Menacing Environments - 9780295751634

Menacing EnvironmentsEcohorror in Contemporary Nordic Cinema\nAuthor(s): Benjamin A. Bigelow\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Washington Press, United States\nImprint: University of Washington Press\nISBN-13: 9780295751634, 978-0295751634\nSynopsis\nAnalyzes a film genre's confrontation of a regional identityKnown for their progressive environmental policies and nature-loving citizens, Nordic countries also produce what may seem a counterintuitive film genre: ecohorror, where distinctions between humans and nature are blurred in unsettling ways. From slashers to arthouse thrillers, transnational Nordic ecohorror films such as Antichrist (dir. Lars von Trier, 2009) and Midsommar (dir. Ari Aster, 2019) have garnered commercial and critical attention, revealing an undercurrent of ecophobia in Nordic culture that belies the region's reputation for environmental friendliness.\n\nIn Menacing Environments, Benjamin Bigelow examines how ecohorror rings some of the same alarm bells]