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Worland, Rick

 
9781405139021: The Horror Film: An Introduction (New Approaches to Film Genre)
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ISBN 10: 1405139021 ISBN 13: 9781405139021
Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

Sinopsis

Combining historical narrative with close readings of several significant horror films, this brief volume offers a broad and lively introduction to cinematic horror. In doing so, it outlines and investigates important issues in the production, consumption, and cultural interpretation of the genre.


  • An ideal text for perennially popular courses on the horror film genre.
  • Examines the ways in which horror movies have been produced, received, and interpreted by filmmakers, audiences, and critics, from the 1920s to the present.
  • Provides a short historical introduction of the horror film as an orientation to the field.
  • Analyses a wide variety of major works in the genre, including Frankenstein, Cat People, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

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Acerca del autor

Rick Worland is Associate Professor and Chair of the Division of Cinema-Television at Southern Methodist University. He has published in many scholarly journals, including Cinema Journal, and has contributed essays to a number of film collections.

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NEW APPROACHES TO FILM GENRE
SERIES EDITOR: BARRY KEITH GRANT
THE HORROR FILM
AN INTRODUCTION

"This book is a highly concise and comprehensive survey of a genre still influential today. Historically informed, with relevant use of archive material, it contains insightful readings of great value."
TONY WILLIAMS, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE

The Horror Film examines the ways in which horror movies have been produced, received, and interpreted by filmmakers, audiences, and critics throughout the medium's history, from the 1920s to the present. This brief volume offers a broad, historical introduction to cinematic horror, outlining and investigating important issues in the production, consumption, and cultural interpretation of the genre.

Combining historical narrative with close readings of several significant horror films ? including Frankenstein, Cat People, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween, and Bram Stoker's Dracula ? The Horror Film will be the definitive read for any movie-goer who thrills to a great scare.

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Editorial
Wiley-Blackwell
Año de publicación
2006
Idioma
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ISBN 10 
1405139021
ISBN 13 
9781405139021
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Número de páginas
338
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9781405139014: The Horror Film: An Introduction: 6 (New Approaches to Film Genre)

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ISBN 10:  1405139013 ISBN 13:  9781405139014
Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006
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