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AREYOUSCARED?GenreTheoryandAudienceEngagementinHorrorCinema
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KatAlbrechtUniversityofMinnesotaSociologyEmail:Albre257@umn.eduThankyoutotheUROPProgramforfundingthisresearch.ThanksalsofortheunwaveringsupportofDr.RobertSilbermanonthisforayintohorror.
Horrorfilmsareconspicuouslyabsentfromthelistofthetop-grossingfilmsinHollywoodhistory.In2013,forexample,onlyoneofthetopfiCyfilmswasmarketedasahorrorfilm.ThisprojectexploresafewbasicquesAons:first,Itrytodefinewhatmakesahorrorfilmahorrorfilm.Second,Itrytoparseoutwhythatmaoers,andtowhom.TheresearchaddressingthefirstquesAonusesgenretheorytohelpidenAfyintersecAonsbetweenhorror,comedy,thrillers,andmoreextremetorturefilms.Thesecondpartofmyprojectconcernsaudiences,andexaminesadverAsements,markeAng,andtheatricaltrailers.Iarguethatfilmmakerspitchdifferenttypesofhorrorfilmsindifferentways,basedontheintendedaudience,andthatthedifferentmarkeAngtacAcscanbeanalyzedbyconsideringdifferentnarraAvestodescribeaudienceengagementinadverAsingcampaigns.DrawinguponprintadverAsements,theatricaltrailers,scholarlyliterature,andempiricalstaAsAcs,Ianalyzepairsoffilmsintheextremehorror,horrorthriller,andcomedyhorrorcategories.
• AdverAsingcampaignsprecedeconsumercommitmenttogoingtothetheatre
• WhilegenreandactorsdriveexpectaAons,
themediaandadverAsingcampaignpackageit(Finsterwalderet.al2012)
• Trailersareespeciallysalientbecausethey• Previewactualpartsofthefilm• Arewidely• Mayormaynotengageaudiencesdirectly
Thisstudyusedsixprimaryfilmicsourcespairedbyageandgenre:• ShuoerIslandandSilenceoftheLambs• CabinintheWoodsandScream• HostelandCannibalHolocaustIalsoaugmentedthesesourceswithothertypesofdataallowingmetodiscussadverAsing,engagement,andpercepAon• ScholarlyarAcles• CinemaActrailers• BoxofficestaAsAcsandaoendance• Printandotherformsofmedia
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Finsterwalder, Jörg, Volker G. Kuppelwieser, and Matthew de Villiers. "The effects of film trailers on shaping consumer expectations in the entertainment industry—A qualitative analysis." Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 19.6 (2012): 589-595.
Stacey, Jackie. "Star gazing." Hollywood Cinema and Female Spectatorship. London/New York (1994). Stokes, Melvyn, and Richard Maltby. Identifying Hollywood's audiences: cultural identity and the movies. British Film Institute Publishing,
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Genre Intersectionality and Audience Engagement
WHATISAHORRORFILM?THEPOWEROFADVERTISINGWHO’SWATCHING
Horrorfilmsaregenerallydirectedtowardyoungmen.BothindustryandacademicworkassumethatenjoyinghorrorfilmisamasculinecharacterisAcratherthanafeminineone.Thisisnotthecase.Atsomenotablehorrorfilms(likeScream,Saw2,SilenceoftheLambs)theaudiencewas~50%female(StokesandMaltby1999).Stacey(1994)foundanotherreasonthatwomenmightbeunderrepresentedinthetheaters;theyarewatchingfromhome.Sheproposesthatwhilethecinemaaudienceisyoungandmale,theoverallaudienceisolderandmorefemale.
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