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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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Main Authors: Penner, Jonathan (Actor) (Author)
Group Author: Duncan, Paul, 1964- (Editor); Schneider, Steven Jay, 1974-
Published: Taschen,
Publisher Address: K�oln :
Publication Dates: [2012]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Horror films > History and criticism.
Films d'horreur > Histoire et critique.
Horror films.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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.

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