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American horrors : essays on the modern American horror film / edited by Gregory A. Waller Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1987.
Call No: 735.2 WALAuthor: Waller, Gregory A. (Gregory Albert), 1950 Place: UrbanaPublisher: University of Illinois PressPubDate: c1987PhysDes: 228 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: HORROR FILMS. USA ; DE PALMA, BRIAN ; POLANSKI, ROMAN ; HALLOWEEN (US, John Carpenter, 1978) ; HELL NIGHT (US, Thomas De Simone, 1981) ; HOWLING, THE (CN, Joe Dante, 1981) ; REPULSION (UK, Roman Polanski, 1965) ; LOCATAIRE, LE (FR, Roman Polanski, 1976) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; ROSEMARY'S BABY (US, Roman Polanski, 1968) ; EXORCIST, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1973) ; EYES OF LAURA MARS (US, Irvin Kershner, 1978) ; EYES OF A STRANGER (US, Ken Wiederhorn, 1981) ; DRESSED TO KILL (US, Brian De Palma, 1980) ; FRIDAY THE 13TH [...] (US, 1980-) Notes: Includes index; Filmography: p. [195]-205; Bibliography: p. [206]-219ISBN: 0252014480 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0252014472 (hard : alk. paper)LON: 5194657
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Beyond formula : American film genres / Stanley J. Solomon New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.
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Camera politica : the politics and ideology of contemporary Hollywood film / by Michael Ryan and Douglas Kellner Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1988.
Call No: 409(73) RYACopy Management: Copy 1; Copy 2Author: Ryan, Michael, 1951 ; Kellner, Douglas, 1943 Place: Bloomington, Ind.Publisher: Indiana University PressPubDate: 1988PhysDes: xiii, 328 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: DISASTERS IN FILMS. USA ; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS. USA ; WORKING CLASS IN FILMS. USA ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA ; SOUTH IN FILMS. USA ; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA ; BUDDY FILMS. USA ; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA ; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS ; HORROR FILMS. USA ; VIETNAM WAR FILMS ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA ; FANTASY FILMS. USA ; UTOPIA IN FILMS. USA ; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; CONSPIRACY FILMS. USA ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; BORDEN, LIZZIE ; CIMINO, MICHAEL ; Peckinpah, Sam ; Reagan, Ronald ; ROMERO, GEORGE ; SCORSESE, MARTIN ; HOOPER, TOBE ; FRIEDKIN, WILLIAM ; BROOKS, JAMES L. ; DE PALMA, BRIAN ; LUCAS, GEORGE ; KUBRICK, STANLEY ; MILIUS, JOHN ; PAKULA, ALAN J. ; SCOTT, RIDLEY ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ; CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (US, Mike Nichols, 1971) ; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977) ; DEATH WISH (US, Michael Winner, 1974) ; DEER HUNTER, THE (US, Michael Cimino, 1978) ; DRESSED TO KILL (US, Brian De Palma, 1980) ; E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982) ; FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1971) ; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) ; TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (US, James L. Brooks, 1983) ; UNDER FIRE (US, Roger Spottiswoode, 1983) ; SHINING, THE (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1980) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985) ; DIRTY HARRY (US, Don Siegel, 1971) ; GODFATHER, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) ; KLUTE (US, Alan J. Pakula, 1971) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 321-324ISBN: 0253313341LON: 5193671
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Contemporary Hollywood cinema / edited by Steve Neale and Murray Smith London New York: Routledge, 1998.
Call No: 71(73) CONAuthor: Neale, Stephen ; Smith, Murray, 1962 Place: London New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 1998PhysDes: xxii, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: USA ; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA ; DISTRIBUTION. USA ; EXHIBITION. USA ; WIDE-SCREEN SYSTEMS ; SPECTATORSHIP ; MEN IN FILMS. USA ; MELODRAMA ; MUSIC, FILM ; SOUND TRACKS ; TELEVISION AND THE CINEMA ; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; BLACK CINEMA. USA ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA ; BLOCKBUSTERS ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; CENSORSHIP. USA ; INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA ; WOMEN, FILMS FOR ; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA ; HORROR FILMS. USA ; CHILDREN, FILMS FOR ; ACTION FILMS ; AUDIENCES ; MIRAMAX FILMS ; NEW LINE CINEMA ; TIME WARNER ; VERHOEVEN, PAUL ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; HAMILTON, LINDA ; MCDORMAND, FRANCES ; ELFMAN, DANNY ; E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982) ; FARGO (US, Ethan Coen, 1996) ; BASIC INSTINCT (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1992) ; BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1992) ; BATMAN (US, Tim Burton, 1989) ; BATMAN RETURNS (US, Tim Burton, 1992) ; RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (US, Steven Spielberg, 1981) ; JURASSIC PARK (US, Steven Spielberg,, 1993) ; LION KING, THE (US, Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, 1994) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-318) and indexISBN: 0415170095; 0415170109 (pbk.)LON: 98005952; 13736490
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Generation multiplex : the image of youth in American Cinema since 1980 / Timothy Shary ; foreword by Stephen Tropiano ; afterword by Catherine Driscoll Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2014.
