Mortality Plays: Pain, Penance, and Admonition in Se7en and Saw

The 1990s noir-horror film Se7en and the ongoing Saw franchise both preach a pedagogy of pain whereby victims are either fatally punished for their sins or reformed through macabre penitential ordeals. These films challenge the values of the modern, post-enlightenment world, recalling an idealized m...

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Authors: Wills, Deborah 1962- (Author) ; Wilson, Andrew P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Saskatchewan [2011]
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2011, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 397-412
Further subjects:B Punishment
B horror film
B Se7ven
B Saw
B Community
B Penance
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