CHID 250 F: Special Topics: Introduction to the History of Ideas

RELIGIONS AND HORROR FILMS (A&H, SSC) ___ FROM THE EXORCIST (1973) AND THE WICKER MAN (1973) TO MIDSOMMAR (2019) AND THE VVITCH (2016), RELIGIOUS THEMES HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ELEMENT OF MODERN HORROR FILMS IN THE HISTORY OF WESTERN CINEMA, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND COMPARATIVE RELIGION. WE WILL EXPLORE MODERN SCHOLARSHIP ON THE INTERSECTION OF HORROR/MONSTER THEORY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES.