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OverviewIn sharp contrast to many 1960s science fiction films, with idealized views of space exploration, Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) terrified audiences, depicting a harrowing and doomed deep-space mission. The Alien films launched a new generation of horror set in the great unknown, inspiring filmmakers to take Earth-bound franchises like Leprechaun and Friday the 13th into space. This collection of new essays examines the space horror subgenre, with a focus on such films as Paul W.S. Anderson's Event Horizon, Duncan Jones' Moon, Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires and John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars. Contributors discuss how filmmakers explored the concepts of the final girl/survivor, the uncanny valley, the isolationism of space travel, religion and supernatural phenomena. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michele BrittanyPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9781476664057ISBN 10: 1476664056 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 21 November 2017 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Horror Made in America John Carpenter of Mars: Space Horror in the Films of John Carpenter (Ben Kooyman) The Cold, White Reproduction of the Same: A New Hypothesis About John Carpenter’s The Thing (Dario Altobelli) Meteor Madness: Lovecraftian Horror and Consumerism in the Battle for Small Town USA (Nicholas Diak) “It (never actually) came from outer space”: Earth-Origin Threats in Space Horror Films (Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.) Part Two: Time and Space in a Sea of Post-Modern Isolation Nonknowledge and Inner Experience: A Post-Modern Rhetoric of Space Horror (Gavin F. Hurley) Out of Space—Out of Time: Looking at the Factors of Time in Space Horror Movies (Juliane Schlag) We’re All Alone, Out Here: Isolation and Its Contribution to Space Horror in Film (Janet Joyce Holden) That Moon Is Romantic: Duncan Jones’s Dark Fairy Tale (Adam M. Crowley) Part Three: The Uncanny Body The Architecture of Sci-Fi Body Horror: Mechanical Building-Bodies and Organic Invasion from Deep Space to the Anthropocene (Brenda S. Gardenour Walter) Ghosts in the Machine: Emotion and Haunting in the Creation of the Irrational Robot (Casey Ratto) Part Four: The Devil Made Me Betwixt and Between: Magic, Science and the Devil’s Place in Outer Space (Andrew P. Williams) Under the Influence: Undead Planets and Vampiric Dreamworlds in Outer Space (Simon Bacon) Part Five: Play It Again or Rip It Off A “family of displaced figures”: Posthumanism and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Alien Resurrection (1997) (Charles W. Reick) Galaxies of Terror in a Knock-Off Universe: Atavism and the Rip-Off Body Horror of “Aliensploitation” Films (Jason Davis) Leprechaun 4 and Jason X: Camp, Paracinema and the Postmodern Sequel (Kevin Chabot) About the Contributors IndexReviewsI found it an extremely interesting and sometimes enlightening book that touches on themes that you had not yet thought of. Highly recommended to those who want to delve deeper! - Out of this World Magazine """I found it an extremely interesting and sometimes enlightening book that touches on themes that you had not yet thought of. Highly recommended to those who want to delve deeper!"" - Out of this World Magazine" Author InformationMichele Brittany is the book review editor for the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics and is the co-chair of the Ann Radcliffe Conference held in conjunction with Horror Writers Association’s annual Stokercon. She lives in Glendale, Arizona. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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