The taste for horror is arguably as great today as it has ever been. Since the turn of the millennium, the horror genre has seen various developments emerging out of a range of contexts, from new industry paradigms and distribution practices to the advancement of subgenres that reflect new and evolving fears. New Blood builds upon preceding horror scholarship to offer a series of critical perspectives on the genre since the year 2000, presenting a collection of case studies on topics as diverse as the emergence of new critical categories (such as the contentiously named 'prestige horror'), new subgenres (including 'digital folk horror' and 'desktop horror') and horror on-demand ('Netflix horror'), and including analyses of key films such as The Witch and Raw and TV shows like Stranger Things and Channel Zero. Never losing sight of the horror genre's ongoing political economy, New Blood is an exciting contribution to film and horror scholarship that will prove to be an essential addition to the shelves of researchers, students and fans alike.

This study will be of interest to students, academics, researchers, industry specialists and genre fans.

Contents:
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Biographies of Contributors
Horror 2020: Introducing New Blood - Eddie Falvey, Joe Hickinbottom, Jonathan Wroot

Part I: Framing Horror
Apprehension Engines: The New Independent 'Prestige Horror' - David Church
Hardcore Horror: Challenging the Discourses of 'Extremity' - Steve Jones
From Midnight Movies to Mainstream Excess: Cult Horror Festivals and the Academy - Xavier Mendik
Part II: Horror Reception
A Master of Horror? The Making and Marketing of Takashi Miike's Horror Reputation - Joe Hickinbottom
Bloody Muscles on VHS: When Asia Extreme Met the Video Nasties - Jonathan Wroot
Streaming Netflix Original Horror: Black Mirror, Stranger Things and Datafied TV Horror - Matt Hills
Part III: Emerging Subgenres
Slender Men and Candle Coves: Digital Gothic and the Mainstream Horror Genre - Jessica Balanzategui
Nazi Horror, Reanimated: Rethinking Subgenres and Cycles - Abigail Whittall
Digital Witness: Found Footage and Desktop Horror as Post-Cinematic Experience - Lindsay Hallam
Part IIII: Horror in the World
Revisiting the Female Monster: Sex and Monstrosity in Contemporary Body Horror - Eddie Falvey
The Kids are Alt-Right: Hardcore Punk, Subcultural Violence and Contemporary American Politics in Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room - Thomas Joseph Watson
21st Century Euro-Snuff: A Serbian Film for the Family - Neil Jackson