The Nightmares of Presence

Citation

Davies A (2025) The Nightmares of Presence [Space and Place in Spanish Gothic and Horror Film]. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nightmares-of-presence-9781501327353/

Abstract
With the primary aim of marrying the spatial turn in cultural and film studies with genre study of horror and Gothic film, the book explores how different landscapes, spaces and places enable the subject to interact with the terrors they encounter and confront. Case studies include internationally renowned films, lesser known films which have not received distribution beyond Spain, and films made both in Spanish and English, including The Devil's Backbone (Guillermo del Toro), [.REC ](Jaume Balagueró), Insensibles (Painless, Juan Carlos Medina), ¿Quién puede matar a un niño? (Who Can Kill A Child?, Narciso Ibáñez Serrador), Los cronocrímenes (Time Crimes, Nacho Vigalondo), and El día de la bestia (The Day of the Beast), among others.

Keywords
Spanish film; Spanish Gothic; Spanish horror