Index

Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia

ISBN: 978-1-78769-108-7, eISBN: 978-1-78769-107-0

Publication date: 19 September 2019

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(2019), "Index", Shail, R., Gerrard, S. and Holland, S. (Ed.) Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia (Emerald Studies in Popular Culture and Gender), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 203-213. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-107-020191019

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INDEX

Abjection
, 23, 26, 59, 174–175

Achtung! Cthulhu: Assault on the Mountains of Madness
, 87

Adversarial Machine Learning
, 49–50

Afterlife
, 1–2

Akira
, 26

‘Alchemist, The’
, 85

Alexa (Amazon device)
, 189–190

Alice Isn’t Dead
, 180

Alien
, 3–4, 43–46, 49, 50, 51, 52–53

Alien franchise, fans of
, 135

Fandom, stereotypes and definition of
, 136–138

perfect organism
, 142–144

purpose of research
, 139–141

Weyland-Yutani
, 141–142

Alien: Isolation
, 43–49, 51, 52, 53

‘Alien Phenomenology’
, 50

Aliens: Colonial Marines
, 45–46

Alone in the Dark
, 32, 58, 88

Alphona, Adrian
, 16–17

Animal imagery
, 173

Aoyama, Shigeharu

as representative of classic home drama
, 110–113

Arabian Nights
, 84–85

Ardel, Thomas
, 184

Argosy, The
, 85

Aristotle
, 158–159

Arkham Horror
, 87–88

Arts Council of San Sebastian
, 151

Asami

as ideal demure young woman
, 113–115

as mad woman, presentation of
, 115–118

As Good as it Gets
, 61

‘ASMR Horror Story’
, 197–198

‘ASMR Medical RP – Male Physical Exam’
, 197–198

‘ASMR Medical RP – Your Annual Gynaecologist Appointment’
, 197–198

Atlanta Radio Theatre Company
, 90

Attack of the Leading Ladies
, 11–12

At the Mountains of Madness
, 84–85, 89–90, 91–92

Audition (film)
, 3, 109

Aoyama, as representative of classic home drama
, 110–113

Asami, as ideal demure young woman
, 113–115

Asami as mad woman, presentation of
, 115–118

Audition (novel)
, 119

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)
, 195–198

Avant-garde
, 24

AX-2: Uchuu Yusousen Nostromo
, 32

Bainbridge, Alison
, 4

Baker, Charlotte
, 3–4

Baker, Troy
, 31–32

BBC
, 195

Beltrán, José Miguel
, 153

‘Beast in the Cave, The’
, 85

‘Beasts of Prey’
, 171–172, 173, 174

‘Beyond the Wall of Sleep’
, 85

Big Comic Spirits
, 19

Big Lebowski, The
, 160

Bisexuality
, 179

Black Hole (Charles Burns)
, 2–3, 19, 26, 27–28

mutating teens and forbidden desires in
, 21–24

Black Mirror
, 194–195

Blair Witch Project, The
, 61–62

Blue Velvet (David Lynch)
