Household Horror: Cinematic Fear and the Secret Life of Everyday Objects

Take a tour of the house where a microwave killed a gremlin, a typewriter made Jack a dull boy, a sewing machine fashioned Carrie's prom dress, and houseplants might kill you while you sleep. In Household Horror: Cinematic Fear and the Secret Life of Everyday Objects, Marc Olivier highlights the wonder, fear, and terrifying dimension of objects in horror cinema. Inspired by object—oriented ontology and the nonhuman turn in philosophy, Olivier places objects in film on par with humans, argui...