Abjection and Metamorphosis in the Stop-Motion Horror Aesthetics of «La Casa Lobo/The Wolf House»

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Julián David Saldarriaga Cardona

In recent years, the work of Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León has garnered significant attention due to their unconventional approach to animation and storytelling. Deeply rooted in the political history of Chile, and particularly in the atrocities that occurred over decades in Colonia Dignidad, their debut feature film, La Casa Lobo/The Wolf House (2018), constructs a narrative of segregation, fear, and power through a lens of body horror. This paper analyzes the film by examining abjection and the various metamorphoses that occur within bodies, shaping the film's horror stop-motion aesthetics and codes. In doing so, The Wolf House reveals a profound political commentary embedded within its interplay of intermedial and intertextual fairy-tale imagery and characters, grotesque bodily manipulation, and transbiological transformations.

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The Wolf House, Abjection, Metamorphosis, Body Horror, Stop Motion Animation

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Saldarriaga Cardona, Julián David. “Abjection and Metamorphosis in the Stop-Motion Horror Aesthetics of «La Casa Lobo/The Wolf House»”. Brumal. Revista de investigación sobre lo Fantástico, 2024, vol.VOL 12, no. 1, pp. 105-28, doi:10.5565/rev/brumal.1105.
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