Citation

Sullivan D, Greenberg J, Landau MJ. J. Pop. Film Telev. 2009; 37(4): 189-198.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/01956050903227902

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Rosemary's Baby and Straw Dogs are New Hollywood films that explore themes of death and violence. Terror management theory (TMT), a theory of the role of death fear in the human striving for significance, is utilized to clarify various aspects of these films, including their use of death imagery and the motivations of the characters, and to reveal some novel parallels between the films.

Keywords: death; New Hollywood; psychoanalysis; Rosemary's Baby; Straw Dogs; terror management theory