{"description":"It\u2019s one of the most popular \u2013 and profitable \u2013 genres in film. But before 2010, there were no Israeli horror films.\nThen over the last decade distinctly Israeli serial killers, zombies, vampires and ghosts invaded screens amid a blossoming of young local filmmakers. Olga Gershenson follows her previous books on Russian theatre in Israel and the unknown Shoah films of the Soviet Union with New Israeli Horror: Local Cinema, Global Genre. The Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and of Film Studies at UMass joins us to explore how these films challenge traditional representations of Israel and its people, while also appealing to audiences around the world. In conversation with UK Jewish Film's Head of Programming, Nir Cohen.Buy a copy of New Israeli Horror by Olga Gershenson","height":1080,"html":"<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://skiv.com/embed/VUFAKBH\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"fullscreen\" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>","provider_name":"Skiv","provider_url":"https://skiv.com","thumbnail_height":198,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.skiv.com/u/MkG8VMM/08a7810e4b12fba4ac3cc9aeef79c0ea8ea3d499bf2ed8804fef0ccf3be98338/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg","thumbnail_width":352,"title":"Horror Movies in Israel","type":"video","url":"https://skiv.com/v/VUFAKBH","version":"1.0","width":1920}