Horror and the horror film /
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| Author / Creator: | Kawin, Bruce F., 1945- |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2012. |
| Description: | xv, 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New perspectives on world cinema New perspectives on world cinema. |
| Subject: | Horror films -- History and criticism. Horrorfilm. Horror films. Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8862653 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- List of Figures
- Part I. Approaching the Genre
- 1. Horror
- Overview
- Origins
- Defining Horror
- Taking It All In
- Spectacle and Suggestion
- Nightmares and Forbidden Texts
- Real and Imagined Horror
- Endings
- Recurring Elements
- Beauty
- Reflexivity
- Appeal
- Frames and Windows
- 2. The Monster at the Bedroom Window
- Tarantula
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
- Nosferatu
- Frankenstein
- King Kong
- Tie Mummy's Tomb and Others
- Back to the Tarantula
- 3. Fear in a Frame
- Dreams and Reflexivity in Vampyr
- Narrative Structure in Dead of Night
- The Unfilmable in Peeping Tom
- The Mummy's Tale
- Categories
- Part II. Subgenres: The Book of Monsters
- 4. Monsters
- Transforming Monsters: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Thing
- Constructed Monsters: Frankenstein
- Composite Monsters: Island of Lost Souls and The Fly
- Giants: King Kong and Them!
- Little People: The Devil-Doll
- Animals: Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Birds and Jurassic Park
- Body Parts: The Beast with Five Fingers
- Monsters from Outer Space: The Tiling From Another World and Alien
- Monsters from the Lab: "You Made Us Things!"
- Monsters from Underwater: It Came from Beneath the Sea
- Plants: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- Minerals: The Monolith Monsters
- Amorphous Monsters: The Blob
- Child Monsters: It's Alive, The Brood and The Funhouse
- Parasites: Shivers
- Machines: The Car
- Monsters from Underground: The Descent
- 5. Supernatural Monsters
- Demons and the Devil: Faust and The Evil Dead
- Doubles: The Student of Prague
- Vampires: Nosferatu and Dracula
- Witches: Häxan and Suspiria
- Ghosts: Tie Uninvited and Ringu
- Zombies: White Zombie and Night of the Living Dead
- Mummies: The Mummy's Ghost
- Others Back from the Dead: The Walking Dead
- Werewolves and Other Shape-Shifters: The Wolf Man and Cat People
- Legendary Figures: Candyman
- Nameless Forces: Final Destination
- Immortal Slashers: Michael, Jason and Freddy
- 6. Humans
- Mad Scientists and Doctors: Caligari and Mad Love
- Romantics: The Phantom of the Opera
- Human Anomalies: Freaks
- Artists: Mystery of the Wax Museum and In the Mouth of Madness
- Believers: The Black Cat, Blood Feast and The Wicker Man
- Sadists and Torturers: Tie Raven, Salò and Hostel
- Ghouls: The Body Snatcher and Ed Gein
- Mad Killers: Psycho and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
- Families: The Last House on the Left and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
- Psychics and Telekinetics: Carrie and Scanners
- The Infected: Rabid and 28 Days Later
- Cannibals: Eaten Alive! and Cannibal Holocaust
- Slashers: Scream
- Part III. Related Genres
- 7. Horror Comedy
- Monster Comedies: Young Frankenstein
- Supernatural Comedies: The Return of the Living Dead
- Human Comedies: Arsenic and Old Lace
- 8. Horror Documentary
- Death on Camera
- Autopsy: The Act of Seeing With One's Own Eyes
- Looking at Horror
- Notes
- Films Cited
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
