Bloody Screens - Horror Cinema, Mysticism and Regard

When Claire Cronin began to assemble notes for what would become Les Ecrans sanglants, she had no idea she would delve so deeply within herself. Initially conceived as a reflection on a slightly too pronounced attraction to horror films, this research work became a personal and philosophical quest, a hybrid essay tinged with non-fiction whose approach transcends formats by connecting the intimate and the collective. Surrounded by screens showing images of monsters, ghosts, possessions and unexplained phenomena, Claire Cronin wonders. What are we looking for in these cinematic experiences? How can we navigate between reality and fiction without getting totally lost? Can mysticism and spirituality help us overcome sadness, depression and know ourselves better? From the American Gothic South to the streets of Los Angeles, the author explores her cultural heritage, her religious roots and her interest in horror cinema - in all its diversity of subgenres and aesthetics, from the most commercial to the most underground -, on which she brings a feminine, touching and poetic perspective. Bloody Screens is "a diary of theories for the spaces of the mind where theory no longer has a place". It is also a sublime text on the power of Art on our lives and a story of oblique learning, brilliant with creativity.