Genetic Modification

Genetic ModificationGenetically Modified Organisms

ThemeAdvances in technology are always scrutinized by the public who have seen it being used in misguided, terrible ways and then backfired. This theme, the fear of tampering with the unknown, is an underlying theme in the horror genre. I wish to connect the horror film genre. To name but a few of the films made where science goes terribly wrong.

Aesthetic: Glofish

LGFUAD (2010) Kelsey Clark Link: http://vimeo.com/1142661

Trapdcode Test Daniel Gies 2012Link: http://vimeo.com/38144942

Africanized Bee

Links:Alice Madness CutscenesLink: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxVVmKon7aI

Documentary FilmographyPlaying God (2012)Link: http://watchdocumentary.org/watch/playing-god-video_fe8c719f5.htmlAttack of the Killer Bees (2006) National Geographic DocumentaryLink: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gstt3XlNXN4

BibliographyGenetic Testing and Its Implications: Human Genetics Researchers Grapple with Ethical IssuesIsaac Rabino Science, Technology, & Human Values , Vol. 28, No. 3 (Summer, 2003), pp. 365-402 Published by: Sage Publications, Inc. Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1557969 Indirect Genetic Effects and the Evolution of Aggression in a Vertebrate SystemAlastair J. Wilson, Uriel Gelin, Marie-Claude Perron and Denis Réale Proceedings: Biological Sciences , Vol. 276, No. 1656 (Feb. 7, 2009), pp. 533-541 Published by: The Royal Society Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30244888 Geographies of Risk and Difference in Crop Genetic EngineeringKathleen McAfee Geographical Review , Vol. 94, No. 1 (Jan., 2004), pp. 80-106 Published by: American Geographical Society Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30033954 

Genetic Technologies Meet the Public: The Discourses of ConcernJesper Lassen and Andrew Jamison Science, Technology, & Human Values , Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan., 2006), pp. 8-28 Published by: Sage Publications, Inc. Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/29733923 The Africanized Honeybee: The epithet "killer bee" is undeservedScott Camazine and Roger A. Morse American Scientist , Vol. 76, No. 5 (September-October 1988), pp. 464-471 Published by: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27855385 Grounded Theory of Florida Aquarium retailers’ Acceptance of the GlofishBrian PeddiePublished by: University of Floridia, 2008Article Stable URL: http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/E0/02/00/00/00001/peddie_b.pdf

The Evolution of HorrorHorror: the Changing Monster

1922 Nosferatu 1954 Godzilla

The History of Evil

The History of EvilLink: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6c-umQ_hlc

Love & Theft

Love & Theft (2010) Andreas HykadeLink: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEUxlwb2uFI

BibliographySunset with Chainsaw

Evan Calder Williams

Film Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 4 (Summer 2011), pp. 28-33

Published by: University of California Press

Article DOI: 10.1525/FQ.2011.64.4.28

Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/FQ.2011.64.4.28

Debating Black Swan: Gender and Horror

Mark Fisher and Amber Jacobs

Film Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 1 (Fall 2011), pp. 58-62

Published by: University of California Press

Article DOI: 10.1525/FQ.2011.65.1.58

Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/FQ.2011.65.1.58 

Films without a Face: Shock Horror in the Cinema of Georges FranjuAdam LowensteinCinema Journal, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Summer, 1998), pp. 37-58Published by: University of Texas Press on behalf of the Society for Cinema & Media StudiesArticle Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1225726 OWI Meets the Monsters: Hollywood Horror Films and War Propaganda, 1942 to 1945Rick WorlandCinema Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Autumn, 1997), pp. 47-65Published by: University of Texas Press on behalf of the Society for Cinema & Media StudiesArticle Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1225689