, 20–21, 23–24

Bodies
, 20–21

Bodily deformity
, 23

Bodily disintegration
, 23, 26

Bodily mutation
, 26

body genre, masculinities in crisis and horror as
, 60–62

Bonding
, 11

Bowie, David
, 22

Boy
, 25

Branney, Sean
, 90–91

Braveheart
, 61

Bride of Frankenstein, The
, 95–96, 106–107

Brokeback Mountain
, 61

Brook, Max
, 121

Brown, William
, 90

‘Bubble Wrap Play’
, 196–197

‘Burial Service’
, 191–193

Burt-Wintonick, Mira
, 195

Bush, George W.
, 61

Byrne, John
, 14

Call of Cthulhu, The
, 86–87, 90–91

Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game
, 87, 88

‘Can You Help Me Find My Mom?’
, 194

Captivity narrative
, 74

Cards of Cthulhu, The
, 87

Carmilla
, 184

Carnivale
, 1–2

Carr, Diane
, 39–40

Carrie
, 2–3, 10–12, 16, 21

Carrie White (character)
, 13–14, 16

monstrousness of
, 10–12

‘Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The’
, 90, 91–92

Casino Royale
, 61

CBS
, 89–90

Child, fetishising
, 73–75

‘Christabel’
, 184

Christine (David Cronenberg)
, 21

Claremont, Chris
, 14

Climax Studio
, 57

Colour out of Space, The
, 90, 91

Companion cube
, 50

Complicity
, 72–73

Comprehensiveness
, 59

Consumption
, 83

Contemporary horror audio, disembodied voices and sonic immersion in
, 189

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response
, 195–198

drama
, 192–195

games
, 195–198

golden age horror radio
, 190–192

Convergence Culture (Henry Jenkins)
, 2

Costner, Kevin
, 61

Craig, Daniel
, 61

Creepy
, 91

CrinkleLuvin ASMR
, 197–198

Crisis of masculinity
, 61

Cronenberg, David
, 2–3, 27

Cronos
, 86–87

Crystal Dynamics
, 31–32, 33, 34

Cthulhu Mythos
, 85, 87

Cult films
, 83–84

games
, 87–89

graphic novels
, 91–92

Lovecraft, as cult author
, 84–87

radio adaptations
, 89–91

Cultural Status
, 83

Curtis, Jamie Lee
, 22–23

‘Dagon’
, 91

Daikon no hana III
, 110–111

Dances with Wolves
, 61

Dancy, Hugh
, 170

Dandridge, Merle
, 36

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre
, 90

‘Dark End of the Mall’
, 194–195

‘Dark Phoenix Saga, The’
, 12–14

Redux
, 14–15

Dark Water
, 20–21

Dead Rising 2
, 69

Dead Space
, 34, 45–46

Dehumanised minorities
, 123–126

‘Dentist, The’
, 197–198

Die, Monster, Die!
, 86–87

Digital boyhood
, 69–70

Docile bodies
, 71–72

Doctor Strange (character)
, 13–14

Doctor Who
, 139

Doom
, 45–46

‘Doom that Came to Sarnath, The’
, 85

Double Helix Studio
, 57

Doyle, Kelly
, 3

Dracula (Bram Stoker)
, 184–185

Drake, Nathan
, 33

Drama

contemporary horror audio in
, 192–195

see also individual dramas

