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Overview

Combining historical narrative with close readings of several significant horror films, this brief volume offers a broad and lively introduction to cinematic horror.

In doing so, it outlines and investigates important issues in the production, consumption, and cultural interpretation of the genre.

  • An ideal text for perennially popular courses on the horror film genre.
  • Examines the ways in which horror movies have been produced, received, and interpreted by filmmakers, audiences, and critics, from the 1920s to the present.
  • Provides a short historical introduction of the horror film as an orientation to the field.
  • Analyses a wide variety of major works in the genre, including Frankenstein, Cat People, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween and Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781405139014
  • ISBN-10: 1405139013
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • Publish Date: October 2006
  • Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.06 x 0.94 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.34 pounds
  • Page Count: 340

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