Cynthia Freeland is professor of philosophy at the University of Houston. She is author of But Is It Art?, co-editor of Philosophy and Film, and editor of Feminist Interpretations of Aristotle

• Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Mad Scientists and Monstrous Mothers -- Dr. Frankenstein's Progeny -- Women and Bugs -- Monstrous Flesh -- From Vampires to Slashers -- Seductive Vampires -- The Slasher's Blood Lust -- Feminist Slashers? -- Sublime Spectacles of Disaster -- Uncanny Horror -- Graphic Horror -- EPILOGUE: The Appeal of Horror -- Filmography