12021-03-19T01:15:07+00:00Halen Giffordab5ea7ed8de6ef3e07ee088ad354a6081f1e9a3f85Chapter I: Introductionplain2021-04-01T15:45:08+00:00Halen Giffordab5ea7ed8de6ef3e07ee088ad354a6081f1e9a3fCHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEWThis chapter provided background on my passion for horror films and my motives for conducting this research. Here, I gave the purpose of my project and justified its practical, cultural, and scholarly relevance with a set of rationales. I suggest that now is an appropriate time to look back on the 2010s horror decade by examining three films that received positive critical and audience receptions. Moreover, The Babadook, Crimson Peak, and The Invitation utilize classic gothic themes such as isolation. Isolation is a timeless source of fear and especially relevant during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Additionally, in this chapter, I defined the terms gothic, intertextuality, and iconography in order to prepare my audience for my analysis. In total, my thesis will be comprised of five chapters; this being the first. Next, in chapter two, I offer contextual background on the horror genre through a literary review of scholarly film studies research. In chapter three I will provide a detailed explanation of my methodology. Chapter four is the bulk of my work; in that chapter I will explore the results of my comparative film analysis. Finally, my last chapter, chapter five, will conclude my research and detail my major findings.
