{"title":"What Follows: The Influence of Fire Walk With Me","authors":"Lindsay Hallam","doi":"10.3828/liverpool/9781911325642.003.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781911325642.003.0006","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter points out how the scenes of horror in David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me are markedly different to those from what could be deemed to be more 'typical' horror films. It describes Fire Walk With Me as a shining example of how horror films also explore the emotions and experiences of trauma, grief, despair, and family dysfunction. It also explains how horror films comment on wider societal issues and examine complex relationships with own psychology, body and sexuality, and spiritual, metaphysical, and philosophical beliefs. This chapter cites horror films tha tare often marginalised as nothing more than a cheap rollercoaster ride with a scant regard for narrative and a bloodthirsty attitude. It discusses Fire Walk With Me's influence on contemporary horror cinema, which have been subject to the 'post-horror' debate.","PeriodicalId":312501,"journal":{"name":"Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132042622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conclusion: Laura is the One","authors":"Lindsay Hallam","doi":"10.3828/liverpool/9781911325642.003.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781911325642.003.0008","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter celebrate the character in David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me named Laura Palmer, who evolved from an image personifying the 'beautiful dead girl' to a character who is complex and flawed, yet powerful and strong. It explains how Fire Walk With Me is considered as a horror film due to Laura's story as it is a horror that is all too real for way too many people. It also mentions Twin Peaks as a place of mystery that is both wonderful and strange and hints that there is something more beyond the surface. The chapter focuses on Laura as the key to the whole Twin Peaks universe. It discusses how the audience got to know more about Laura in Fire Walk With Me.","PeriodicalId":312501,"journal":{"name":"Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130998284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"It Follows","authors":"Josh Grimm","doi":"10.1007/978-1-84882-468-3_12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-468-3_12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":312501,"journal":{"name":"Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123130993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}