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James Aston and John Walliss, To See the Saw Movies: Essays on Torture Porn and Post-9/11 Horror (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2013, $40.00/£24.76). Pp. 208. isbn978 0 7864 7089 1.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2014

DAWN KEETLEY
DAWN KEETLEY*
Affiliation:
Lehigh University
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Journal of American Studies , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , August 2014 , E92
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References

1 Sharrett, Christopher, “The Problem of Saw: ‘Torture Porn’ and the Conservatism of Contemporary Horror Films,” Cineaste, 31 (Winter 2009), 32–37Google Scholar, 32.

2 David Edelstein, “Now Playing at Your Local Multiplex: Torture Porn,” New York Magazine, 28 Jan. 2006, available at http://nymag.com/movies/features/15622.