contemporary Horror Cinema: Screening Loss

Grief in Contemporary Horror Cinema: Screening Loss examines bereavement as it appears in horror films of the last two decades. This book addresses global hits such as Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth and Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook as well as lauded arthouse films such as Lars von Trier’s Melancholia and Ari Aster’s Midsommar.

Erica Joan Dymond is assistant professor of English at East Stroudsburg University.