Primal Roots of Horror Cinema
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Primal Roots of Horror Cinema is a horror films, history and criticism, horror films book by Carrol L. Fry.
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"Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology experts posit that behaviors from our ancestors that favored survival and adaptation still influence us today. The author, with input from a new generation of Darwinists, explores six primal narratives recurring in the horror genre: territoriality, tribalism, fear of genetic assimilation, mating rituals, fear of the predator, and distrust or fear of the Other"--
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Primal Roots of Horror Cinema is a Horror films, history and criticism, Horror films, Psychological aspects, Fear in motion pictures book.
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"Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology experts posit that behaviors from our ancestors that favored survival and adaptation still influence us today. The author, with input from a new generation of Darwinists, explores six primal narratives recurring in the horror genre: territoriality, tribalism...
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Primal Roots of Horror Cinema was written by Carrol L. Fry.