Torture Porn

1. Introduction: ‘Welcome to Your Worst Nightmare’
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Part I. ‘Torture Porn’ (Category)

2. ‘The Past Catches Up to Everyone’: Lineage and Nostalgia
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3. ‘Bend to Our Objectives’: ‘Torture Porn’ as Press Discourse
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4. ‘No-one Approves of What You’re Doing’: Fans and Filmmakers
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Part II. ‘Torture’ (Morality)

5. ‘Your Story’s Real, and People Feel That’: Contextualising Torture
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6. ‘Some are Victims. Some are Predators. Some are Both’: Torturous Positions
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7. ‘In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher Is King’: Torture, Spaces, and Power
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Part III. ‘Porn’ (Extremity)

8. ‘Ladies First’?: Torture Porn, Sex, and Misogyny
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9. ‘Why Are You Crying? Aren’t You Having Fun?’: Extreme Porn
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10. ‘You Will Not Believe Your Eyes … or Stomach’: Hardcore Horror
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11. Conclusion: ‘Will You Continue?’: Beyond ‘Torture Porn’
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Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Film History, Film and Television Studies, Directing, Genre, Media Sociology, Media Studies