Call No: 451-053.6(73) SHAAuthor: Shary, Timothy Edition: Revised editionSource: USPlace: Austin, TexasPublisher: University of Texas PressPubDate: 2014PhysDes: xvii, 414 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmSubject: TEEN FILMS ; EDUCATION IN FILMS ; CRIME FILMS. USA ; HORROR FILMS. USA ; ROMANTIC FILMS. USA Summary: "This updated and expanded edition reaffirms the idea that films about youth constitute a legitimate genre worthy of study on its own terms. Identifying four distinct subgenres - school, deliquency, horror, and romance - Timothy Shary explores hundreds of representative films while offering in-depth discussion of movies that constitute key moments in the genre, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Breakfast Club, Say Anything..., Boyz N the Hood, Scream, American Pie, Napoleon Dynamite, Superbad, The Twilight Saga and The Hunger GamesISBN: 9780292756625Contents: Machine generated contents note: One.Introduction: The Cinematic Image of Youth -- Social Representation and Genre Theory -- The Study of Youth, In and Out of Movies -- Two.Youth in School: Academics and Attitude -- Contexts and Trends in the Subgenre -- School Kids -- Transforming the Nerd -- Delinquents and Their Avenues of Anger -- Resisting Rebels -- The Labor of Being Popular -- The Sensitive Athlete -- Conclusion -- Three.Delinquent Youth: Having Fun, on the Loose, in Trouble -- Contexts and Trends in the Subgenre -- Delinquent Styles -- Deviant Dancing -- Natural Encounters -- Tough Girls -- Crime Until 1999 -- Crime after Columbine -- Conclusion -- Four.The Youth Horror Film: Slashers and the Supernatural -- Contexts and Trends in the Subgenre -- Horror Stories -- The Slasher/Stalker Film -- Supernatural Movies -- Conclusion -- Five.Youth Romance: Falling in Love and the Fallout of Sex -- Contexts and Trends in the Subgenre -- From Adolescent Ardor to Juggling Gender -- Family Matters -- Proms -- Losing Virginity -- Being Queer -- Pregnancy -- Conclusion -- Six.Conclusion: Youth Cinema into a New Century.
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Great Hollywood movies / Ted Sennett New York: Abradale Press/H.N. Abrams, 1986.
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The Haunting in University Film Group Bulletin (1964) iss.3 p.9-10
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Hearths of darkness : the family in the American horror film / Tony Williams Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c2014.
Call No: 735.2 WILAuthor: Williams, Tony Edition: Updated ed.Source: USPlace: JacksonPublisher: University Press of MississippiPubDate: c2014PhysDes: Tony WilliamsSubject: ADAPTATIONS. KING, STEPHEN ; FAMILY IN FILMS ; HORROR FILMS. USA ; PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) ; POLTERGEIST (US, Tobe Hooper, 1982) ; POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE (US, Brian Gibson, 1986) ; NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (US, Wes Craven, 1984) ; TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, THE (US, Tobe Hooper, 1974) Summary: Hearths of Darkness traces the origins of the 1970s family horror subgenre
to certain aspects of American culture and classical Hollywood cinema. Far
from being an ephemeral and shortlived genre, horror actually relates to many facets of American history from its beginnings to the present day. Individual chapters examine aspects of the genre, its roots in the Universal horror films of the 1930s, the Val Lewton RKO unit of the 1940s, and the crucial role of Alfred Hitchcock as the father of the modern American horror film. Subsequent chapters investigate the key works of the 1970s by directors such as Larry Cohen, George A. Romero, Brian De Palma, Wes Craven, and Tobe Hooper, revealing the distinctive nature of films such as Bone, It’s Alive, God Told Me, Carrie, The Exorcist, Exorcist 2, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as well as the contributions of such writers as Stephen King. Tony Williams also studies the slasher films of the 1980s and 1990s, such as the Friday the 13th series, Halloween, the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Nightmare on Elm Street, exploring their failure to improve on the radical achievements of the films of the 1970s.
