The Pulse in Cinema: The Aesthetics of Horror by Sharon Jane Mee
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Overview: A philosophical enquiry into the pulse as the affective force in cinema
Develops a concept of the pulse and argues for the importance of its use in cinema spectatorship theory
Builds on ideas of rhythm in early and experimental cinema to develop a progressive theory that is valuable for a cinematic understanding of body horror
Analyses five body horror films – Le Sang des bêtes/Blood of the Beasts, The Tingler, Dawn of the Dead, L’aldilà/The Beyond and Possession – using aspects of the pulse
Provides an innovative approach to the economy of cinema to rethink the energetic relation between the image and the spectator
Integrates concepts from theorists Jean-François Lyotard, Gilles Deleuze, and Georges Bataille into the study of cinema spectatorship
Genre: Non-Fiction > General
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