‘Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, The’
, 91–92

‘Drive Straight Ahead’
, 195

Druckmann, Neil
, 37

Dunbar, John
, 61

Dunwich Horror, The
, 86–87, 89–90

EC Comics
, 2, 91

‘Eden’s Gate Induction’
, 197–198

Ellie (character)
, 31–32, 36–38

Emotional attachment
, 169

Excess
, 59

Exorcist, The
, 190

Eyes of My Mother, The
, 161

Facebook Alien Franchise Fandom PhD Study Group
, 139–141

Fairy Tales
, 84–85

Faith, Percy
, 194–195

Fandom
, 135–136, 139

borders of female fandom in Hannibal, negotiating
, 167

intensity levels
, 139–140

stereotypes and definitions of
, 136–138

Fandom Checklist
, 140, 141

Fan hierarchies
, 137–139

Fan Phenomena: Supernatural (Zubernis and Larsen)
, 135

Fan pleasure
, 169

Fan-specific checklist, creation of
, 135

Fantagraphics
, 19

Far Cry 5
, 197–198

Fatherhood, in post-apocalyptic survival horror games
, 69

The Last of Us
, 73–75

Walking Dead: Season One, The
, 75–77

Father Knows Best
, 110–111

Female monster
, 10, 17–18

Feminist New Materialism
, 47

Femme fatale
, 109–110, 117, 155, 159

‘Festival, The’
, 91

Fight Club
, 160

Film events, ethnography of
, 152–154

Final girl
, 32–33, 35–36, 37, 39–40, 75, 201–202

Fission
, 14–15

Five Nights at Freddy’s
, 197–198

Fly, The
, 22–23, 26

Fog, The (John Carpenter)
, 24–25

Forbidden desires
, 21–24

Foster, Jodie
, 170

Foster, Marc
, 121

Fragile masculinity
, 61

Fragility
, 61

Frankenstein Chronicles, The
, 96–97, 107–108

Mary Shelley as Gothic heroine in
, 106–107

Frankenstein Unbound
, 96–97, 98–99, 107–108

Mary Shelley as Gothic heroine in
, 97–98

‘From Beyond’
, 85, 91

Frustration
, 23

Fuchs, Michael
, 3

Fuller, Bryan
, 171–172

Fuseli
, 101, 102–103

Galvanism
, 106–107

Games

contemporary horror audio in
, 195–198

trailers
, 88–89

see also individual games

Gay Rights
, 22

Gender
, 20

fluidity
, 45

normativity, comics and
, 15–16

and video games
, 71–73

Gendered hierarchy, in World War Z
, 122–123

Gendered voice
, 190

Genre
, 1, 3–4, 27, 180, 181–182, 184–185, 187–188, 201, 202

body genre, masculinities in crisis and horror as
, 60–62

Geography of Victorian Gothic Fiction, A (Robert Mighall)
, 184

Ghost in the Shell
, 26

Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, A
, 17–18, 155

Gladiator
, 61

Godwin, William
, 102–103

Godzilla
, 26

Golden age horror radio
, 190–192

Goldstein, Jonathan
, 195

Gothic
, 96–97, 107–108

Mary Shelley as Gothic heroine in
, 102–106

Gothic fiction
, 1

Gothic sexuality, queer obsession in
, 184–187

Gothic Writing 1750 – 1820: A Genealogy
