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From Beyond: The British and Italian Horror Film : Instructor: John Freitas
The Horror film, begotten from Gothic Romance, born out of technology and nurtured by God, Freud, and blood, attempts (at it’s best) to encapsulate the individual’s desperate struggle with morality and religion for one’s self, one’s humanity. Two countries whose filmmakers have most notably articulated these complex themes of individual integrity and moral chaos via the horror genre are England and Italy. Themes explored and unearthed include; abjection, colonialism, misogyny, scopophilia and sexual repression with a specific focus on the image and roles of women and religion. In a comprehensive and comparative analysis the course discovers, defines, and discusses a series of great horror films by well known and less-known masters, including Dario Argento, Clive Barker, Mario Bava, Danny Boyle, Alberto Cavalcanti, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michael Powell, Nicolas Roeg, and Jacques Tourneur.
The British and Italian Horror Film Screening Series
The following films are screened: Dead of Night (Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer, 1945), Curse of Frankenstein (Terence Fisher, 1957), Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960), The Haunting (Robert Wise, 1963),The Witchfinder General aka The Conqueror Worm(Michael Reeves, 1968), Don’t Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973), Hellraiser (Clive Barker, 1987) and 28 days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002); Les Yeux Sans Visage aka Eyes Without a Face (George Franju,1959), La Maschera del Demonio aka Black Sunday (Mario Bava, 1960), La Casa dalle Finestre che Ridono aka House with Laughing Windows, (Pupi Avati, 1976), Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1976) Tu Vivrai Nel Terrore! L’Aldila aka The Beyond (Lucio Fulci, 1981), Sante Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989) and Dellamorte Dellamore aka Cemetery Man (Michele Soavi, 1994).
