Abstract
This introductory chapter provides an account of extreme cinema and extreme cinema studies. Scholarship has investigated some aspects of genre theory in relation to the production trend, but a rigorous study has not yet been completed. The chapter justifies the use of genre studies and outlines the relationship between extreme cinema and Linda Williams’s concept of “body genres.” Body genres are fundamentally about producing sensations in the viewer. Thus, this chapter links the study of genre to contemporary film philosophies which explicitly focus on the body of the spectator. It also explains the value of phenomenological film theory up to the present and its relevance to extreme cinema studies. Following these methodological sections, it provides an overview of the book and stakes of its arguments, that is, filmmakers can adopt genre conventions as a tool for ethical and political critique.
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