Baltic Horror in film, gaming and literature

Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns lectures at the University of Buenos Aires. He is Director of ‘Terror: Estudios Críticos’ (Universidad de Cádiz), the first-ever horror studies series in Spain.

This volume offers a rich and comprehensive exploration of an understudied region. Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns has curated an impressive range of interdisciplinary essays that reveal how Baltic horror reflects cultural anxieties, histories and identities. This highly original collection is valuable for both horror scholars and readers curious about overlooked cinematic and literary traditions.

• Table of ContentsList of ContributorsList of Figures1-IntroductionFernando Gabriel Pagnoni BernsPart I: Baltic History2- Slashing Delayed: Lateness and Lithuanian Adaptation of the Slashing Subgenre in Pensive (2022)Rawitawan Sophonpanich3- Let the Wrong One In? Imitation and Originality in Swedish Horror LiteratureMattias Fyhr4- Domestic horror in Anna Starobinets’ Look at HimLara RighiPart II: Folk Horror5- Reimagining Folk Horror Through national Mnemohistory: November (2017), Kratt (2020) and the Role of Folklore in Estonian IdentityIlaria W. Biano6- The Kratt: An AI Estonian Folktale for Our TimesTony Perrello7- The Devil Is in the Details: Horror Objects Through the Baltic LensOcculta DamaPart III: Borders8- The Cartography of Swamps: Making and Breaking Boundaries in SaunaOctavia Cade9- Haunted by Division: The Intersection of Horror, Politics, and Family in Possession (1981)Megan Kenny10- The Speaking Time Limit is 60 Minutes. Struggle over Discourse and Colonial Guilt in Jens Ravn’s Wolf HourMarc Pereyra11- Fishy Fluidity: Dis-Ordered Patriarchy and Queer Ecology in Slavic Mermaid HorrorBrenda S. Gardenour WalterPart IV: Aesthetics12-From Socialist Realism to Necrorealism: The Rebellious Idiocy of Yevgeny YufitAndrew Grossman13-Dancing Beside Death: A Look at the Kafkaesque and Performativity of Dreams in Algimantas Puipa’s CinemaAmin Heidari14- Aniara (2018): Relocating the Human in an Age of Climate TerrorB. C. Granger15- Understanding Baltic Horror Videogames: A Comprehensive OverviewJuan Carlos García Romero16- Streaming Soviet Russia: The Role of the Streamer in Indie Horror GamesKat Albrecht