Film genre
Italian film
Suspiria (1977) and its
2018 remake have both been described as artistic horror films for their stylistic cinematography.
[1] [2] Art or arthouse horror (sometimes called elevated horror )[3] [4] [5] sub-genre of both horror films and art-films . It explores and experiments with the artistic uses of horror.
Characteristics [ edit ] Art-horror films tend to rely on atmosphere building, psychological character development , cinematic style and philosophical themes for effect - rather than straightforward scares .[1] [4]
Art-horror films have been described as "a fascinating byproduct of the collision of art and commerce, of genre convention and personal vision".[1] J-horror and Italian Giallo .[1] transgressive films in France known as "New French Extremity " has been described as an arthouse horror film movement.[6]
Although commentators have suggested some horror films have exemplified qualities applicable to "art horror" for many decades, the term became more widely used during the 2010s, with independent film company A24 credited with popularising the genre.[4] [5] [7] film critics as it became more widely used.[8] [9] [10]
Notable art horror films [ edit ] 20th century [ edit ] The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Robert Wiene , 1920)[11] Nosferatu F.W. Murnau , 1922)[11] The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog Alfred Hitchcock , 1927)[12] M Fritz Lang , 1931)[12] Vampyr Carl Theodor Dreyer , 1932)[13] The Bride of Frankenstein James Whale , 1935)[11] Cat People Jacques Tourneur , 1942)[13] The Leopard Man Jacques Tourneur , 1943)[1] I Walked with a Zombie Jacques Tourneur , 1943)[13] Black Sunday Mario Bava , 1960)[11] Eyes without a Face Georges Franju , 1960)[11] Psycho Alfred Hitchcock , 1960)[11] The Innocents Jack Clayton , 1961)[11] Carnival of Souls Herk Harvey , 1962)[11] Blood and Black Lace Mario Bava , 1964)[11] Kwaidan Masaki Kobayashi , 1965)[11] Repulsion Roman Polanski , 1965)[11] Hour of the Wolf Ingmar Bergman , 1968)[11] Rosemary's Baby Roman Polanski , 1968)[14] Images Robert Altman , 1972)[1] Don't Look Now Nicloas Roeg , 1973)[11] Ganja and Hess Bill Gunn , 1973)[15] Sisters Brian De Palma , 1973)[12] Eraserhead David Lynch , 1977)[11] Opening Night John Cassavetes , 1977)[16] Suspiria Dario Argento , 1977)[11] Hausu Nobuhiko Obayashi , 1977)[11] The Brood David Cronenberg , 1979)[12] The Driller Killer Abel Ferrara , 1979)[17] [18] Vengeance Is Mine Shōhei Imamura , 1979)[12] Nosferatu the Vampyre Werner Herzog , 1979)[19] The Shining Stanley Kubrick , 1980)[11] Possession Andrzej Zulawski , 1981)[1] Videodrome David Cronenberg , 1983)[20] The Hunger Tony Scott , 1983) [21] [22] The Vanishing George Sluizer , 1988)[12] Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me David Lynch , 1992)[12] Cronos Guillermo del Toro , 1993)[12] Safe Todd Haynes , 1995)[23] Funny Games Michael Haneke , 1997)[12] Perfect Blue Satoshi Kon , 1997)[24] Audition Takashi Miike , 1999)[1] 21st century [ edit ] The Devil's Backbone Guillermo del Toro , 2001)[25] Mulholland Drive David Lynch , 2001)[11] High Tension Alexandre Aja , 2003)[6] Inland Empire David Lynch , 2006)[26] Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro , 2006)[11] Frontier(s) Xavier Gens , 2007)[6] Let the Right One In Tomas Alfredson , 2008)[27] Coraline Henry Selick , 2009)[28] Antichrist Lars von Trier , 2009)[29] Beyond the Black Rainbow Panos Cosmatos , 2010)[30] Black Swan Darren Aronofsky , 2010)A Field in England Ben Wheatley , 2013)[11] Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer , 2013)[31] Only Lovers Left Alive Jim Jarmusch , 2013)[1] Enemy Denis Villeneuve , 2013)[1] The Babadook Jennifer Kent , 2014)[32] It Follows David Robert Mitchell ), 2014)[33] The Witch Robert Eggers , 2015)[4] The Neon Demon Nicholas Winding Refn , 2016)[31] Shin Godzilla Hideaki Anno , 2016)[34] Raw Julia Ducournau , 2016)[35] Kizumonogatari Tatsuya Oishi , 2016)[36] Mother! Darren Aronofsky , 2017)[31] Get Out Jordan Peele , 2017)[37] One Cut of the Dead [38] Hereditary Ari Aster , 2018)[39] A Quiet Place John Krasinski , 2018)[9] Annihilation Alex Garland , 2018)[40] Suspiria Luca Guadagnino , 2018)[14] [41] Mandy Panos Cosmatos , 2018)[42] Midsommar Ari Aster , 2019)[4] [43] The Lighthouse Robert Eggers , 2019)[28] Saint Maud [3] Roh [44] Impetigore Joko Anwar , 2019)[45] Relic [3] Friend of the World Brian Patrick Butler , 2020)[46] Cryptozoo Dash Shaw , 2021)[47] Lamb [48] Titane [49] Notable directors [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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Further reading [ edit ] Gmelch, A. (2022) Art-Horror. Die Filme von Ari Aster und Robert Eggers , Büchner-Verlag, Marburg.
Hawkins, J. (2000) Cutting Edge: Art-Horror and the Horrific Avant-Garde , Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press
Hanscomb, S. (2010) "Existentialism and Art-Horror", Sartre Studies International 16:1, pp. 1–23 External links [ edit ]
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