Mythologies of American violence in Alan Ball's True Blood series by Anne-Marie PAQUET-DEYRIS

“…To capture their extreme violence, the showrunner uses the conventions of the horror genre. Vampire, werewolf movie codes and motifs are very often recycled in various episodes of the series to problematize current problems in American society such as the women’s liberation movement, the gay and lesbian rights, the civil rights movement etc. …”
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Apports de l’iconographie sidérale aux problématiques spatiales vidéoludiques : le cas des jeux vidéo horrifiques by Guillaume Baychelier

“…In this way, survival horror genre consolidates its game mechanics : being immerged in Space becomes a trial that makes vulnerable to claustrophobic narrowing and also to vertiginous endlessness. …”
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TARİHSEL BİR KARŞITLIĞIN TEZAHÜRÜ: 2002 SONRASI TÜRK KORKU FİLMLERİNDE BİLİM-DİN ÇATIŞMASI by Şan Ararat Halis

“…It is seen that religious items have been eminently used by in the world horror genre and in some periods, in accordance with some political requirements, science and religion are brought against each other in the horror movies. …”
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Sex, Gore and Provocation: the Influence of Exploitation in John Waters’s Early Films by Elise Pereira Nunes

“…A pioneer of the gore subgenre, Herschell Gordon Lewis and his exploitation of graphic violence and blood in order to take the horror genre one step further has influenced the gruesome aesthetics of Waters’s films. …”
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