Blurb:

Looks at the films of Rob Zombie and argues that Zombie’'s use of popular music in his horror films produces not so much a counternarrative as an alternative reading that resists conservatism rather than affirming it. By relentlessly pairing extreme brutality with popular – often beloved – tunes from the (primarily) American past, Zombie exposes the violence that lies embedded in American history and society. The music prevents the horror the films reveal from being ‘othered’; just as the music belongs to society, so does the violence.