Let it bleed
Intertextuality and the embrace of horror in The Cabin in the Woods
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21789274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Hodgkins (0000-0001-9350-0378, Borough of Manhattan Community College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 307-316 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-6421 • E-ISSN: 1753-643X |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/jafp_00059_1 |
| OpenAlex | W4205531889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Multiple critics have interpreted the 2012 horror film The Cabin in the Woods , written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard and directed by the latter, as a playful, postmodern critique of the horror genre. Drawing on the ideas of Daniel Frampton, this article seeks to trouble that reading, and argue instead that the text itself views cinematic horror in a more unequivocally favourable light than either of its creators intended. More precisely, I argue that beneath its self-reflexive, compulsively intertextual veneer, The Cabin in the Woods is in fact articulating a rather passionate affirmation of horror cinema’s often controversial generic heritage, and a potent defence of its social value and utility
Aesthetics · Art · Intertextuality · Linguistics · Literature · Movie theater · Narrative · Postmodernism · Reflexivity · Sociology · Storytelling · Visual arts · Anthropology · Computer Science · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Law · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |