{"product_id":"the-horror-film-an-introduction-hardback-9781405139014","title":"The Horror Film; An Introduction (Hardback) 9781405139014","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Horror Film\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRick Worland (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405139014, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 October 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.599 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Worland writes in a scholarly but not overly pedantic style, and he is concise and insightful\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCombining historical narrative with close readings of several significant horror films, this brief volume offers a broad and lively introduction to cinematic horror.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn doing so, it outlines and investigates important issues in the production, consumption, and cultural interpretation of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn ideal text for perennially popular courses on the horror film genre.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the ways in which horror movies have been produced, received, and interpreted by filmmakers, audiences, and critics, from the 1920s to the present.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a short historical introduction of the horror film as an orientation to the field.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyses a wide variety of major works in the genre, including \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCat People, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHalloween\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBram Stoker’s Dracula.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Undying Monsters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Short History of the Horror Film:Beginnings to 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. A Short History of the Horror Film: 1945 to the Present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Monsters Among Us: Cases of Social Reception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Edges of the Horror Film: Lon Chaney, Tod Browning, and The Unknown (1927).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Frankenstein (1931) and Hollywood Expressionism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Cat People (1942): Lewton, Freud, and Suggestive Horror.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Horror in “The Age of Anxiety”: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Slaughtering Genre Tradition: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Halloween (1978): The Shape of the Slasher Film.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Re-Animator (1985) and Slapstick Horror.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Demon Lover: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Afterword: Our Haunted Houses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Horror Auteurs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437769814296,"sku":"9781405139014","price":89.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405139014.jpg?v=1784939037","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-horror-film-an-introduction-hardback-9781405139014","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}