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Baltic Horror in Film, Gaming, and Literature
Argues that horror cinema originates from the overlooked Baltic region.
Arguably, the Baltic region saw the birth of horror cinema when Germany produced its cycle of silent horror films. However, this geographical region remains overlooked in horror scholarship. This collection aims to fill this gap with a series of essays discussing audiovisual media and literature in Estonia, Russia, and Denmark, among other regions. Theoretical frameworks include postcolonialism, gender studies, issues of originality, folklore, history, and geographical boundaries, among others.
Arguably, the Baltic region saw the birth of horror cinema when Germany produced its cycle of silent horror films. However, this geographical region remains overlooked in horror scholarship. This collection aims to fill this gap with a series of essays discussing audiovisual media and literature in Estonia, Russia, and Denmark, among other regions. Theoretical frameworks include postcolonialism, gender studies, issues of originality, folklore, history, and geographical boundaries, among others.
Table of Contents
1-Introduction.
Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns
Part I: Baltic History
2- Slashing Delayed: Lateness and Lithuanian Adaptation of the Slashing Subgenre in Pensive (2022)
Rawitawan Sophonpanich
3- Let the Wrong One In? Imitation and Originality in Swedish Horror Literature
Mattias Fyhr
4- Domestic horror in Anna Starobinets’ Look at Him Lara Righi
Part II: Folk Horror
5- Reimagining Folk Horror Through national Mnemohistory: November (2017), Kratt (2020) and the Role of Folklore in Estonian Identity
Ilaria W. Biano
6- The Kratt: An AI Estonian Folktale for Our Times
Tony Perrello
7- The Devil Is in the Details: Horror Objects Through the Baltic Lens
Occulta Dama
Part III: Borders
8- The Cartography of Swamps: Making and Breaking Boundaries in Sauna
Octavia Cade
9- Haunted by Division: The Intersection of Horror, Politics, and Family in Possession (1981)
Megan Kenny
10- The Speaking Time Limit is 60 Minutes. Struggle over Discourse and Colonial Guilt in Jens Ravn’s Wolf Hour.
Marc Pereyra
11- Fishy Fluidity: Dis-Ordered Patriarchy and Queer Ecology in Slavic Mermaid Horror
Brenda S. Gardenour Walter
Part IV: Aesthetics
12-From Socialist Realism to Necrorealism: The Rebellious Idiocy of Yevgeny Yufit
Andrew Grossman
13-Dancing Beside Death: A Look at the Kafkaesque and Performativity of Dreams in Algimantas Puipa’s Cinema
Amin Heidari
14- Aniara (2018): Relocating the Human in an Age of Climate Terror
B. C. Granger
15- Understanding Baltic Horror Videogames: A Comprehensive Overview
Juan Carlos García Romero
16- Streaming Soviet Russia: The Role of the Streamer in Indie Horror Games Kat Albrecht
Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns
Part I: Baltic History
2- Slashing Delayed: Lateness and Lithuanian Adaptation of the Slashing Subgenre in Pensive (2022)
Rawitawan Sophonpanich
3- Let the Wrong One In? Imitation and Originality in Swedish Horror Literature
Mattias Fyhr
4- Domestic horror in Anna Starobinets’ Look at Him Lara Righi
Part II: Folk Horror
5- Reimagining Folk Horror Through national Mnemohistory: November (2017), Kratt (2020) and the Role of Folklore in Estonian Identity
Ilaria W. Biano
6- The Kratt: An AI Estonian Folktale for Our Times
Tony Perrello
7- The Devil Is in the Details: Horror Objects Through the Baltic Lens
Occulta Dama
Part III: Borders
8- The Cartography of Swamps: Making and Breaking Boundaries in Sauna
Octavia Cade
9- Haunted by Division: The Intersection of Horror, Politics, and Family in Possession (1981)
Megan Kenny
10- The Speaking Time Limit is 60 Minutes. Struggle over Discourse and Colonial Guilt in Jens Ravn’s Wolf Hour.
Marc Pereyra
11- Fishy Fluidity: Dis-Ordered Patriarchy and Queer Ecology in Slavic Mermaid Horror
Brenda S. Gardenour Walter
Part IV: Aesthetics
12-From Socialist Realism to Necrorealism: The Rebellious Idiocy of Yevgeny Yufit
Andrew Grossman
13-Dancing Beside Death: A Look at the Kafkaesque and Performativity of Dreams in Algimantas Puipa’s Cinema
Amin Heidari
14- Aniara (2018): Relocating the Human in an Age of Climate Terror
B. C. Granger
15- Understanding Baltic Horror Videogames: A Comprehensive Overview
Juan Carlos García Romero
16- Streaming Soviet Russia: The Role of the Streamer in Indie Horror Games Kat Albrecht