Apocalyptic Dread: American Film at the Turn of the Millennium

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi 1. Apocalyptic Dread, Kierkegaard, and the Cultural Landscape of the Millennium 1 2. Cape Fear and Trembling: Familial Dread 29 3. Strange Fruit: Candyman and Supernatural Dread 59 4. Dolores Claiborne: Memorial Dread 83 5. Se7en in the Morgue: Dystopian Dread 105 6. Signs of the End of the World: Apocalyptic Dread 127 7. War of the Worlds: Uncanny Dread 145 Notes 155 Works Cited 175 Index 181 ...