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A concise and comprehensive survey of the horror genre, now in its second edition
What exactly is a horror film? What are the typical settings, characters, and narrative problems that structure and define the genre? What are the psychological functions of horror? How has the form evolved over time? What are its social functions? How is the reception of cinematic horror shaped by historical circumstances?
The Horror Film: An Introduction is a lively and reliable survey of the history, development, impact, and interpretation of the genre. Combining historical narrative with close readings of representative titles such as Frankenstein, Halloween, and Bram Stoker's Dracula, this volume explores American horror cinema from its earliest period to the present. Reader-friendly chapters analyze the style, context, and themes of specific horror films while highlighting the different ways horror movies have been received by filmmakers, critics, and general audiences.
This updated second edition offers new context for Hollywood horror films in the 1980s and 1990s, discusses the rise of modern filmmakers including Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, and Jordan Peele, surveys horror films made by women and African American filmmakers, and highlights developments in the genre such as "torture porn," found-footage horror, zombies, remakes of past hits, the "elevated horror" debate, and more.
Providing examples of close analysis that can be applied to a wide range of other films in the genre, The Horror Film: An Introduction is an excellent text for undergraduate surveys of the horror genre, other courses in American film history, and a must-read for general readers with an interest in cinematic horror.
A concise and comprehensive survey of the horror genre, now in its second edition
What exactly is a horror film? What are the typical settings, characters, and narrative problems that structure and define the genre? What are the psychological functions of horror? How has the form evolved over time? What are its social functions? How is the reception of cinematic horror shaped by historical circumstances?
The Horror Film: An Introduction is a lively and reliable survey of the history, development, impact, and interpretation of the genre. Combining historical narrative with close readings of representative titles such as Frankenstein, Halloween, and Bram Stoker's Dracula, this volume explores American horror cinema from its earliest period to the present. Reader-friendly chapters analyze the style, context, and themes of specific horror films while highlighting the different ways horror movies have been received by filmmakers, critics, and general audiences.
This updated second edition offers new context for Hollywood horror films in the 1980s and 1990s, discusses the rise of modern filmmakers including Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, and Jordan Peele, surveys horror films made by women and African American filmmakers, and highlights developments in the genre such as "torture porn," found-footage horror, zombies, remakes of past hits, the "elevated horror" debate, and more.
Providing examples of close analysis that can be applied to a wide range of other films in the genre, The Horror Film: An Introduction is an excellent text for undergraduate surveys of the horror genre, other courses in American film history, and a must-read for general readers with an interest in cinematic horror.
RICK WORLAND is a Professor of Film and Media Arts at Southern Methodist University, where he teaches courses in film history, documentary, broadcasting history, the films of Alfred Hitchcock, and popular genres including the Western and the horror film. His work has been published in Cinema Journal, The Journal of Film & Video, and The Journal of Popular Film & Television, among others. He is the author of Searching for New Frontiers: Hollywood Films in the 1960s and is currently working on a book on 1970s Hollywood.
Acknowledgments vii
List of Illustrations xiii
1 Introduction: Undying Monsters 1
2 A Short History of the Horror Film, Beginnings to 1945 27
3 A Short History of the Horror Film, 1945 to Present 83
4 Monsters Among Us: Cases of Social Reception 157
5 Edges of the Horror Film: Lon Chaney, Tod Browning, and The Unknown (1927) 183
6 Frankenstein (1931) and Hollywood Expressionism 197
7 Cat People (1942): Lewton, Freud, and Suggestive Horror 215
8 Horror in "The Age of Anxiety": Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 231
9 Slaughtering Genre Tradition: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) 247
10 Halloween (1978): The Shape of the Slasher Film 267
11 Re-Animator (1985) and Slapstick Horror 283
12 Demon Lover: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) 293
13 Get Out (2017): The American Horror 307
Afterword to the First Edition: Our Haunted Houses 325
Afterword to the Second Edition: Dark Universes 333
Appendix: Horror Auteurs 339
Notes 347
Works Consulted 385
Index 399
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Kunst |
| Rubrik: | Kunst & Musik |
| Thema: | Theater & Film |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 432 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781119715269 |
| ISBN-10: | 1119715261 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Worland, Rick |
| Hersteller: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, amartine@wiley-vch.de |
| Maße: | 228 x 150 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Rick Worland |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.09.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,71 kg |
RICK WORLAND is a Professor of Film and Media Arts at Southern Methodist University, where he teaches courses in film history, documentary, broadcasting history, the films of Alfred Hitchcock, and popular genres including the Western and the horror film. His work has been published in Cinema Journal, The Journal of Film & Video, and The Journal of Popular Film & Television, among others. He is the author of Searching for New Frontiers: Hollywood Films in the 1960s and is currently working on a book on 1970s Hollywood.
Acknowledgments vii
List of Illustrations xiii
1 Introduction: Undying Monsters 1
2 A Short History of the Horror Film, Beginnings to 1945 27
3 A Short History of the Horror Film, 1945 to Present 83
4 Monsters Among Us: Cases of Social Reception 157
5 Edges of the Horror Film: Lon Chaney, Tod Browning, and The Unknown (1927) 183
6 Frankenstein (1931) and Hollywood Expressionism 197
7 Cat People (1942): Lewton, Freud, and Suggestive Horror 215
8 Horror in "The Age of Anxiety": Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 231
9 Slaughtering Genre Tradition: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) 247
10 Halloween (1978): The Shape of the Slasher Film 267
11 Re-Animator (1985) and Slapstick Horror 283
12 Demon Lover: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) 293
13 Get Out (2017): The American Horror 307
Afterword to the First Edition: Our Haunted Houses 325
Afterword to the Second Edition: Dark Universes 333
Appendix: Horror Auteurs 339
Notes 347
Works Consulted 385
Index 399
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Kunst |
| Rubrik: | Kunst & Musik |
| Thema: | Theater & Film |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 432 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781119715269 |
| ISBN-10: | 1119715261 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Worland, Rick |
| Hersteller: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, amartine@wiley-vch.de |
| Maße: | 228 x 150 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Rick Worland |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.09.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,71 kg |
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