{"product_id":"the-horror-film-9781405139014","title":"The Horror Film","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn ideal text for perennially popular courses on the horror film genre.\u003cbr\u003e \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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a short historical introduction of the horror film as an orientation to the field.\u003cbr\u003e \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Worland writes in a scholarly but not overly pedantic style, and he is concise and insightful\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407876006231,"sku":"9781405139014","price":87.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405139014.jpg?v=1730500820","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-horror-film-9781405139014","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}