Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen

by Douglas E Cowan and Douglas E. Cowan

Sacred Terror examines the religious elements lurking in horror films. It answers a simple but profound question: When there are so many other scary things around, why is religion so often used to tell a scary story? In this lucid, provocative book, Douglas Cowan argues that horror films are opportune vehicles for externalizing the fears that lie inside our religious selves: of evil; of the flesh; of sacred places; of a change in the sacred...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481304909
• ISBN13: 9781481304900
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher