Mortality Plays: Pain, Penance, and Admonition in Se7en and Saw
The 1990s noir-horror film Se7en and the ongoing Saw franchise both preach a pedagogy of pain whereby victims are either fatally punished for their sins or reformed through macabre penitential ordeals. These films challenge the values of the modern, post-enlightenment world, recalling an idealized m...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2011]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2011, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 397-412 |
Further subjects: | B
Punishment
B horror film B Se7ven B Saw B Community B Penance |
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