Grenzüberschreitungen: Exkursionen in den Abgrund der Filmgeschichte / Der Horrorfilm

The film is an art of crossing borders. And beyond the border, the abyss lurks. Film as a mirror of our desire makes us familiar not only with the desire for the beautiful, but also with our own darkness, and the deeper we look into this abyss, the more we recognize - our monstrous self. There is talk here of cinematographic nightmares, of the abject and the frightening. From the power of fictional horror. The band "Border Crossings" links to the predecessor "Border Contacts" (2016) and continues the excursions to the outside of film history. Marcus Stiglegger, a specialist in German genre research, gathers highly personal texts on the horror film as an existential fear experience in the present book. With a foreword by cult director Buddy Giovinazzo. Read more