, 181

Graphic Classics: H.P. Lovecraft Vol. 4
, 91

Graphic novels
, 91–92

Greek Tragedy
, 158–159

Guest, The
, 161

Hadashi no Gen/Barefoot Gen
, 26

Half-Real
, 52

Halloween
, 20–21, 22–23, 51, 58

Hallucination
, 173

Hand, Richard
, 4

Hannibal
, 1–2, 3–4

negotiating the borders of female fandom in
, 167

Hantke, Steffen
, 111

Harris, Thomas
, 170

Haunted House
, 32

Haunted Palace, The
, 86–87

Haunted Summer
, 96–97, 99, 107–108

Mary Shelley as Gothic heroine in
, 100–102

Haunter of the Dark, The
, 91

Hayes, Hana
, 36

HBO
, 1

‘He’
, 91

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
, 195–196

Hellboy
, 86–87

Hemmann, Kathryn
, 3

‘Herbert West: Reanimator’
, 90

Heteronormativity
, 73–74

High-level fandom (‘enthusiasts’)
, 139–140

Hoga, Takashi
, 110–111

Homosexuality
, 179, 186

Honogurai mizu no soko kara/Dark Water
, 117–118

Horrific body, politicising
, 24–27

Horrific imagery
, 59–60

Horror cinema
, 1, 20–21

Horror genre
, 11, 14

definition of
, 9–10

Horror Reader, The (Ken Gelder)
, 21

Horror Week, San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

as cult event
, 156–159

female participation at
, 154–156

Hostel
, 61

‘Hound, The’
, 89–90

Hoverson, Julie
, 192–193

H.P. Lovecraft
, 86–87

H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
, 90–91

Hypermasculinity
, 152

I Am Legend
, 75

Identification
, 60

I Love Lucy
, 110–111

Institutional misogyny
, 190

Interfaces
, 51–53

Intimacy
, 197–198

Invisible Woman (character)
, 17–18

Ishibashi, Ryō
, 110

‘It Happened’
, 190

Ito, Junji
, 27

Jean Grey (character), monstrousness of
, 12–15, 16–18

Jenkins, Henry
, 4

Joel (character)
, 31–32, 36–38

Johnson, Ashley
, 31–32, 33

Jones, Rebecca
, 3

Ju-On: The Grudge
, 20–21, 109

Jurassic Park
, 51

Kamala Khan (character), monstrousness of
, 16–17

Kelly, Caspar
, 194–195

Kennedy, H. W.
, 39–40

Kertesz, Daniella
, 128–129

Kinect for Xbox
, 62

King, Stephen
, 10, 21

Kirby, Jack
, 17–18

Kitchen Sink Press
, 19

Kornfeld, Louis
, 195

KPFA/KPFK
, 89–90

Lanchester, Elsa
, 95–96

Lara Croft (character)
, 31–32, 33–36

‘Lara Phenomenon, The’
, 34

Last Man on Earth, The
, 75

Lee, Stan
, 17–18

Legend of Zelda, The
, 34

Lehman, Andrew
, 90

Les Affamés/Ravenous
, 189–190

Lesbianism
, 37

Lewis, Matthew
, 184–185

LGBT
, 45–46

LGBTQA
, 180–181, 187

Lights Out
, 190, 191–192

Limiarity
, 59

Lindsey, Shelley Stamp
, 10–11

Linton, Matt
, 2–3

Literature of Terror: A History of Gothic Fictions from 1765 to the Present Day, The (David Punter)
, 1, 107–108

