The modern British horror film /

The modern British horror film /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gerrard, Steven, 1970- author.
Imprint:	New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 172 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Quick takes: movies and popular culture Quick takes.
Subject:	Horror films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism. PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Guides & Reviews. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies. PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference. Horror films. Great Britain. Electronic books. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11911444

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ISBN:	9780813579467 0813579465 9780813579450 0813579457 9780813590059 9780813579443
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 16, 2018).
Summary:	"When you think of British horror films, you might picture the classic Hammer Horror movies, with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and blood in lurid technicolor. Yet British horror has undergone an astonishing change and resurgence in the twenty-first century, with films that capture instead the anxieties of post-Millennial viewers. Tracking the revitalization of the British horror film industry over the past two decades, media expert Steven Gerrard also investigates why audiences have flocked to these movies. To answer that question, he focuses on three major trends: "hoodie horror" movies responding to fears about Britain's urban youth culture; "great outdoors" films where Britain's forests, caves, and coasts comprise a terrifying psychogeography; and psychological horror movies in which the monster already lurks within us. Offering in-depth analysis of numerous films, including The Descent, Outpost, and The Woman in Black, this book takes readers on a lively tour of the genre's highlights, while provocatively exploring how these films reflect viewers' gravest fears about the state of the nation. Whether you are a horror buff, an Anglophile, or an Anglophobe, The Modern British Horror Film is sure to be a thrilling read"--
Other form:	Print version: Gerrard, Steven, 1970- Modern British horror film. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2017 9780813590059

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The hooded terror
The great outdoors
The dead inside, the dead outside, the stranger within
Conclusion.