The Horror Film: An Introduction - Couverture souple

Worland, Rick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1119715261 ISBN 13 : 9781119715269

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2024

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1119715261
• ISBN 13: 9781119715269
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 432
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