Lore
, 1–2

Love + Radio
, 193–194

Lovecraft
, 91

Lovecraft, H. P.
, 2, 3

as cult author
, 84–87

Lovecraft, Sarah Susan Phillips
, 84

Lovecraft, Winfield Scott
, 84

Lovecraft Anthology I
, 91

Lovecraft Anthology II
, 91

Love Witch, The
, 155

Low-level fandom (‘fans’)
, 139–140

Luddington, Camilla
, 31–32, 34

Lynch, David
, 2–3

Madeline Pryor (character)
, 14–15

Male gaze
, 23–24, 32–33, 35–36, 60

Male hero weakness
, 57

Man in Black, The
, 195

Marginalisation of the female fan
, 168–169

Marvel Comics
, 10

Mary Shelley (character), as Gothic heroine, c91010

in The Frankenstein Chronicles
, 106–107

in Frankenstein Unbound
, 97–98

in Gothic
, 102–106

in Haunted Summer
, 100–102

in Rowing with the Wind
, 98–100

Masculine militarised mobility
, 123–126

Masquerade theory
, 32–33

Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs)
, 89

Max Payne
, 34

McCarthy, Linda
, 3

McCorry, Diana
, 194, 195

McDowall, Roddy
, 89–90

‘Medical Kidnapping’
, 197–198

Metallica
, 86–87

Miai
, 114

Mid-level fandom (‘cultists’)
, 139–140

Mighall, Robert
, 184

Miike, Takashi
, 3, 109

Mikkelsen, Mads
, 170

Mimic
, 86–87

Mokoena, Fana
, 123–124

Monk, The (Matthew Lewis)
, 184–185

Monsters in the Closet
, 179, 186

Monstrosity
, 9–10, 11–14, 17–18, 70

Monstrous heroes
, 62–65

Monstrous women
, 9–10

Carrie
, 10–12

‘Dark Phoenix Saga, The’
, 12–14

Monteiro, Tiago
, 3

Moore, Alan
, 91

Morris, G.
, 111

Motor skills
, 60

‘Mouth Noises’
, 196–197

Movie 43
, 61

Mr Fantastic (character)
, 13–14

Ms. Marvel
, 10, 16–17

Murakami, Ryū
, 119

Myth, definition of
, 52

Nakazawa, Kenji
, 26

‘Nameless City, The’
, 85, 91

Narrative extension
, 170–171

Near Dark Joint Venture, The
, 155

Necronomicon
, 91

Negishi, Toshie
, 111–112

Neo-Confucianism
, 113

Netflix
, 1

New Materialism
, 47, 48, 52, 53

Nightmare, The
, 101, 102–103

19 Nocturne Boulevard
, 192–194

No Future (Lee Edelman)
, 73–74

Non-normative sexuality
, 179

Normative femininity
, 11–12

North, Nolan
, 36

No-Sleep Podcast, The
, 180

Nostromo
, 140–141

deck of the
, 43–45

Nuanced masculinity, in World War Z
, 128

Objectification
, 60

Oboler, Arch
, 191–192

Onibaba
, 117–118

Onna daigaku
, 113

Origins
, 57

Oshima, Nagisa
, 25

Otomo, Katsuhiro
, 26

‘Outsider, The’
, 89–90

Oyakōkō (filial piety)
, 110–111

Ozu, Yasujirō
, 112–113

Pan’s Labyrinth
, 86–87

Parasaito
, 118–119

PARC PlayOn Group
, 89

Paternalism
, 73–75

Paternal protectionism
, 70

Patriarchy, World War Z
, 126–128

Pesce, Nicolas
, 161

Pet Sematary
, 155

Phallic imagery
, 23

Phantasmagoria
, 104–105

Philadelphia
, 61

Phillips, Whipple Van Buren
, 84

Physical abilities
, 60

‘Picture in the House, The’
, 91

Pitt, Brad
, 121

‘Plastic Gloves in the Dark’
, 196–197

Player-character divide
, 73–75

Podcasts, queer representation in
, 179

Poe, Edgar Allan
, 2, 84–85

Political Economy
, 83

Portal
, 50

Poststructuralism
, 47

Primordial creature
, 142–143

Providence
, 91

Psychoville
, 1–2

Pulp
, 19

Quake III Arena
, 49–50

Queer Art of Failure, The
, 50

Queer embodiment
, 45

Queer Horror Film and Television: Sexuality and Masculinity at the Margins (Darren Elliot-Smith)
, 179

