Indian Horror Cinema

This book studies the hitherto overlooked genre of horror cinema in Indiauncovering some unique and diverse themes that these films deal with, including the fear of the unknown. It focuses on the construction of gender subjectivities in select horror films across seven major languages - Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bangla, Marathi and Malayalam.

Mithuraaj Dhusiya teaches English literature in the Department of English at Hansraj College, University of Delhi, India.

Acknowledgements. Introduction: Horror in Indian Cinema: An Afterthought? 1. The Masculinist Economy of Possession Narratives 2. Vampirism as Structures of Resistance 3. The Ghastly Gendered Narrative of Animal Transformation 4. Zombies and Witches and the Anxieties of Culture 5. Do We Fear Laughter? The Genre of Horror-Comedy 6. There are No Ghosts, Only Ghostly Tales: Indian Horror and the 'Uncanny'. Epilogue: Fear, Are We There Yet?. Appendix: Annotated Filmography of Horror Films in India. Glossary. Bibliography. Filmography. Index