As the first detailed English-language book on the subject, Korean Horror Cinema introduces
the cultural specificity of the genre to an international audience, from the iconic monsters of …

… and global—of this national horror cinema? This chapter seeks to … of Korean horror without
resorting to generalizations. This chapter endeavors to establish how Korean horror cinema is …

… considered the golden era of Korean cinema in general and Korean horror fi lms in
particular, the 1960s and the 1970s. I wonder why this era is particularly strong for horror fi lms? …

… In the following pages, I examine the ways in which Korean horror films (gongpo yeonghwa)
present spectators with a physiognomy of affective extremes, showcasing the face as a …

… Among the essays Korean cinema receives the lion’s share … the essays specifically concerning
Korean cinema. While the … reception and marketing of Korean cinema as a starting point …

… However, the cultural and aesthetic significance of this distinctly Korean horror cinema
should be located within both a changing mediascape and the film policies that propelled the …

… Specifically, I explore some of the most salient features of Korean horror cinema, including
filmmakers’ tendency to adopt narrative analepsis – typically rendered as flashbacks – in the …

… horror, paying particular attention to the fluid dynamic between Japanese and South Korean
horror cinema… Japanese and South Korean horror cinema, I will analyse four horror films, …

… up cinematic momentum of … of cinematic aesthetics and pleasure in Korean horror while
enriching the conventions of the genre. The upsurge of the occult genre in Korean horror cinema …

… What does horror, as a film genre predicated on frightening, disgusting or otherwise …
Korean horror films whose hauntings are the result of specific historical traumas in South Korea’s …