AHS. See American Horror Story

Aldrich, R.

, 74

AMC production

, 25

American folklore horror

, 49

American freak

, 4

American Gothic

, 3

American Horror Story Asylum

, 4, 6, 11, 14, 47, 49, 56, 71, 201, 204

American Horror Story Coven

, 49, 52–53, 205, 210

American Horror Story Cult

, 5, 208–209

American Horror Story Freak Show

, 4, 14, 23–24, 37, 49, 54, 57, 207

American Horror Story Hotel

, 11–20

American Horror Story Murder House

, 14, 49–50

American Horror Story Roanoke

, 204–210

American independent horror scene

, 2

American TV

, 2, 27, 225

American Vampire League

, 120

Amplifying cultural perceptions

, 47

Androgynous appearance

, 41–42

Antagonistic dualisms

, 31

Anthology series

, 2, 14

Anti-Hero

, 178

Antipathetic strategies

, 119

Apocalypse identity

, 110

Archetypal death

, 27

Asian horror films

, 2

Associated homophobia

, 14

Audience anxiety

, 100, 103

Auerbach, N.

, 11–14, 123

Authoritarian forces

, 32

Barred attitudes

, 4

Bastardized mutations

, 30

Bates Motel

, 6, 84, 215–223

Baudrillard, J.

, 63

Bedroom culture

, 153

Beginning of adulthood

, 88

Being Human

, 225

Belief systems

, 135

Benshoff, H. M.

, 6

Berlatsky, N.

, 4–5

Berry, L.

, 25, 86

Bewitched

, 3

Biological lifeforms

, 41

Biological warfare

, 163

Biological-materialist fantasy

, 109

Biomedical perspective of ageing

, 48

Bird, S. E.

, 67, 100

Bisexual

, 11–20

Bisexual desire

, 16–17

Bisexual display

, 16

Bisexual display or commodity

, 16

Bisexual fashion designer

, 17

Bisexual figures

, 17

Bisexual gaze

, 16

Bisexual possibility

, 15–17

Bisexual spectacle

, 17

Bisexual vampire

, 11, 13–14

Bisexual vampire trope

, 13

Bisexual visibility

, 13

Bisexual woman

, 12

Bisexuality

, 12–13, 16–17

Bishop, K. W.

, 30, 165

Bodelia, B.

, 3

Border-crossing zombies

, 25

Boris Karloff’s Thriller

, 2

Bourdieu, P.

, 24

Bricolage effects

, 4

British horror films

, 2

British Indian

, 111

British male identity

, 107

British masculinity

, 108

Broadcast

, 2–3, 104, 108, 112, 217, 226

Broadsheet serializations

, 2

Brooker prizes

, 107

Brunsdon, C.

, 24

Brutalization

, 111

BTVS. See Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy

, 3, 5, 117–118, 120, 131

See also Female Focus

Butler, J.

, 26, 127

Case, S.

, 12, 14

Character matures

, 121

Character provokes

, 118

Character transformation arcs

, 119

Character’s actions

, 124

Christensen, K.

, 90

Christian tales

, 31

Cinematic audience

, 97

Cinematic gaze

, 38

Cinematography and editing

, 15

Classical cinematic versions

, 119

Classical dualist structure

, 118

Classical structure

, 122

Close relationship

, 119, 123

Clover, C. J.

, 83, 90

Competitive business ethos

, 14

Competitive economic politics

, 13

Concept of the ‘gaze’

, 100

Concepts of femininity

, 29

Concepts of masculinity

, 21, 44, 107, 113, 134

Constance Langdon, American Horror Story

, 49–51, 56

Contemporary horror

, 226

Contemporary zombie cinema

, 163

Contextual differences

, 14

Conventional relationships

, 189

Convergent relationship arcs

, 119

Creed, B.

, 6, 11–13, 17–18

Criminally Insane

, 98

Daalmans, S.

, 118

Damon

, 120–125

Dead Set

, 107–112, 114

Derrida, J.

, 25

Dexter

, 4, 225

Dialectal stereotypes

, 29

Dialectical relationship

, 208

Dika, V.

, 85

Discursive negotiation

, 24

Divergent Relationship Arcs

, 118

Doctor Who

, 3, 5, 35–37, 39–40, 43–44, 225

Doctor Who Flesh and Stone

, 36, 39, 41–42

Dolan, J.

