Educational Institutions in Horror Film

An exploration of how educational institutions have been portrayed in horror film, this book examines the way that scary movies have dealt with the issue of school violence, focusing on movies set in high schools, colleges, and summer camps.

"This exceptionally clever book offers an animated romp through contemporary horror films, highlighting links between this popular genre and cultural anxieties about youth and education. Grunzke argues that horror movies' characterization of mad scientists, school bullies, dysfunctional families, and the creepy aspects of school hallways, college dorms, and summer camps provide a mirror with which Americans have identified their own social fears about youth, knowledge, and education." - Kate Rousmaniere, Professor of History of Education, Miami University, Ohio, USA.

"Grunzke stretches the history of education to unexamined places of learning brilliantly, with acid irony and scholarly verve. He makes the horror film, a storied cinematic genre, a teaching institution. It mirrors adolescent angst, lacing the picture with personal terrors and humor, experiences routinely omitted from historical excursions. Grunzke gives them life and consequence." - Donald Warren, Professor Emeritus, Education History and Policy, Indiana University, USA

Autorentext
Andrew Grunzke received his PhD in Foundations of Education from the University of Florida, USA. He is Assistant Professor of Education at Mercer University, USA.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Is There A Doctor In The House?: The Evolution of Van Helsing And Frankenstein As Intellectual 3. The Transformation of Dr. Jekyll: The Evolution of Film and Television Portrayals of Stevenson's Intellectual in the Age of Academe 4. Student Bodies: The School as Locus of Trauma in American Horror Films of the 1970s and 1980s 5. Final Exams and Greek Tragedies: Colleges and Universities in American Horror Films of the 1970s and 1980s 6. Survival Training: Summer Camp as Educational Institution in Slasher Films of the 1980s 7. Some Concluding Thoughts