Victor Fresco's Santa Clarita Diet: Television Horror

Lorna Jowett; Stacey Abbott

doi:10.3726/b11662

Victor Fresco's Santa Clarita Diet: Television Horror

Lorna Jowett, Stacey Abbott

Journalism, Media & Performance

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Abstract

This chapter examines twenty-first century TV horror, using Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet as its main focus. Examining aesthetics, setting, structure and embodiment, we argue that the series continues horror's tradition of transgressing boundaries.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Horror
Subtitle of host publication	A Companion
Editors	Simon Bacon
Publisher	Peter Lang
Pages	45-52
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781787079212
ISBN (Print)	9781787079199
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3726/b11662
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2019

Publication series

Name	Genre Fiction and Film Companions
Publisher	Peter Lang
ISSN (Print)	2631-8725

Keywords

horror genre
television horror
body horror
zombies

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'I got a new kill poncho': Santa Clarita Diet and the Pleasures of Zombie Embodiment’
Jowett, L. (Speaker)
27 Jul 2019
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research

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