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Article Excerpt
Grimm Pictures: Fairy Tale Archetypes in Eight Horror and Suspense Films.
By Walter Rankin. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2007. 217 pp.,
photos, notes, bibliography, index.
Walter Rankin's work represents an accessible, affectionate account of a variety of horror films in which, despite their lack of overt fairy-tale plot, he traces parallels to fairy-tale motifs and structures. He is centrally concerned with the common violence he finds in modern horror films and in fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, and argues, "This violence coupled with a strong moral ties the Grimm tales to our modern horror and suspense films in provocative and profound ways" (13). This discussion appears to be rooted in the author's own fondness for fairy tales and for the horror film, and the somewhat anecdotal introduction both characterizes horror in terms of Rankin's own enjoyment of fear and attempts to account for its profound effect. The book's analysis is rooted in popular culture, responding to films that speak to a wide audience rather than to art-house productions, but the work's assumptions about fairy tale or film...
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