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‘Pitillas and Martínez-Biurrun’s expert two-hander represents a milestone in trauma approaches to horror film. The Psychodynamics of Trauma and Modern Horror Cinema carefully interweaves narrative analysis with relevant insights from clinical psychology to make a compelling case for the genre’s ability to mediate traumatic events and capture the complexities of psychic wounds. Already very popular in its home country, the book is poised to reach an even wider audience thanks to this new revised edition in English.’ Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes, author of Contemporary Body Horror (2024) and Gothic Cinema (2020)

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Carlos Pitillas is an associate professor and researcher in the department of Psychology at Comillas Pontifical University, Spain. He is a psychotherapist working with children, adolescents, and adults. His interests focus on early socioemotional development and attachment relationships; relational trauma and its intergenerational transmission; interpersonal psychoanalytic psychotherapy; and intersections between psychology and popular culture. His current teaching covers developmental psychology, psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and child and adolescent psychotherapy. He is the Director of the upcoming master’s degree in Psychoanalytic Contemporary Psychotherapy at Comillas Pontifical University. Ismael Martínez-Biurrun is an award-winning novelist, creative writing teacher, and adjunct lecturer at Comillas Pontifical University, Spain. He has published nine novels and has had his work included in several short story anthologies. His work combines psychological thriller with horror and urban fantasy.

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