, 55

Domestic homicides

, 158

Domestic violence

, 151, 157–160, 194

Domestic world

, 188, 190, 193, 196

Down Syndrome

, 50, 207

Dracula

, 2, 4, 215

Dramatic effect on behaviour

, 75

Dyer, R.

, 41

Eadie, J.

, 12–14, 16–17

Effects-laden studies

, 203

Elena’s doppelganger

, 124

Emotional autonomy

, 160

Emotional conversations

, 191

Emotional experience

, 5, 123

Emotional expression

, 137–138

Emotions and meta-emotions

, 203

European horror series revival

, 226

Exorcist, The

, 36, 84, 151, 153–160, 205

Extremities of violence

, 78

Fades, The

, 4, 225

Fairclough, N.

, 59

Faludi, S.

, 61, 62

Female action hero

, 132, 176

Female dichotomy

, 29

Female empowerment

, 68, 90, 118, 121, 122, 126

Female focus

, 131

Female leadership

, 177

Female lovers

, 16

Female Otherness

, 202

Female protagonists

, 11, 90

Female rebellion

, 66

Female sexuality

, 20, 139

Female stardom

, 55

Female vampire

, 11–13, 16–20, 64–65, 205

Female/feminism-centric episode

, 28

Female-centric feminist theory and practice

, 28

Female-centric ideology

, 28

Feminine archetypes

, 36, 44

Feminine characters

, 92

Feminist discourse

, 92, 209–210

Feminine empowerment

, 92

Feminine stone statues

, 36, 38, 41, 44

Femininity

, 24, 27, 29, 43–44, 48, 50, 62, 66, 75, 101, 160, 167, 175–177, 190, 194, 207, 209–210

Feminist critique

, 23, 192

Feminist ethicist

, 37

Feminist ethics

, 43–44

Feminist icon

, 29

Feminist lens

, 24

Feminist production-wise

, 24

Feminist scholarship

, 153

Feminist television criticism

, 24

Feminist television

, 24

Feminist TV

, 23, 25, 32

Feminist zombie TV

, 32

Ferguson, L.

, 23, 188

Figurative male

, 176

Figure of identification

, 12

Final Girl/s

, 83, 85–87, 89–92, 104, 132, 159, 202

Film adaptations

, 102

Film classics

, 85

Film genres

, 84

Film noir

, 102, 155

Films

, 2–3, 5, 8, 47, 83–86, 90

modern horror

, 65, 132, 157, 159

original

, 84, 87, 151, 153, 155, 160, 218

postmodern culture

, 139

Fluctuating patterns

, 118–119, 121

Foucault, M.

, 25, 64, 205, 207

Freak Show

, 14, 49, 54, 207

Freud, Sigmund

, 31, 38, 75, 221

Frizzoni, B.

, 24

Garber, M.

, 153

Gender

, 11–17, 97–105, 151–160

Gender-blind vampire

, 11

Gender changes

, 97–105

Gender depictions

, 104

Gender differences

, 73

Gender identity

, 102, 156, 190

Gender of characters

, 97

Gender presentation

, 103, 105

Gender roles

, 5, 29, 92, 132, 135, 139, 142, 156, 160, 171

Gender socialization

, 5, 29, 73

Gendered archetypes

, 185

Gendered behaviours

, 142, 160, 176

Gendered bodies

, 114

Gendered character journey

, 175

Gendered concept

, 100, 190

Gendered experiences

, 175–176

Gendered hierarchy

, 114

Gendered roles

, 138, 177

Gender-fluid performance

, 109

Gender-focus

, 100

Genre

, 1–3, 5, 17, 24–26, 47, 59–61, 168, 182, 203–204

Genre of horror

, 59

Genre-bending

, 133

German expressionist horrors

, 2

Gerrard, Steven

, 1–2, 4, 6

Gershon, G.

, 29

Ghostwatch

, 3

Gothic castle

, 191, 195

Gothic genre

, 100, 201

Gothic heroines

, 195

Gothic horror

, 1, 47, 203, 205, 215

Gothic horror novels

, 1

Gothic horror revival

, 215

Gothic note

, 38

Gothic novel

, 2, 215, 225

Grant, B. K.

, 6, 153, 157

Greek context

, 201

Greek mythology

, 38

Greek viewers

, 201

Gullette, M. M.

, 48

Graduated moral structure

, 122

Guardian

, 4

Halloween

, 54, 83–85, 89–91

Hammer Films

, 2, 215, 217

Hannibal

, 4, 6, 84, 97–105

Hannibal Rising

, 97

Haraway, D.

