Uncanny Bodies The Coming of Sound Film and the Origins of the Horror Genre

Name: Uncanny Bodies The Coming of Sound Film and the Origins of the Horror Genre
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ISBN: 9780520251229

ISBN-10: 0520251229

ISBN-13: 9780520251229

Edition: 2007

Authors: Robert Spadoni

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In 1931 Universal Pictures releasedDraculaandFrankenstein,two films that inaugurated the horror genre in Hollywood cinema. These films appeared directly on the heels of Hollywood's transition to sound film. Uncanny Bodies argues that the coming of sound inspired more in these massively influential horror movies than screams, creaking doors, and howling wolves. A close examination of the historical reception of films of the transition period reveals that sound films could seem to their earliest viewers unreal and ghostly. By comparing this audience impression to the first sound horror films, Robert Spadoni makes a case for understanding film viewing as a force that can powerfully shape both…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 202
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Uncanny Body of Early Sound Film


The Shrinking of Personality


The Return of the Medium-Sensitive Viewer


The Complexion of the Thing


Shadows in Three Dimensions


A Modality



Ludicrous Objects, Textualized Responses


Films as Mirrors of Viewer Response


The Hollywood Revue of 1929


Two Ventriloquism Films


Svengali



The Mystery of Dracula


Real Emotional Horror Kick


The Mystery of Dracula?


The Vampire's Hiss and the Madman's Laugh



Dracula as Uncanny Theater


Figure


Ground



Frankenstein and the Vats of Hollywood


Strong Meat and Monster Food


Frankenstein and the Uncanny of Early Sound Film


Frankenstein and the Uncanny of Silent Film


From Modality to Monad


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Films Cited


Index