1. Conjunctions Between Holocaust and Horror Films Based on a Forthcoming book with SIU Press: Frames of Evil: The Holocaust as Horror in American Film Caroline (Kay) Picart, Associate Professor of English, Courtesy Associate Professor of Law Florida State U.

2. Aims: To show that a relationship between Holocaust and Horror films is traceable even before the 1990s; Holocaust imagery is used in many horror films. Horror imagery is used in Holocaust films—for example, Schindler’s List references Psycho

3. The Authentic “Look” of the Holocaust

4. Nazism as the new monster 60’s and 70’s American movies usually exploited the infamy of the Third Reich as grist for horror and science fiction movies

5. Nazi As Stock Monster

6. The New American Gothic: Psycho and it Spawn--1

7. The New American Gothic: Psycho and it Spawn--2

8. The New American Gothic: Psycho and it Spawn--3

9. The Addiction: Vampirism and Nazism

10. American History X and shower scenes

12. Schindler’s List’s “Realism” “Shooting in black- and-white ________________ ________________”

13. The Bilderverbot SL is too _______ in rendering visible an event that defies depiction, whose horror renders any attempt at direct representation ____________.

14. Schindler’s List and Psycho Schindler’s List uses formal properties that mime Psycho but produces a different story

15. Conclusions: There are cross fertilizations between Holocaust and horror film conventions. Schindler’s List borrows from classic horror conventions to tell the story of the Holocaust. Schindler’s List references the look of Psycho, a contemporary or postmodern horror film, but tells the story of the Holocaust as though it were a classic horror tale.