, 31

Harris, T.

, 97–100

Hegemonic discourse

, 59–60

Hemmings, C.

, 16

Heteronormative expectations

, 112

Heteronormative family

, 188

Heteronormative models

, 112

Heterosexual domesticity

, 187

Heterosexual relationships

, 189

Hierarchies of taste

, 24

Hierarchy of patriarchy

, 114

Highleymen, L.

, 14

Historical confluence

, 113

Horror audiences

, 4

Horror auteur

, 63

Horror cinema

, 6, 60, 217

Horror-cycle

, 2

Horror films

, 2, 4, 102, 132–133, 153, 165, 207, 215

Horror genre

, 1, 59, 132, 151, 153, 158, 182, 201–202, 204, 206–207

Horror heroines

, 5

Horror-movie cues

, 192

Horror output

, 4

Horror production

, 65, 204

Horror’s subject matter

, 1

Horror TV

, 5, 61

Hunger, The

, 11–18, 36

Hutcheon, L.

, 25

Hypermasculine performance lessens

, 196

Hyper-masculinity

, 107

Idealized figure

, 107

Ideological effect

, 59

Independent Woman, The

, 77–78

Internet Movie Database, The (IMDB)

, 165

‘Intimacy and friendship’

, 123

iZombie

, 4, 163–164, 166, 168–171

Janicker, R.

, 47

Jowett, L.

, 1–2

Jowett, L., & Abbott, S.

, 17, 61

Kissell, R.

, 14

Landis, J.

, 66

Lawson, R.

, 14

Lecter, H.

, 97

Loner Hero

, 178, 182

Low budget movies

, 2

Mainstream channels

, 225

Mainstream medium

, 1

Male delinquency

, 107

Male gaze

, 101

Manhunter

, 97

Marginalized social groups

, 27

Masculine features

, 36

Masculine iconography

, 191

Masculine Order

, 112

Masculine performance

, 109–112, 136, 195–196

Masculine Response

, 141

Masculinity

, 27–29, 37, 44, 62, 85, 100, 102, 104, 107

Masters of Horror

, 59, 63, 66, 67

Masters of Horror ‘Deer Woman’

, 63, 66–67

Media platforms

, 2, 5

Metaphoric womb

, 191

Meliés, George

, 2

Middle-class domesticity

, 190

Middle-class feminism

, 28

Mighty Boosh, The

, 67

Misogynistic world

, 160

Monstrous

, 6, 155

Monstrous feminine

, 6, 11, 15, 18, 35–36, 43–44, 159, 218–220, 223

Monstrous feminine creations

, 219

Monstrous masculine

, 6

Morally ambiguous characters (MACs)

, 118

Mortal monsters

, 17, 81

Multiple personality disorder (MPD)

, 220

Mulvey, L.

, 24, 38, 90, 100

Mythology and gender representation

, 36

Nakazawa, D.

, 75

Neo-Slasher tradition

, 88

Nicol, R.

, 118, 122, 134, 136

Nixon, N.

, 14

Noddings, N.

, 37, 43–44

Non-normative masculine identities

, 109

Norma Bates’ transformation

, 222

Norma Bates-alter-ego

, 220

Norman Bates’ character

, 220

Notion of woman

, 78

Now-passive gaze

, 101

Nurturer and sanctuary

, 191

On-screen universe

, 177

Otterson, J.

, 56

Out-of-character

, 179

Palmer, P.

, 12

Paranormal romance

, 117, 125

Patriarchal authority

, 107, 191–192, 195

Patriarchal capitalism

, 63

Patriarchal counterpart

, 29

Patriarchal notion

, 73

Patriarchal order

, 68, 112–114, 154–155

Patriarchal social construction

, 75

Patriarchal society

, 12, 20, 43, 62–63

Patriarchal survivalist fantasy

, 111

Patriarchy-lite

, 114

Penny Dreadful

, 1, 4, 71, 77

Performance of gender

, 180

Performativity

, 175–176

See also Gendered experiences

Peripheral characters

, 47

Perseus

, 38

Perspectives on Ageing

, 47–48

Phallic masquerade

, 112

Post-apocalyptic analogy

, 28

Post-apocalyptic context

, 114

Post-Great War years

, 2

Post-millennial resurgence

, 71

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

, 30

Postmodern period

, 85

Power relation

, 59, 73

Power transition

, 53

Pre-marital sex

, 132

Primal motivation

, 110

Psycho’s legacy

, 216

Psychoanalytical viewpoint

, 6

Psycho-inspired melodramas

, 217

Quality Trash TV

, 23, 32

Quality TV

, 23–25

Queer audiences

, 12, 24

Raney, A. A.

