{"product_id":"9781442624047","title":"The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the cheaply made “tax-shelter” films of the 1970s to the latest wave of contemporary “eco-horror,” Canadian horror cinema has rarely received much critical attention. Gina Freitag and André Loiselle rectify that situation in \u003cem\u003eThe Canadian Horror Film\u003c\/em\u003e with a series of thought-provoking reflections on Canada’s “terror of the soul,” a wasteland of docile damnation and prosaic pestilence where savage beasts and mad scientists rub elbows with pasty suburbanites, grumpy seamen, and baby-faced porn stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing chapters on \u003cem\u003ePontypool\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGinger Snaps\u003c\/em\u003e, 1970s slasher films, Quebec horror, and the work of David Cronenberg, among many others, \u003cem\u003eThe Canadian Horror Film\u003c\/em\u003e unearths the terrors hidden in the recesses of the Canadian psyche. It examines the highlights of more than a century of Canadian horror filmmaking and includes an extensive filmography to guide both scholars and enthusiasts alike through this treacherous terrain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140262281456,"sku":"9781442624047","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442624047_p0.jpg?v=1763817458","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442624047","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}