André Loiselle is dean of humanities and professor of fi lm studies at St. Thomas University, Fredericton, Canada. He has published over 40 refereed articles and chapters in anthologies, as well as a dozen books, including The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul (2015, with Gina Freitag), Stages of Reality: Theatricality in Cinema (2012, with Jeremy Maron), Denys Arcand's "Le Déclin de l'empire américain" and "Les Invasions barbares" (2008) and Cinema as History: Michel Brault and Modern Quebec (2007).

1. Introduction: Of Monsters and Monstration; 2. Horror, Realism and Theatricality; 3. The Theatricality of Monstrous Villainy in Film Adaptations of Horror Plays; 4. The Theatre as Locus Horribilis: Staging the Paradox of Tragic Horror; 5. The Theatricality of Horror: Characters, Unities and Styles; 6. Conclusion: The Theatricality of Horror Spectatorship; Bibliography; Index.