Monstrous Nature: Environment and Horror on the Big Screen
Monstrous Nature: Environment and Horror on the Big Screen
By Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2016.
Godzilla, a traditional natural monster and representation of cinema’s subgenre of natural attack, also provides a cautionary symbol of the dangerous consequences of mistreating the natural world—monstrous nature on the attack. Horror films such as Godzilla invite an exploration of the complexities of a monstrous nature that humanity both creates and embodies.
Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann demonstrate in Monstrous ...