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When fear is fun: Considering genre and audience in horror movies for kids

2013; Issue: 69 Linguagem: Inglês

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Peter Gutiérrez,

Cinema and Media Studies

While it's easy to dismiss films such as Frankenweenie, ParaNorman and Hotel Transylvania as little more than cheap scares for kids, there's plenty of substance to warrant exploring them with students. Peter Gutierrez challenges some of the assumptions about horror and children's films, and investigates their appeal to kids of all ages.