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Author:   Shelagh Rowan-Legg (Independent researcher, Canada)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781784536770

ISBN 10:   1784536776
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   06 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Bastard Sons: Contemporary Spanish Fantastic Film Chapter 1 Alex de la Iglesia: The Father of a Generation Mutant Action and The Day of the Beast Chapter 2 Heroes and Villains The Birthday and The Backwoods Chapter 3 Alejandro Amenabar: The Drop-Out Auteur Open Your Eyes and The Others Chapter 4 The Haunting of Houses The Abandoned and The Orphanage Chapter 5 Jaume Balaguero: The Horror Aficionado The Nameless and Darkness Chapter 6 The Spanish Fantastic Woman Sexykiller and Hierro Chapter 7 Guillermo del Toro: The Outside Man The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth Chapter 8 Franchising the Spanish Fantastic The [REC] Films Chapter 9 Nacho Vigalondo, The Illegitimate Inheritor Timescrimes and Extraterrestrial Conclusion The End of an Era?

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'The Spanish Fantastic brings a highly informed critical perspective to key works from one of the most exciting production cycles in recent Spanish cinema. From Guillermo del Toro and Alex de la Iglesia, to lesser known genre specialists Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza, the author's range is unsurpassed and her approach expertly informed.' - Andy Willis, University of Salford, UK, 'Shelagh Rowan-Legg's innovative monograph eschews the normal auteurist and nationalist approaches to Spanish cinema to offer a series of excellent close readings of genre films, many of them little known.' - Paul Julian Smith, City University of New York (CUNY)

Author Information

Shelagh Rowan-Legg is a writer, filmmaker, and script consultant. She is the Executive Director of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, a programmer for FrightFest, and a contributing editor for ScreenAnarchy. Her award-winning short films have screened at festivals around the world. She has a PhD in Spanish fantastic film from King's College London.

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