![]() However, Janisse’s ten essays at the front end of the book remain unchanged, as they are an earnest and intensive analysis of a past that cannot be changed. ![]() Horror-psychological thriller hybrids like Andrew Semans’s Resurrection (2022) are included in the new edition, as are chilling, stylized dramas that bear that genre’s influence, like Pablo Larraín’s Spencer (2021). There are many more women directors working in horror now, plus the emergence of acclaimed distributors like A24 that specialize in marketing so-called “elevated horror.” For better or for worse, horror is taken more seriously now than it was in 2012, and Janisse’s new capsule reviews take this into account, adding to an already thorough appendix of titles. ![]() Now including a preface and 100 new capsule reviews, the anniversary edition expands Janisse’s pioneering work on the depiction of female neurosis in horror films, while drawing attention to the evolution of the genre over the past ten years. ![]()
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