{"product_id":"hammer-and-beyond-the-british-horror-film-9781526151186","title":"Hammer and Beyond: The British Horror Film","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Hutchings’s \u003ci\u003eHammer and beyond \u003c\/i\u003eremains a landmark work in British film criticism. This new, illustrated edition brings the book back into print for the first time in two decades. Featuring Hutchings’s socially charged analyses of genre classics from \u003ci\u003eDead of Night\u003c\/i\u003e (1945) and \u003ci\u003eThe Curse of Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e (1957) to \u003ci\u003eThe Sorcerers\u003c\/i\u003e (1967) and beyond, it also includes several of Hutchings’s later essays on British horror, as well as a new critical introduction penned by film historian Johnny Walker and an afterword by Russ Hunter. \u003ci\u003eHammer and beyond\u003c\/i\u003e deserves a spot on the bookshelf of anyone with a serious interest in the development of Britain’s contribution to the horror genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'  A must read for horror film historians.'\u003cbr\u003eChoice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReprinted with permission from \u003ci\u003eChoice Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘When \u003ci\u003eHammer and beyond\u003c\/i\u003e first appeared, it immediately set new standards for the study of British horror and our understanding of genre through national cinema. This welcome new edition returns Peter Hutchings to the centre of these debates, where he will always belong. Johnny Walker’s new introduction and thoughtfully selected supplementary materials frame Hutchings’s contributions alongside contemporary developments in scholarship and film production, making this an essential volume for the past, present and future of British horror studies.’\u003cbr\u003eAdam Lowenstein, University of Pittsburgh, author of \u003ci\u003eShocking Representation: Historical Trauma, National Cinema, and the Modern Horror Film\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Few academics understand the balance between industry and artistry, history and heritage, and few can articulate the impact each has had on the other as well as Peter Hutchings. When first published, \u003ci\u003eHammer and beyond\u003c\/i\u003e was a turning point in the study of British horror and served as a liberation of ideas that began decades before. Hutchings’s entire career served the genre, the films and the filmmakers he deeply loved, but it all started here. This new expanded edition is cause for celebration and, as required reading, should be placed beside your collection of Hammer films for immediate reference, constant study and eternal enjoyment.’\u003cbr\u003eConstantine Nasr, filmmaker\/writer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This new edition of \u003ci\u003eHammer and beyond\u003c\/i\u003e updates and extends Peter Hutchings’s trailblazing work and his determination to take British horror cinema seriously. Johnny Walker’s work on this volume is a testament to the great esteem in which Hutchings was held by the academic community: he is sorely missed as a critical voice in horror film studies and in the scholarship of British cinema. Walker’s introduction to this volume insightfully places the new edition, and Hutchings’s work in general, in its historical and intellectual context, mapping out the changes in British horror cinema since \u003ci\u003eHammer and beyond\u003c\/i\u003e was first published. It will be an essential addition to any horror studies syllabus.’\u003cbr\u003eHelen Wheatley, University of Warwick, author of \u003ci\u003eSpectacular Television: Exploring Televisual Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA return to \u003ci\u003eHammer and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e: introduction to the new edition – Johnny Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003ePart I: \u003ci\u003eHammer and Beyond: The British Horror Film\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to the first edition\u003cbr\u003e1      For sadists only? The problem of British horror\u003cbr\u003e2      1945–55: from \u003ci\u003eDead of Night\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Quatermass Experiment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3      1956–64: Hammer and other horrors\u003cbr\u003e4      Frankenstein and Dracula\u003cbr\u003e5      1964–69: horror production\u003cbr\u003e6      Horror and the family\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Selected writings on British horror film\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Amicus House of Horror\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Vampires in Britain: Richard Matheson’s \u003ci\u003eI Am Legend\u003c\/i\u003e and Hammer’s \u003ci\u003eThe Night Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePutting the Brit into Eurohorror: exclusions and exchanges in the history of European horror\u003cbr\u003e Afterword – Russ Hunter\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041016054103,"sku":"9781526151186","price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hammer-and-beyond-the-british-horror-film-9781526151186","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}