Brazilian Horror Cinema in the Twenty-First Century

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Edited by Laura Loguercio Cánepa and Stephanie Dennison

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Brazil's pressing socio-political questions as seen through the country's horror-film-influenced audio-visual production between 2008 and 2022.

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Introduction: Contemporary Screen Horror in Brazil (Laura Loguercio Cánepa and Stephanie Dennison) Part One: The Reemergence of Brazilian Horror in the 21st Century 1. The Return of Coffin Joe: Embodiment of Evil and Contemporary Brazilian Horror Cinema - Laura Loguercio Cánepa 2. A Time-Traveller's Guide to a Country of Horrors: A Study of Past, Present and Future Reimagined in Brazilian Cinema - Lucas Procópio Caetano and Alfredo Suppia Part Two: Brazilian "Post-Horror" 3. Hard Labor and Kill Me Please: Key Moments of Middle-class Horror in Brazil - Laura Loguercio Cánepa and Rodrigo Carreiro 4. Reckoning with the Future: Fear, Resentment and Social Monsters in Neighbouring Sounds - Fernanda Santos and Cecília Mello Part Three: The Curse of Urban Violence in Brazil 5. A Glance Through the Window: The Working Class and its Discontents in The Tenants - Fabio Camarneiro 6. Mormaço, Mould and Malaise: Bodies and Urban Space in Conflict - João Vitor Leal and Mariana Souto Part Four: Folk-Horror Brazilian-Style 7. Folk Horror in Unsoul and The Famous and the Dead - Zuleika de Paula Bueno 8. Azougue Nazaré: Religious Intolerance in a Secular Country - Filipe Falcão Part Five: Race, Gender and Brazil's Colonial Past 9. Plantation Hauntings in The Devil's Knot - Stephanie Dennison 10. Good Manners: Colonialism and Structural Racism in Brazilian Horror Cinema - Yuri Garcia Part Six: Social Cannibalism 11. Always Feeding Off the Poor: Sex, Blood and Class Struggle in The Cannibal Club - Tiago Monteiro 12. A Cordial Murder: Horror and Social Tensions in Friendly Beast - Rodrigo Carreiro Part Seven: Teen Horror on Screen 13. The Joy: Brazilian Teen Horror Fuelled by Boredom - Gabriel Perrone 14. The Young Baumanns: Nostalgia, Ruins and Images of a Country in a State of Latency - Ana Maria Acker Part Eight: Tropical Dystopias 15. We Are Born in Flames: Living with Ghosts, Revamping Pasts and Futures in Tremor Iê - Natalia Christofoletti Barrenha 16. Bacurau Flies at Dusk: Film, Viral Cultural Politics, COVID-19, Hauntings and Futures - Michael M.J. Fischer