Horror and the Horror Film

Horror and the Horror Film
Author :
Publisher : Anthem Press
Total Pages : 269
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780857284495
ISBN-13 : 0857284495
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Horror and the Horror Film by : Bruce F. Kawin

Download or read book Horror and the Horror Film written by Bruce F. Kawin and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horror films can be profound fables of human nature and important works of art, yet many people dismiss them out of hand. 'Horror and the Horror Film' conveys a mature appreciation for horror films along with a comprehensive view of their narrative strategies, their relations to reality and fantasy and their cinematic power. The volume covers the horror film and its subgenres - such as the vampire movie - from 1896 to the present. It covers the entire genre by considering every kind of monster in it, including the human.


Horror and the Horror Film Related Books

Horror and the Horror Film
Language: en
Pages: 269
Authors: Bruce F. Kawin
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Anthem Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Horror films can be profound fables of human nature and important works of art, yet many people dismiss them out of hand. 'Horror and the Horror Film' conveys a
Horror Film and Otherness
Language: en
Pages: 172
Authors: Adam Lowenstein
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-07-19 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

What do horror films reveal about social difference in the everyday world? Criticism of the genre often relies on a dichotomy between monstrosity and normality,
The Horror Film Killer
Language: en
Pages: 196
Authors: Michael J Bowler
Categories: Young Adult Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-10-26 - Publisher: Michael J Bowler

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

What would you do if someone acted out —for real— the kill scenes from your student-made horror film? That’s the dilemma facing high school seniors Cas
The Horror Film
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Stephen Prince
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-02-09 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this volume, Stephen Prince has collected essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal, as well as
The Horror Film
Language: en
Pages: 255
Authors: Peter Hutchings
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-11 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Horror Film is an in-depth exploration of one of the most consistently popular, but also most disreputable, of all the mainstream film genres. Since the ear