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Eve Pullen
3rd February 2022
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Taxidermia (György Pálfi, 2006, Amor Far Filmproduktion).

Taxidermia (György Pálfi, 2006, Amor Far Filmproduktion). https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MV5BMjU2MzEwODYzMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjkzMjg3Mg@@._V1_.jpg 700 302 Eve Pullen Eve Pullen https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2133cf72579aeb6819144699f7ac12f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 3rd February 2022 3rd February 2022

Hungarian cinema leaves us feeling stuffed! Figure A – Lajoska Balatony surrounded by stuffed animals. Taxidermia (György Pálfi, 2006, Amor Far Filmproduktion). Pálfi’s 2006 body horror Taxidermia, follows the story…

Isabelle Hill
28th May 2020
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The Shining. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Warner Brothers. 1980.

The Shining. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Warner Brothers. 1980. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Isabelle Hill Isabelle Hill https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/105c4774fd6fafd88db477a19f500e61?s=96&d=mm&r=g 28th May 2020 25th May 2021

A notoriously disturbing moment in The Shining (1980) is the ‘bear costume’ scene, which poses questions why Kubrick specifically chose this animal and its symbolic purpose in this bizarre shot.…

Eloise Malhotra
15th January 2019
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Of Horses and Men (Hross í oss). Dir. Benedikt Erlingsson. Film Europe. 2013.

Of Horses and Men (Hross í oss). Dir. Benedikt Erlingsson. Film Europe. 2013. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Eloise Malhotra Eloise Malhotra https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d6788735b9561953d76ccf0769cd19a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15th January 2019 25th May 2021

Benedikt Erlingsson’s directorial debut Of Horses and Men (2013) is best described as a series of interlocking fables, focusing on six sets of neighbours living in an isolated Icelandic valley.…

Charles Walters
14th January 2019
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Enemy. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. E1 Films. 2013.

Enemy. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. E1 Films. 2013. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Charles Walters Charles Walters https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8d0697af5cee42b8e5f28faad59a25c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 14th January 2019 25th May 2021

Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy follows Adam, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, a history professor, disillusioned with life and suffering from a feeling of social malaise, and Anthony, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, a wannabe actor…

Charles Walters
13th December 2018
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Enemy. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. E1 Films. 2013.

Enemy. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. E1 Films. 2013. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Charles Walters Charles Walters https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8d0697af5cee42b8e5f28faad59a25c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 13th December 2018 25th May 2021

Warning – Pictures of Spiders, if you hate spiders, stop reading now! Final Warning! The final scene of Enemy is the culmination of the spider motif that runs throughout the movie. Adam/Anthony…

Valery Tokarev
21st May 2018
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Black Swan. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2010.

Black Swan. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2010. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Valery Tokarev Valery Tokarev https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4be7d2e762bc1377d15f345ea4ebf103?s=96&d=mm&r=g 21st May 2018 25th May 2021

The movie Black Swan could be assigned to a psychological horror movie that was directed by Aronofsky and released in 2010. The film deals with the main protagonist Nina who…

Amy Fuller
15th January 2017
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Weekend. Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Athos Films. 1967.

Weekend. Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Athos Films. 1967. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Amy Fuller Amy Fuller https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d183c92a8227e849c21e28289c8f1585?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15th January 2017 25th May 2021

Weekend (1967), dir. Jean-Luc Godard (watch the full film with English subtitles here) Jean-Luc Godard’s 1967 film Weekend follows the distinctly middle-class experience of Roland and Corinne as they take a trip to Corinne’s…

Helen Greenough
25th January 2016
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Hannibal. Dir. Ridley Scott. MGM. 2001.

Hannibal. Dir. Ridley Scott. MGM. 2001. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Helen Greenough Helen Greenough https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a7267257bc4aeaf58a82d8a446097a0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 25th January 2016 25th May 2021

Hannibal the Animal: An Analysis of Animal Presence in Hannibal Fig. 1. Hannibal Lecter. All pictures are taken directly from film unless otherwise stated. The sequel to The Silence of the Lambs,…