Horror cinema /
This visual history examines this most popular of film genres in thematic, historical and aesthetic terms. Depicting deep-rooted, even archetypal fears, while at the same time exploiting socially and culturally specific anxieties, cinematic horror is at once timeless and utterly of its time and plac...
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Group Author: | ; |
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Taschen,
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Publisher Address: | K�oln : |
Publication Dates: | [2012] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
This visual history examines this most popular of film genres in thematic, historical and aesthetic terms. Depicting deep-rooted, even archetypal fears, while at the same time exploiting socially and culturally specific anxieties, cinematic horror is at once timeless and utterly of its time and place. |
Item Description: | Original edition: 2008. |
Carrier Form: | 191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and filmography. |
ISBN: |
9783836534574 3836534576 |
Index Number: | PN1995 |
CLC: | J905.1 |
Call Number: | J905.1/P413-1 |
Contents: | What is 'horror'? -- Slashers & serial killers -- Cannibals, freaks & hillbillies -- Revenge of nature & environmental horror -- Science-fiction horror -- The living dead -- Ghosts & haunted houses -- Possession, demons & tricksters -- Voodoo, cults & satanists -- Vampires & werewolves -- The monstrous-feminine. |