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Nightmare movies : a critical history of the horror films, 1968-88 / Kim Newman London: Bloomsbury, 1988.
Call No: 735.2 NEWAuthor: Newman, Kim Edition: The new edPlace: LondonPublisher: BloomsburyPubDate: 1988PhysDes: xiii, 255 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: CRITICISM ; HORROR FILMS ; ADAMSON, AL ; ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO ; ALLEN, NANCY ; ARGENTO, DARIO ; BAVA, MARIO ; CAINE, MICHAEL ; CARPENTER, JOHN ; CARRADINE, JOHN ; COHEN, LARRY ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; DE PALMA, BRIAN ; FULCI, LUCIO ; HARPER, JESSICA ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; HOOPER, TOBE ; KING, STEPHEN ; LEE, CHRISTOPHER ; LEWIS, HERSCHELL GORDON ; LYNCH, RICHARD ; LUCAS, GEORGE ; Perkins, Anthony ; PLEASENCE, DONALD ; ROMERO, GEORGE ; WARHOL, ANDY ; WATERS, JOHN (US) ; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; ALONE IN THE DARK (US, Jack Sholder, 1982) ; AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, AN (UK, John Landis, 1981) ; AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION (US, Damiano Damiani, 1982) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (US, Jean-Francois Richet, 2005) ; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977) ; COMPANY OF WOLVES, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1984) ; DAY OF THE WOMAN (US, Meir Zarchi, 1978) ; HALLOWEEN (US, John Carpenter, 1978) ; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) ; LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (US, Wes Craven, 1972) ; LOST BOYS, THE (US, Joel Schumacher, 1987) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, Tom Savini, 1990) ; ROSEMARY'S BABY (US, Roman Polanski, 1968) ; ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, THE (UK, Jim Sharman, 1975) ; SHIVELS (CA, David Cronenberg, 1975) ; 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1968) ; THING, THE (US, John Carpenter, 1982) ; TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, THE (US, Tobe Hooper, 1974) ; TWILIGHT ZONE, THE [TV] (US, 1959-64, 1985-88) ; THING, THE (US, John Carpenter, 1982) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-217) and indexISBN: 0747502951
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Revisionist rape-revenge : redefining a film genre / by Claire Henry New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Call No: 749 HENAuthor: Henry, Claire Edition: First editionSource: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2014PhysDes: x, 218 pages ; 23 cmSubject: CRIME IN FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; SEX IN FILMS ; VIOLENCE IN FILMS ; PORNOGRAPHY IN FILMS ; LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (US, Wes Craven, 1972) ; LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, THE (US, Dennis Iliadis, 2009) ; I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (US, Steven R. Monroe, 2010) ; I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (US, Meir Zarchi, 1978) ; DESCENT (US, Talia Lugacy, 2007) ; ACOLYTES (AT, Jon Hewitt, 2007) ; DEATH PROOF (US, Quentin Tarantino, 2007) ; SLEEPERS (US, Barry Levinson, 1996) ; MYSTIC RIVER (US, Clint Eastwood, 2003) ; KATALIN VARGA (UK/RM, Peter Strickland, 2009) ; TWILIGHT PORTRAIT (RU, Angelina Nikonova, 2011) ; PORTRET V SUMERKAKH (RU, Angelina Nikonova, 2011) Summary: "Considered a notorious subset of horror in the 1970s and 1980s, there has been a massive revitalization and diversification of rape-revenge in recent years. This book analyzes the politics, ethics, and affects at play in the filmic construction of rape and its responses"-- LIBRARIES AUSTRALIANotes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references, filmography and indexISBN: 9781137414168Contents: -- Introduction: Reapproaching Rape-Revenge -- 1. Remaking Rape-Revenge: The Last House on the Left (1972/2009) and I Spit on Your Grave (1978/2010) -- 2. The Postfeminist Trap of Vagina Dentata for the American Teen Castratrice -- 3. Rape, Racism, and Descent into the Ethical Quagmire of Revenge -- 4. The Shame of Male Acolytes: Negotiating Gender and Sexuality Through Rape-Revenge -- 5. Collective Revenge: Challenging the Individualist Victim-Avenger in Death Proof, Sleepers, and Mystic River -- Conclusion: Challenging the Boundaries of Cinema's Rape-Revenge Genre in Katalin Varga and Twilight Portrait --
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Subversive horror cinema : countercultural messages of films from Frankenstein to the present / Jon Towlson ; foreword by Jeff Lieberman. Jefferson, North Carolina: 2014.
Call No: 735.2 TOWAuthor: Towlson, Jon Source: USPlace: Jefferson, North CarolinaPubDate: 2014PhysDes: vii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmSubject: HORROR FILMS ; FRANKENSTEIN (US, James Whale, 1931) ; FREAKS (US, Tod Browning, 1932) ; CAT PEOPLE (US, Jacques Tourneur, 1942) ; CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, THE (US, Gunther von Fritsch & Robert Wise, 1944) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; CRAZIES, THE (US, George A. Romero, 1973) ; LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (US, Wes Craven, 1972) ; TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, THE (US, Tobe Hooper, 1974) ; PARASITE MURDERS, THE (CN, David Cronenberg, 1975) ; DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1979) ; HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER 2 (US, Chuck Parello, 1997) ; HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (US, John McNaughton, 1989[prod. 1985]) ; AMERICAN PSYCHO (US, Mary Harron, 1999) ; TEETH (US, Mitchell Lichtenstein, 2007) Summary: "This book argues that a succession of filmmakers working in horror have used the genre to challenge the status quo. Spanning the decades from the 1930s onwards this critical text examines the work of producers and directors as varied as George A. Romero, Pete Walker, Michael Reeves, Herman Cohen, Wes Craven and Brian Yuzna"-- [Extract taken from the back of the book] --Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also issued onlineISBN: 9780786474691Contents: Introduction -- Anti-eugenics: Frankenstein (1931) and Freaks (1932) -- anti-1940s home front propaganda: Cat people (1942) and The curse of the Cat people (1944) -- Anti-1950s Cold War conformity: the films of Herman Cohen -- Anti-establishment 1960s-1970s Britain: the films of Michael Reeves and Pete Walker -- Anti-Vietnam: Night of the living dead (1968), Deathdream (1972) and The crazies (1973) -- Anti-Hollywood violence and dark counterculture: Last house on the left (1972) and The Texas chain saw massacre (1974) -- Counterculture revolution: Shivers (1975), Blue Sunshine (1978) and Dawn of the dead (1978) -- Anti-"reaganomics": Henry-portrait of a serial killer (1986) and American psycho (2000) -- Anti-1990s materialism: Brian Yuzna and Splatstick -- Anti-new puritanism: Teeth (2007) and American Mary (2012) -- Afterword: Subversive horror cinema post-9/11.
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