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The Highway Horror Film argues that 'Highway Horror' is a hither-to overlooked sub-genre of the American horror movie. In these films, the American landscape is by its very accessibility rendered terrifyingly hostile, and encounters with other travellers almost always have sinister outcomes.

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Acknowledgements Introduction: Bumps in the Road: Defining Highway Horror 1. 'I Almost Drove Right Past': Motels and Highway Horror 2. 'That Truck Driver Tried to Kill Me!' The Highway Nemesis Narrative 3. 'Let's Go For a Ride, Otis': Serial Killers in the Highway Horror Film 4. 'They Never Even Saw It Coming': The Fatal Car Crash in the Highway Horror Film Notes Bibliography Filmography Index

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      Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan UK
      Publication Date: 3/12/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781137391193, 978-1137391193
      ISBN10: 1137391197
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Highway Horror Film argues that 'Highway Horror' is a hither-to overlooked sub-genre of the American horror movie. In these films, the American landscape is by its very accessibility rendered terrifyingly hostile, and encounters with other travellers almost always have sinister outcomes.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Introduction: Bumps in the Road: Defining Highway Horror 1. 'I Almost Drove Right Past': Motels and Highway Horror 2. 'That Truck Driver Tried to Kill Me!' The Highway Nemesis Narrative 3. 'Let's Go For a Ride, Otis': Serial Killers in the Highway Horror Film 4. 'They Never Even Saw It Coming': The Fatal Car Crash in the Highway Horror Film Notes Bibliography Filmography Index

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