Torture Porn: Popular Horror after Saw

Contents Introduction: 'Welcome To Your Worst Nightmare' PART I: 'TORTURE PORN' (CATEGORY) 1. 'The Past Catches Up to Everyone' - Lineage and Nostalgia 2. 'Bend to our objectives' - 'Torture Porn' as Press Discourse 3. 'No-one approves of what you're doing' - Fans and Filmmakers PART II: 'TORTURE' (MORALITY) Introduction 4. 'Your story's real, and people feel that' - Contextualising Torture 5. 'Some are Victims. Some are Predators. Some are Both' - Torturous Positions 6. 'In the land of the pig, the butcher is king' - Torture, Spaces, and Power PART III: 'PORN' (EXTREMITY) Introduction 7. 'Ladies first'? - Torture Porn, Sex, and Misogyny 8. 'Why are you crying? Aren't you having fun?' - Extreme Porn 9. 'You Will Not Believe Your Eyes...or Stomach' - Hardcore Horror Conclusion: 'Will You Continue?' - Beyond 'Torture Porn' Notes Bibliography Filmography Index