British horror cinema /
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2002. |
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| Description: | xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | British popular culture |
| Subject: | Horror films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism. Horror films. Great Britain. Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4575691 |
Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The Return of the repressed? British Horror's heritage and future
- 2. The British censors and horror cinema
- 3. 'A crude sort of entertainment for a crude sort of audience': the British critics and horror cinema
- 4. Screaming for release: Femininity and horror film fandom in Britain
- 5. Horrific films and 1930s British Cinema
- 6. Psycho Thriller, qu'est que c'est?
- 7. Necromancy in the UK: Witchcraft and the occult in British horror
- 8. Barbara, Julia, Carol, Myra and Nell: Diagnosing female madness in British horror cinema
- 10. The Amicus house of horror
- 11. A descent into the underworld
- 12. A heritage of evil: Peter Walker and the politics of Gothic revisionism
- 13. On the side of the demons: Clive Barker's pleasures and pains. Interviews with Clive Barker and Doug Bradley
- 14. Dying light: an obituary for the Great British Horror Movie
- Filmography of British horror films in the sound era
