Horror Film

Name: Horror Film
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ISBN: 9780582437944

ISBN-10: 0582437946

ISBN-13: 9780582437944

Edition: 2003

Authors: Peter Hutchings

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The horror genre has proved to be one of the most consistently popular and the most disreputable of all the mainstream film genres. Since the early 1930s there has never been a time when horror films were not being produced in substantial numbers somewhere in the world and never a time when they were not being criticised, censored or banned. The Horror Film considers the reasons for horror's disreputability and seeks to explain why horror has been so successful. Where does the appeal of horror lie? This book throws new light on some well-known horror films and will also introduce the reader to examples of noteworthy but more obscure horror work. The overall aim of the book is to provide…

Book details

List price: $84.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/3/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.25" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


List of photographs



Defining horror



A world of monsters



All in the mind? The psychology of horror



Terror in the aisles: horror's audiences



Dealing with difference



The sounds of horror



Performing horror



Modern horror and the 1970s



Slashers and post-slashers


Further reading


Bibliography


Filmography


Index