Since the release of "Rosemary's Baby" in 1968, the American horror film has become one of the most diverse, commercially successful, widely discussed, and culturally significant film genres. Drawing on a wide range of critical methods - from close textual readings and structuralist genre criticism to psychoanalytical, feminist, and ideological analyses - the authors examine individual films, directors, and subgenres.In this collection of twelve essays, Gregory Waller balances detailed studies of both popular films ("Night of the Living Dead", "The Exorcist", and "Halloween") and particularly problematic films ("Don't Look Now" and "Eyes of Laura Mars") with discussions of such central thematic preoccupations as the genre's representation of violence and female victims, its reflexivity and playfulness, and its ongoing redefinition of the monstrous and the normal. In addition, "American Horrors" includes a filmography of movies and telefilms and an annotated bibliography of books and articles about horror since 1968.
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This selection by R.H.W. Dillard was originally published as the centerpiece of the Film Journal's special number on "The Art of the Horror Film" (2 [1973]), where it formed the final section of an essay that also dealt with Universal's Frankenstein and The Wolf Man. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
stalker film, stalker formula, traditional horror film, recent horror films, other horror films, contemporary horror film, strange possession, modernist films, many horror films, family melodrama, modern horror film, young community, vampire films, male vision Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Laura Mars, New York, The Exorcist, Robin Wood, The Howling, Father Merrin, Prom Night, The Fury, The Last Wave, The Omen, The Shining, Alfred Hitchcock, Dance of the Vampires, Hell Night, Brian De Palma, Film Comment, Roman Polanski, Dark Dreams, Haunting Passion, John Carpenter, Peeping Toms, Terror Train, The Tenant, Charles Derry, Don't Be Afraid New!
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This selection by R.H.W. Dillard was originally published as the centerpiece of the Film Journal's special number on "The Art of the Horror Film" (2 [1973]), where it formed the final section of an essay that also dealt with Universal's Frankenstein and The Wolf Man. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
stalker film, stalker formula, traditional horror film, recent horror films, other horror films, contemporary horror film, strange possession, modernist films, many horror films, family melodrama, modern horror film, young community, vampire films, male vision Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Laura Mars, New York, The Exorcist, Robin Wood, The Howling, Father Merrin, Prom Night, The Fury, The Last Wave, The Omen, The Shining, Alfred Hitchcock, Dance of the Vampires, Hell Night, Brian De Palma, Film Comment, Roman Polanski, Dark Dreams, Haunting Passion, John Carpenter, Peeping Toms, Terror Train, The Tenant, Charles Derry, Don't Be Afraid New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Dawn of the Dead by George A. Romero on 11 pages
- Night of the Living Dead by John Russo on 8 pages
- Planks of Reason by Barry Keith Grant on 7 pages
- Eyes of Laura Mars : a novel by H. B. Gilmour on page 95, page 100, and Back Matter
- The Dead Zone (Signet) by Stephen King in Front Matter, page 169, and Back Matter
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- The Horror Reader by Ken Gelder on 7 pages
- The Horror Reader by Ken Gelder on 7 pages
- Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover on 5 pages
- The Curse of the Werewolf: Fantasy, Horror and the Beast Within by Chantal Bourgault du Coudray on 5 pages
- Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth by Kim Paffenroth on 5 pages
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