The film is an art of transgressions. And beyond the border lies the abyss. Film, as a mirror of our desires, not only familiarizes us with the pleasure of beauty but also with our own darkness, and the deeper we gaze into this abyss, the more we recognize our monstrous selves. This is about cinematic nightmares, the abject and the terrifying. It speaks of the power of fictional horror. The volume "Transgressions" builds on its predecessor "Border Contacts" and continues the excursions into the margins of film history. Marcus Stiglegger, a specialist in German genre research, gathers highly personal texts in this book about horror films as an existential experience of fear. With a foreword by cult director Buddy Giovinazzo.