Queer materiality
, 43

interfaces
, 51–53

Nostromo, deck of the
, 43–45

subject–object relationships
, 48–51

thing theory
, 46–48

visor’s view
, 45–46

Queer Others in Victorian Gothic: Transgressing Monstrosity (Thomas Ardel)
, 184

Queer Theory
, 47

Racial hierarchy, in World War Z
, 122–123

Radcliffe, Ann
, 59

Radio adaptations
, 89–91

Rage: Carrie 2, The
, 16

‘Rats in the Wall, The’
, 89–90, 91

RAW: A Hannibal/Will Fanthology
, 19, 167, 171–173, 174–175

Reagan, Ronald
, 61

Reanimator
, 86–87

‘Remember the Baby’
, 193–194

Resident Evil (RE)
, 2, 32, 45–46, 59, 88

Rhode Island Journal of Astronomy, The
, 84–85

Rieser, Klaus
, 3

Ring, The
, 197–198

Ringu/Ring
, 21, 109

Rise of Cthulhu
, 87

‘Road to Recovery: A Last of Us Roleplay’
, 197–198

Roddy McDowall Reads the Horror Stories of H. P. Lovecraft
, 89–90

Role reversal
, 62–65

Rosenberg, Ron
, 38

Rowing with the Wind
, 96–97, 107–108

Mary Shelley as Gothic heroine in
, 98–100

Salk, Shane
, 192

San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (Zinemaldia)
, 3–4, 151

female participation
, 159–162

female participation at Horror Week
, 154–156

film events, ethnography of
, 152–154

Horror Week, as cult event
, 156–159

witticism
, 159–162

Saw
, 61

Sawaki, Tetsu
, 111

Say It Again, Sam: Movie Quotation, Performance, and Masculinity
, 160

Sazae-san
, 113–114

Schleiner, Anne-Marie
, 39–40

Schwarzenegger, Arnold
, 61

Scientific Gazette, The
, 84–85

Scott, Ridley
, 43, 45

Scream
, 61–62

Seduction of the Innocent, The
, 91

Seldom
, 110–111

Self-denial
, 61

Self-sacrifice
, 61

Seller, Merlin
, 3

Serial
, 192

Sevastopol
, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52

Sexual assault
, 34–35

Sexual awakening
, 11

Sexual desire
, 11

Sexual imagery
, 23

Sexuality
, 20, 21, 26, 168–169

bisexuality
, 179

Gothic sexuality, queer obsession in
, 184–187

homosexuality
, 179, 186

non-normative
, 179

Sexual jealousy
, 23

Shadow Out of Time, The
, 84–85, 90, 91–92

Shadow over Innsmouth, The
, 89–90, 91

Shape of Water, The
, 86–87

Shelley, Mary
, 3

Sheppard, Richard
, 3

Sherlock Holmes
, 171

Shiina, Eihi
, 109–110

Shogakukan
, 19

Shoujo
, 26–27

Silence of the Lambs, The
, 170

Silent Hill (SH)
, 2, 45–46, 197–198

game franchise, male hero weakness
, 57

masculinities in crisis and horror, as body genre
, 60–62

and survival horror contradictions
, 58–60

Silent Hill: Downpour
, 58, 59–60, 62, 65, 66

monstrous heroes and role reversal in
, 62–65

Silent Hill: Homecoming
, 64, 65

Silent Hill: Origins
, 57

Silver Surfer (character)
, 13–14

Sink, Kitchen
, 19

Slash fiction
, 169–170

Slumber Party Massacre, The
, 155

Social Darwinism
, 124–125

Society (Brian Yuzna)
, 20–21

‘Sorry, Wrong Number’
, 190–191, 192–193

Speculations
, 47

Spider-Man (character)
, 9–10, 13–14

‘Split Brain’
, 193–194

Stallone, Sylvester
, 61

Stansbury, Patrick
, 90

Star Trek
, 138, 168, 169–170

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
, 143

‘Statement of Randolph Carter, The’
, 91

Stereotypes
, 136–138

Stoker, Bram
, 184–185

Subject–object relationships
, 43–44, 46–51

Superhero comics
, 9–10, 15–17

Supernatural
, 168

Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation (Carolyn Cocca)
, 12–13, 15–16

Survival horror
, 57, 62

contradictions, Silent Hill and
, 58–60

and women
, 32–33

Suspense
, 190–191

Tales from the Crypt
, 2

Talk to Me: HP Lovcraft
, 89–90

Teenagers
, 20–21

Teens, mutating
, 21–24

‘Temple, The’
, 91

Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The
, 192–193

The Last of Us (TLOU)
, 3, 31–32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 70–73, 75–76, 78, 197–198

