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A lively and reliable narrative account of the horror genre, featuring new and revised material throughout The Horror Film: An Introduction surveys the history, development, and social impact of the genre. Covering American horror cinema from its earliest period to the present, this reader-friendly volume explores the many ways horror movies have been received by filmmakers, critics, and general audiences throughout the decades. Concise, easily accessible chapters describe historical instances of the genre's social reception based on primary research, analyze landmark films such as Frankenstein, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and more. Incorporating recent scholarship on the genre, the second edition of The Horror Film contains new discussion and context for Hollywood horror films in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as notable developments in the genre such as “torture porn,” found-footage horror, remakes and reboots of past horror films, zombies, and the “elevated horror” debate. This edition explores the rise of new filmmakers such as Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, and Jordan Peele, surveys horror films made by women and African American filmmakers, and investigates contemporary issues in the production and consumption of horror films. Combining historical narrative with close readings of significant works, The Horror Film: Covers major works in the genre such as Cat People, Halloween, and Bram Stoker's Dracula Examines important antecedents including gothic literature and the Grand Guignol Theater Offers thorough analyses of the style, context, and themes of specific horror milestones Provides examples of close analysis that can be applied to a wide range of other horror films Discusses important representative titles across the genre's evolution, including more recent films such as 2017's Get Out The Horror Film: An Introduction, Second Edition, is an ideal textbook for undergraduate surveys of the horror genre and other courses in American film history, and an invaluable resource for scholars, lecturers, and general readers with an interest in the subject.

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Author:   Rick Worland (Southern Methodist University)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9781119715269

ISBN 10:   1119715261
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   16 September 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations   Acknowledgements   Chapter 1. Introduction: Undying Monsters   Chapter 2. A Short History of the Horror Film, Beginnings to 1945   Chapter 3. A Short History of the Horror Film, 1945 to Present   Chapter 4. Monsters Among Us: Cases of Social Reception   Chapter 5. Edges of the Horror Film: Lon Chaney, Tod Browning, and The Unknown (1927)   Chapter 6. Frankenstein (1931) and Hollywood Expressionism   Chapter 7. Cat People (1942): Lewton, Freud, and Suggestive Horror   Chapter 8. Horror in “The Age of Anxiety:” Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)   Chapter 9. Slaughtering Genre Tradition: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)   Chapter 10. Halloween (1978): The Shape of the Slasher Film   Chapter 11. Re-Animator (1985) and Slapstick Horror   Chapter 12. Demon Lover: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)   Chapter 13. Get Out (2017): The American Horror   Afterword to the 1st edition: Our Haunted Houses     Afterword to the 2nd edition: Dark Universes   Appendix: Horror Auteurs   Notes   References   Index

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RICK WORLAND is a Professor of Film and Media Arts at Southern Methodist University, where he teaches courses in film history, documentary, broadcasting history, the films of Alfred Hitchcock, and popular genres including the Western and the horror film. His work has been published in Cinema Journal, The Journal of Film & Video, and The Journal of Popular Film & Television, among others. He is the author of Searching for New Frontiers: Hollywood Films in the 1960s and is currently working on a book on 1970s Hollywood.

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