Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia

Prelims

Introduction

Blood and Fire: Monstrous Women in Carrie and ‘The Dark Phoenix Saga’

Anxiety and Mutation in Charles Burns’ Black Hole and Junji Ito’s Uzumaki

‘Endure and Survive’: Evolving Female Protagonists in Tomb Rider and The Last of Us

Horrific Things: Alien Isolation and the Queer Materiality of Gender, Desire and Being

Shattered Identities: The Weakness of the Male Hero in the Silent Hill Game Franchise

Dad Rising? Playing the Father in Post-Apocalyptic Survival Horror Games

‘It was an indescribable terror. So terrifying, I cannot begin to describe it. But it had tentacles.’ H.P. Lovecraft and Gender in (Cult) Media

A Jigsaw of all our Worst Fears: Representations of Mary Shelly as Gothic Heroine in Popular Media

Illusion, Reality and Fearsome Femininity in Takashi Miike’s Audition

Masculinity, Human Hierarchy and American Exceptionalism in World War Z

Fans of the Alien Film Franchise: Creating a Fan-specific Checklist

‘You’re Sick if that Turns you on!’: Female Participation and Gender Identities at San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

Will Slash Hannibal – Negotiating the Borders of Female Fandom in Hannibal: This is Their Design

‘Mostly Void, Partially Stars’: Queer Representation in the Welcome to Night Vale Podcast

Sightless Realms of Terror: Disembodied Voices and Sonic Immersion in Contemporary Horror Audio

Conclusion

Index