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This is a historical and structural study of the Stalker Film. As a subcategory of the more general Slasher Film, the Stalker Film is often characterised by an off-screen presence that dominates the visual field, and by a recurring combination of character and plot functions. The Stalker Film responds to an ongoing cultural conflict narrativised as the fight to protect self and community, and does so within a specific 197881 historical period. As a postmodern work, the surface material of the Stalker Film alludes to past and ongoing cultural forms, to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, for example, to the theories of Sigmund Freud, or even to Laura Mulvey on the male gaze. These forms are not used to enlighten but are exploited to maximum visceral effect. Positioned at the rise of the Reagan era, the Stalker Film questions the Horror Film genre and engages a mass audience response.

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Author:   Vera Dika
Publisher:   University of Wales Press
Imprint:   University of Wales Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781837722587

ISBN 10:   1837722587
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 May 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Foreword The Pressure of a Name: Slashers, Stalkers, Semantics Preface The Stalker Film and Repeatability Games of Terror: Halloween, Friday the 13th and the Films of the Stalker Cycle Introduction: Methods for Classification and Analysis Halloween: The Beginning of the Stalker Cycle Paradigms: The Basic Elements of the Stalker Formula The Most Successful Recombinations: Friday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part 2 The Films of the Stalker Cycle Conclusion: A Psychological and Sociological Evaluation Selected Writings on the Stalker Film An Introduction to the Selected Writings on the Stalker Film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre To Destroy the Sign Endnotes Bibliography

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Vera Dika has taught at UCLA, USC, NYU, and Universit Iuav di Venezia. She is currently Visiting Associate Professor of Cinema Studies at Pratt Institute, and Editor-in Chief of Quarterly Review of Film and Video.

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