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Conjunctions Between Holocaust and Horror Films
Based on a Forthcoming book with SIU Press:Frames of Evil: The Holocaust as Horror in
American Film
Caroline (Kay) Picart, Associate Professor of English,Courtesy Associate Professor of
LawFlorida State U.
Aims: To show thata relationship between Holocaust and Horror films is traceable even before the 1990s; Holocaust imagery is used in many horror films. Horror imagery is used in Holocaust films—for example, Schindler’s List references Psycho
The Authentic “Look” of the Holocaust
Nazism as the new monster
60’s and 70’s American movies usually exploited the infamy of the Third Reich as grist for horror and science fiction movies
Nazi As Stock Monster
The New American Gothic: Psycho and it Spawn--1
The New American Gothic: Psycho and it Spawn--2
The New American Gothic: Psycho and it Spawn--3
The Addiction: Vampirism and Nazism
American History X and shower scenes
Schindler’s List’s “Realism”
“Shooting in black-and-white ________________________________”
The BilderverbotSL is too _______ in rendering visible an event that defies depiction, whose horror renders any attempt at direct representation ____________.
Schindler’s List and Psycho
Schindler’s List uses formal properties that mime Psycho but produces a different story
Conclusions:There are cross fertilizations between Holocaust and horror film conventions.Schindler’s List borrows from classic horror conventions to tell the story of the Holocaust.Schindler’s List references the look of Psycho, a contemporary or postmodern horror film, but tells the story of the Holocaust as though it were a classic horror tale.