Roman Catholicism in Fantastic Film

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Roman Catholicism in Fantastic Film is written by Regina Hansen and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0786487240 (ISBN 10) and 9780786487240 (ISBN 13).

The intersection of religious practice and theatricality has long been a subject of interest to scholars. This collection of twenty-two critical essays addresses the relationship between Roman Catholicism and films of the fantastic, which includes the genres of fantasy, horror, science fiction and the supernatural. The collection covers a range of North American and European films from Dracula and other vampire movies to Miracle at Fatima, The Exorcist, Danny Boyle's Millions, The Others, Maurice Pialat's Sous le Soleil de Satan, the movies of Terry Gilliam and George Romero's zombie series. Collectively, these essays reveal the durability and thematic versality of what the authors term the "Catholic fantastic."