Monsters, Demons and Psychopaths: Psychiatry and Horror Film

by Fernando Espi Forcen

Overview

This book is written in an easy to read and at times humorous way with the hope of reaching an audience relatively unschooled in the field of psychiatry. It helps the reader to learn about the psychological interpretation of films and concepts of psychopathology and psychiatry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138461581
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/02/2017
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Fernando Espi Forcen, PhD , is an assistant professor at the Department of Psychiatry of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He is the author of more than 20 peer-reviewed articles in different areas of psychiatry and the founding editor of The Journal of Humanistic Psychiatry.

Table of Contents

1. The Horror before Film 2. Silent Horror 3. Vampires 4. Monsters 5. Aliens from Outer Space and the Paranoid Horror 6. Witchcraft and the Worship of the Devil 7. Demonic Possessions 8. The Supernatural 9. Ghost Hunting and the Paranormal 10. Slash Killers and Psychopaths 11. Zombies 12. Body Horror 13. The Horror in the Asylum 14. Psychiatry and Horror