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ART-HORROR
The Films of Ari Aster and Robert Eggers

Adrian Gmelch
2023
253 p.

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The horror film—a film genre that had fallen into disrepute—has experienced a true renaissance in recent years: With just a few films such as The Babadook (2014), The Witch (2015), or Hereditary (2018), a new generation of directors succeeded in spectacularly reviving and upgrading the aging horror genre. Critics were enthusiastic, using terms like "elevated", "intelligent", or "smart" to describe this identified subgenre of horror film. But what characterizes it? Can't ordinary horror flicks be smart? How is it different from other genres of horror film? This new generation of filmmakers combines arthouse with horror film, reviving a genre that can best be described by the term "art-horror"—horror film as a work of art. The two most important representatives of this movement, Robert Eggers (The Witch) and Ari Aster (Hereditary), are presented here in a double biography. The detailed analysis of their films shows what actually distinguishes "art-horror".
August 31, 2024 at 8:32 PM