After covering some post-1970s films, such as The Shining, the book concludes with a new postscript examining neglected films of the twentieth and early twenty-first century. Despite the overall decline in the American horror film, Williams determines that, far from being dead, the family horror film is still with us. Elements of family horror even appear in modern television series such as The Sopranos. This updated edition also includes a new introduction.-[taken from publishers site]Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-346) and indexISBN: 9781628461909Contents: Introduction: family assault in the American horror film -- Classical shapes of rage: universal and beyond -- Lewton or "the ambiguities" -- To Psycho and beyond: the Hitchcock connection -- Return of the native: the satanic assaults -- Far from Vietnam: the family at war -- Sacrificial victims -- Chain saw massacres: the apocalyptic dimension -- The return of Kronos -- Poltergeist and Freddy's nightmares -- The King adaptations -- Into the nineties -- Postscript.
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Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan / Robin Wood New York: Columbia University Press, 1986.
Call No: 71(73) WOOAuthor: Wood, Robin, 1931 Place: New YorkPublisher: Columbia University PressPubDate: 1986PhysDes: x, 328 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: USA ; HORROR FILMS ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA ; BUDDY FILMS ; HORROR FILMS. USA ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; COHEN, LARRY ; SCORSESE, MARTIN ; CIMINO, MICHAEL ; ROMERO, GEORGE ; DE PALMA, BRIAN ; LUCAS, GEORGE ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; CHASE, THE (US, Arthur Penn, 1966) ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) ; KING OF COMEDY, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1983) ; DEER HUNTER, THE (US, Michael Cimino, 1978) ; HEAVEN'S GATE (US, Michael Cimino, 1980) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; POLTERGEIST (US, Tobe Hooper, 1982) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [319]-320ISBN: 0231057768 (alk. paper); 0231057776 (pbk)LON: 3796463
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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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Selling the splat pack : the DVD revolution and the American horror film / Mark Bernard Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
Call No: 735.22 BERAuthor: Bernard, Mark. Place: EdinburghPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPubDate: 2014PhysDes: ix, 213 pages ; 25 cm.Subject: HORROR FILMS. USA ; DVD, FILMS ON ; ROTH, ELI ; WAN, JAMES ; ZOMBIE, ROB ; AJA, ALEXANDRE ; SAW (US, James Wan, 2004) ; HOSTEL (US, Eli Roth, 2005) ; HOSTEL: PART II (US, Eli Roth, 2007) ; HAUTE TENSION (FR / IT, Alexandre Aja, 2003) Summary: Selling the Splat Pack unravels the history of how the emergence of the DVD market changed cultural and industrial attitudes about horror movies and film ratings. These changes made way for increasingly violent horror films, like those produced by the ‘Splat Pack’, a group of filmmakers who were heralded in the press as subversive outsiders. Taking a different tack, Mark Bernard proposes that the films of the Splat Pack were products of, rather than reactions against, film industry policy. This book includes an overview of the history of the American horror film from an industry studies perspective, an analysis of how the DVD market influenced the production of American horror films, and an examination of films from Splat Pack members such as Eli Roth, Rob Zombie, James Wan, and Alexandre Aja.
By re-examining the history of the American horror film from a business perspective and exploring how DVD influenced the production of American horror films in the early twenty-first century, this thought-provoking book provides students and scholars in Film Studies with an alternative perspective on the Splat PackNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9780748685493Contents: Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Industrial Context of the Splat Pack -- 1.Introducing the Splat Pack -- 2.Politics and the horror film: an industry studies intervention -- 3.The DVD revolution and the horror film, take one: from trash to art to collectable -- 4.The DVD revolution and the horror film, take two: rise of the 'Unrated' -- pt. II The Splat Pack on DVD -- 5.Text, subtext and the story of the film: Eli Roth's Hostel and Hostel: Part II on DVD -- 6.The 'white trash' world of Rob Zombie: class, collecting and slumming spectators -- 7.Seriality, subjectivity and new media: consuming the Saw series -- 8.Scars, both material and cyber: Haute Tension and The Descent on DVD.
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Shock value : how a few eccentric outsiders gave us nightmares, conquered Hollywood, and invented modern horror / by Jason Zinoman New York: Penguin Books, 2012.
Call No: 735.2 ZINAuthor: Zinoman, Jason Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Penguin BooksPubDate: 2012PhysDes: 274 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cmSubject: HORROR FILMS ; HORROR FILMS. USA ; CRITICISM Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-262) and indexISBN: 9780143121367Contents: -- introduction -- The Devil's advocate -- The problem with Psycho -- Blood brothers -- Assaulting the audience -- Shock or awe -- The monster problem -- The dance of death -- He likes to watch -- The thing in-between -- Stomaching it -- The fear sickness -- epilogue -- acknowledgments -- notes -- bibliography -- index --
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Tod Browning and the origins of horror in American cinema in Lumina (Winter 2009) iss.1 p.149-159
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