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Christopher Lee : A career article in Cinefantastique (Fall 1973) vol.3 iss.1 p.4-23
Author: Parish, James Robert ; Pitts, Michael R. PhysDes: ArticleSubject: LEE, CHRISTOPHER ; ALIAS JOHN PRESTON (UK, David MacDonald, 1955) ; CRIPTA E L'INCUBO, LA (IT/SP, Camillo Mastrocinque, 1963) ; CORRIDOR OF MIRRORS (UK, Terence Young, 1947) ; CORRIDORS OF BLOOD (UK, Robert Day, 1958) ; CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE (UK, Terence Fisher, 1957) Summary: Article focuses on the actor Christopher Lee who, although best known as Dracula, had a varied screen career. Parish and Pitts note that Lee performed more genre roles than any other actor in film history. The authors attempt to trace the progress and evolution of Lee's career, paying particular attention to his little-known, non-genre roles, using quotations from the actor's numerous published interviews over the years. Parish and Pitt also highlight that Lee's first horror film role was the psychological drama "Alias John Preston"
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Christopher Lee : a career article in Cinefantastique (Fall 1973) vol.3 iss.1 p.7
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CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE : (UK, Terence Fisher, 1957)
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The horror reader / edited by Ken Gelder New York, NY: Routledge, 2000.
Call No: 735.2 HORAuthor: Gelder, Ken, 1955 Place: New York, NYPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2000PhysDes: xiii, 414 p. ; 25 cmSubject: CANNIBALISM IN FILMS ; DRACULA IN FILMS ; ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS ; FAN MAGAZINES ; FANTASTIC FILMS ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; GHOST FILMS ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; HORROR FILMS ; HORROR FILMS. HONG KONG ; HORROR FILMS. ITALY ; HORROR FILMS. USA ; IMPERIALISM AND THE CINEMA ; MONSTERS IN FILMS ; PORNOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA ; RACIAL ISSUES AND THE CINEMA ; SERIAL KILLERS IN FILMS ; SLASHER FILMS ; THEORY ; VAMPIRE FILMS ; WOMEN AND THE CINEMA ; ARGENTO, DARIO ; BAVA, MARIO ; CASTLE, TERRY ; CHEUNG, LESLIE ; CORMAN, ROGER ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; TODOROV, TZVETAN ; AMERICAN GOTHIC (US, John Hough, 1987) ; CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE (UK, Terence Fisher, 1957) ; BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE (US, James Whale, 1935) ; FRANKENSTEIN (US, James Whale, 1931) ; FRIDAY THE 13TH (US, Sean S. Cunningham, 1980) ; HALLOWEEN (US, John Carpenter, 1978) ; HAUNTING, THE (US, Robert Wise, 1963) ; KING KONG (US, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; OPERA (IT, Dario Argento, 1987) ; ROSEMARY'S BABY (US, Roman Polanski, 1968) ; PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) ; SINNUI YAUMAN (HK, Ching Siu Tung, 1987) ; CHINESE GHOST STORY, A (HK, Ching Siu Tung, 1987) ; SUSPIRIA (IT, Dario Argento, 1977) ; YANZHI KOU (HK, Stanley Kwan, 1987) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 041521355X (HB : alk. paper); 0415213568 (PB : alk. paper)LON: 21262689
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One good film deserves another : a pictorial survey of film sequels / Michael B. Druxman New Jersey: A. S. Barnes, 1977.
Call No: 753.83 DRUAuthor: Druxman, Michael B. Place: New JerseyPublisher: A. S. BarnesPubDate: 1977PhysDes: 175 p. : ill. ; 29 cmSubject: SEQUELS ; BOYS TOWN (US, Norman Taurog, 1938) ; TOPPER (US, Norman Z. McLeod, 1937) ; LITTLE FOXES, THE (US, William Wyler, 1941) ; MRS MINIVER (US, William Wyler, 1942) ; JOLSON STORY, THE (US, Alfred E. Green, 1946) ; BROKEN ARROW (US, Delmer Daves, 1950) ; KING SOLOMON'S MINES (US, Compton Bennett & Andrew Marton, 1950) ; CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (US, Jack Arnold, 1954) ; PEYTON PLACE (US, Mark Robson, 1957) ; CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE (UK, Terence Fisher, 1957) ; ROOM AT THE TOP (UK, Jack Clayton, 1959) ; HARPER (US, Jack Smight, 1966) ; PLANET OF THE APES (US, Franklin J. Schaffner, 1967) ; FUNNY GIRL (US, William Wyler, 1968) ; THREE MUSKETEERS, THE (PN, Richard Lester, 1973) ; FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1971) ; GODFATHER [...], THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972-) Notes: Includes filmographiesISBN: 0498018067Contents: Motion pictures.
Film sequels.
Cinema films Sequels to 1976
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Studying horror cinema / Bryan Turnock Leighton Buzzard: Auteur, 2019.
Call No: 735.2 TURAuthor: Turnock, Bryan Edition: 2019Place: Leighton BuzzardPublisher: AuteurPubDate: 2019PhysDes: 300 pages : illustrated ; 24 cmSubject: HORROR FILMS ; GOLEM, THE [ ; OLD DARK HOUSE, THE (US, James Whale, 1932) ; CAT PEOPLE (US, Jacques Tourneur, 1942) ; CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE (UK, Terence Fisher, 1957) ; PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) ; KWAIDAN (JA, Masaki Kobayashi, 1964) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; ROSEMARY'S BABY (US, Roman Polanski, 1968) ; ANTEFATTO (IT, Mario Bava, 1970) ; FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986) ; WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE (US, Wes Craven, 1994) ; LAT DEN RATTE KOMMA IN (SW, Tomas Alfredson, 2008) Summary: Aimed at teachers and students new to the subject, Studying Horror Cinema is a comprehensive survey of the genre from silent cinema to its twenty-first century resurgence. Structured as a series of thirteen case studies of easily accessible films, it covers the historical, production, and cultural context of each film, together with detailed textual analysis of key sequences. Sitting alongside such acknowledged classics as Psycho and Rosemary’s Baby are analyses of influential non-English language films as Kwaidan, Bay of Blood, and Let the Right One In. The author concludes with a chapter on 2017’s blockbuster It, the most financially successful horror film of all time, making Studying Horror Cinema the most up-to-date overview of the genre available. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781911325888Donation: Senses of CinemaContents: Introduction -- 1. Early European Horror -- 2. American Gothic -- 3. In the Realm of the Fantastic -- 4. English Gothic -- 5. The Birth of Modern Horror -- 6. Asian Horror -- 7. American Independent Horror -- 8. New Hollywood Horror -- 9. The Slasher Film -- 10. Body Horror -- 11. Postmodern Horror -- 12. Modern-Day Vampires -- 13. ‘Mainstream’ Horror -- Index
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