child, fetishising
, 73–75

paternalism
, 73–75

player-character divide
, 73–75

The Last of Us Part II
, 31–32

‘Theme from a Summer Place’
, 194–195

There is Something about Mary
, 61

Thing, the (character)
, 13–14

Thingness
, 47, 52

Thing theory
, 46–48

Tōkyō monogatari/Tokyo Story
, 112–113

‘Tomb, The’
, 85, 89–90

Tomb Rider (TR)
, 3, 31–32, 33, 34, 35–36, 38–39

Top Gun
, 160

Toyama, Keiichiro
, 57

Transnational culture, similarity and difference in
, 27–28

Transnationalism effect, on culture
, 20

Truth, The
, 193–195

Twilight Zone, The
, 194–195

Twin Peaks
, 57

Ugarte, Mirari
, 155–156

Ugestu monogatari/Tales After the Rain
, 117–118

Uncanny
, 20–21

Uncanny X-Men series
, 10, 12–13, 14–15

Uncharted
, 33

Uzumaki (Junji Ito)
, 2–3, 19, 27–28

horrific body, politicising
, 24–27

Vampire Chronicles, The
, 184

Vampirism
, 184

Van Damme, Jean-Claude
, 61

Vatra Studio
, 57

Vault of Horror
, 2

Vermaak, Janelle
, 3–4

Vibrant Matter (Bill Brown)
, 47

Violence
, 20

in Walking Dead: Season One, The
, 75–77

‘Visible and Drive Straight Ahead’
, 195

Visor’s view of queer materiality
, 45–46

Vivar, Rosanna
, 3–4

Vulnerability
, 174

Walking Dead, The
, 197–198

Walking Dead: Season One, The
, 70–73, 78

violence and sacrificial fatherhood in
, 75–77

Wayland, Kc
, 192

We’re Alive: A Story of Survival
, 192

Weird Tales
, 85

Welcome to Night Vale
, 4, 179, 192

and horror
, 181–184

queer obsession in Gothic sexuality
, 184–187

Wellcome Trust
, 195–196

Wertham, Frederick
, 91

‘Westworld ASMR: The Imperfect Host’
, 197–198

Weyland-Yutani
, 141–142

Whale, James
, 95–96

‘Where Are You Now?’
, 192–194

Whisperer in Darkness, The
, 86–87

Willis, Bruce
, 61

Wilson, G. Willow
, 16–17

Witticism
, 159–162

Wollstonecraft, Mary
, 102–103, 107–108

Women

enduring
, 38–40

role in World War Z
, 126–128

survival horror and
, 32–33

Women’s Movement
, 22

World War Z (WWZ)
, 3, 121

gendered and racial hierarchy in
, 122–123

masculine militarised mobility and dehumanised minorities
, 123–126

nuanced masculinity
, 128

patriarchy
, 126–128

role of women in
, 126–128

triumph (or failure) of militarisation and the human
, 128–130

World War Z

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
, 121

X-Men (character)
, 9–10, 13–14, 16

Yotsuya Kaidan
, 117–118

‘You Broke a Rule: A Walking Dead/Negan ASMR Roleplay’
, 197–198

‘Zipper’
, 196–197

Zombies, Run!
, 192

Prelims
Introduction
Part I Comics and Graphic Novels
Chapter 1 Blood and Fire: Monstrous Women in Carrie and ‘The Dark Phoenix Saga’
Chapter 2 Anxiety and Mutation in Charles Burns’ Black Hole and Junji Ito’s Uzumaki
Part II Video Games
Chapter 3 ‘Endure and Survive’: Evolving Female Protagonists in Tomb Rider and The Last of Us
Chapter 4 Horrific Things: Alien Isolation and the Queer Materiality of Gender, Desire and Being
Chapter 5 Shattered Identities: The Weakness of the Male Hero in the Silent Hill Game Franchise
Chapter 6 Dad Rising? Playing the Father in Post-Apocalyptic Survival Horror Games
Part III Transmedia and Adaptation
Chapter 7 ‘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
Chapter 8 A Jigsaw of all our Worst Fears: Representations of Mary Shelly as Gothic Heroine in Popular Media
Chapter 9 Illusion, Reality and Fearsome Femininity in Takashi Miike’s Audition
Chapter 10 Masculinity, Human Hierarchy and American Exceptionalism in World War Z
Part IV Audiences, Fandom and Reception
Chapter 11 Fans of the Alien Film Franchise: Creating a Fan-specific Checklist
Chapter 12 ‘You’re Sick if that Turns you on!’: Female Participation and Gender Identities at San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
Chapter 13 Will Slash Hannibal – Negotiating the Borders of Female Fandom in Hannibal: This is Their Design
Part V Audio and Podcasts
Chapter 14 ‘Mostly Void, Partially Stars’: Queer Representation in the Welcome to Night Vale Podcast
Chapter 15 Sightless Realms of Terror: Disembodied Voices and Sonic Immersion in Contemporary Horror Audio
Conclusion
Index