, 122, 125

Rationalist—empiricist sceptical perspective

, 135

Rebirth and transformation

, 180

Red Dragon

, 97–98, 102

Relationship arcs

, 119

Riot Girl movement

, 139

Rolling Stone

, 163

Romantic companion

, 18

Romantic interests

, 18

Romantic relationships

, 18, 117

Romantic relationships and transformations

, 18

Salvatore brothers

, 125

Scared Famous

, 84

Scoobynatural

, 139

Scream

, 4, 86

Scream Queens

, 84–87, 91–92

Scream The TV series

, 84

Second Sex, The

, 71, 78–79

Senf, C. A.

, 117

Sensation-seeking audience/public

, 1, 2

Serial killer/s

, 17, 54, 83, 99, 101–102, 104, 140

Serial murders

, 98

See also Serial killer/s

Serialized

, 1, 156

Series progression

, 49

Sexual activity

, 89–90

Sexual agency

, 207

Sexual appetites

, 152

Sexual difference

, 12, 65, 222

Sexual licentiousness

, 88

Sexual orientation

, 85, 90

Sexual politics

, 11, 20

Sexual practices

, 14

Sexual promiscuity

, 52

Sexual relationship

, 103–104, 189

Sexual transgressor

, 90

Sexual voracity and danger

, 17

Sexuality

, 4–5, 11–13, 15–17

Sexualized presentation

, 65

Silence of the Lambs, The

, 84, 97–98, 100, 103

Simons, M.

, 72

Slasher subgenre

, 84–85, 87, 92

Smith, M.

, 36

Social demographic

, 56

Social structure

, 24, 67, 114

Social-class values

, 142

Sontag, S.

, 48

State of immanence

, 73, 81

Sue-Ellen Case

, 12

Suffragette ambitions

, 78

Suffragette movement

, 78

Sugg, K.

, 25, 113

Supernatural explanations of events

, 136

Supernatural

, 6, 67, 131–135, 139–142, 187–188, 190–194, 196

See also Masculine Response

Swan Song

, 192

Symbolic death

, 178

Symbolic rebirth

, 179

Symbolic relations

, 12

Sympathetic strategies

, 119

‘Sympathetic vampire’

, 117

System of preference

, 122

Taylor, T.

, 14, 89, 201

Television audiences

, 84

Television horror

, 6, 201, 225

Television incarnation

, 105

Television series

, 97–102, 163

Televisual landscape

, 2, 5

Theoretical perspectives

, 47

Theoretical reading

, 71

Totalitarian system

, 28

Traditional television series format

, 49

Traditional zombie cinema

, 167

Transgressions

, 90

Transgressive power

, 136

Trash

, 23–24

Traumatic experience

, 113, 142

Traumatic family event

, 136

True Blood

, 117–120, 201

Twigg, J.

, 48

Two-dimensional imagery

, 52

Unconfined figures

, 12

Unconventional encounters

, 12

Unequal socioeconomic structures

, 32

Universal Studios

, 2

Utopian relationship

, 125

Vaage, M. B.

, 118

Vampire/s

, 11–20, 97–104

Vampire Diaries, The

, 118, 126

Vampire relationships

, 126

Vampiric attack expression

, 40

Walking Dead, The

, 4, 6, 23–25, 27, 29, 32, 71, 84, 165, 167, 175, 177, 185, 201, 205

Weaver, A. D.

, 87, 89–90, 203

Weedon, C.

, 73

Weeping Angels, Doctor Who

, 35–44

Whedon, J.

, 117, 132–133, 135, 140

Williams, L.

, 38

Witch Supreme, American Horror Story Coven,

, 49, 52–53

Wolf, N.

, 74, 215

Women-centric narratives

, 24

Working-class heroes

, 142

World of TV horror

, 68

X-Files, The

, 3, 5, 133, 135, 138, 201, 225

Youth-oriented franchise

, 56

Yuen, W.

, 25

Z Nation

, 4, 23–32

Zanger, J.

, 117, 123

Zevallos, Z.

, 25

Zillmann, D.

, 119

Zimmerman, B.

, 12

Zombie Moore

, 169

Zombie narrative

, 107–108, 112, 163–164, 166

Zombie renaissance

, 108

Zombie survival

, 175

Zombies

, 25–26