Download or read book Maternal Horror Film written by S. Arnold and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood examines the function of the mother figure in horror film. Using psychoanalytic film theory as well as comparisons with the melodrama film, Arnold investigates the polarized images of monstrous and sacrificing mother.