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Call No: 735.2 WAL
Author: Waller, Gregory A. (Gregory Albert), 1950
Place: Urbana
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
PubDate: c1987
PhysDes: 228 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm
Subject: 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]-219
ISBN: 0252014480 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0252014472 (hard : alk. paper)
LON: 5194657

Call No: 233 POP
Author: Pope, Norris
Edition: 2013
Place: Jackson
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
PhysDes: 168 pages : illustrated ; 22 cm
Subject: CAMERAS; CORMAN, ROGER; EASTWOOD, CLINT; KOVACS, LASZLO; HOPPER, DENNIS; FONDA, PETER; ZSIGMOND, VILMOS; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969); BULLITT (US, Peter Yates, 1968); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968)
ISBN: 9781496814685
Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema
Contents: This volume provides a history of the most consequential 35mm motion picture camera introduced in North America in the quarter century following the Second World War: the Arriflex 35. It traces the North American history of this camera from 1945 through 1972--when the first lightweight, self-blimped 35mm cameras became available. Chronicle of a Camera emphasizes theatrical film production, documenting the Arriflex's increasingly important role in expanding the range of production choices, styles, and even content of American motion pictures in this period. The book's exploration culminates most strikingly in examples found in feature films dating from the 1960s and early 1970s, including a number of films associated with what came to be known as the "Hollywood New Wave." The author shows that the Arriflex prompted important innovation in three key areas: it greatly facilitated and encouraged location shooting; it gave cinematographers new options for intensifying visual style and content; and it stimulated low-budget and independent production. Films in which the Arriflex played an absolutely central role include Bullitt, The French Connection, and, most significantly, Easy Rider. Using an Arriflex for car-mounted shots, hand-held shots, and zoom-lens shots led to greater cinematic realism and personal expression. -- publisher's web site

Call No: 735.2 DRE
Author: Grant, Barry Keith, 1947
Edition: 1st ed
Place: Austin
Publisher: University of Texas Press
PubDate: 1996
PhysDes: xv, 456 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Series: Texas film studies series
Subject: HORROR FILMS; GENDER AND THE CINEMA; SLASHER FILMS; DRACULA IN FILMS; ARGENTO, DARIO; CRONENBERG, DAVID; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979); ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986); ALIEN 3 (US, David Fincher, 1992); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, Tom Savini, 1990); CARRIE (US, Brian De Palma, 1976); CAT PEOPLE (US, Jacques Tourneur, 1942); CAT PEOPLE (US, Paul Schrader, 1982); BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE (US, James Whale, 1935); KING KONG (US, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933); STEPFATHER, THE (US, Joseph Ruben, 1986); LEVRES ROUGES, LES (BE/FR/GW, Harry Kumel, 1971); FATAL ATTRACTION (US, Adrian Lyne, 1987); ROSEMARY'S BABY (US, Roman Polanski, 1968)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-438) and index
ISBN: 0292727941 (pbk : alk. paper); 0292727933 (hc : alk. paper)
LON: 12195767

Call No: 64GEN FIL
Author: Grant, Barry Keith, 1947
Edition: 1st ed
Place: Austin
Publisher: University of Texas Press
PubDate: 1995
PhysDes: viii, 581 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: GENRES; WESTERNS; GANGSTER FILMS; FILM NOIR; DISASTER FILMS; EPIC FILMS; HORROR FILMS; MELODRAMA; COMEDIES; TRANSVESTISM; WOMEN IN FILMS; VIETNAM WAR FILMS; MUSICALS; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS; CANADA; AUTEUR THEORY; NARRATIVE IN FILMS; DETECTIVE FILMS; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA; HISTORICAL FILMS; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA; PORNOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA; PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS; SEMIOLOGY; STRUCTURALISM; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; MICHEAUX, OSCAR; CRONENBERG, DAVID; FORD, JOHN; PENN, ARTHUR; SIRK, DOUGLAS; CAVELL, STANLEY; CHANDLER, RAYMOND; FRYE, NORTHROP; MINNELLI, VINCENTE; TODOROV, TZVETAN; ZOO LA NUIT, UN (CN, Jean-Cluade Lauzon, 1987); SOME LIKE IT HOT (US, Billy Wilder, 1959); SHADOW OF A DOUBT (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1943); BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, THE (US, Charles Walters, 1949); YENTL (US, Barbara Streisand, 1983); IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934); IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946); MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (US, John Ford, 1946); STAGECOACH (US, John Ford, 1939); SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (US, Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952); THING, THE (US, Christian Nyby, 1951); [TWENTY] 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (US, Nathan Juran, 1957); VICTOR VICTORIA (UK, Blake Edwards, 1982); WRITTEN ON THE WIND (US, Douglas Sirk, 1956); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968); FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986); DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985); CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974); APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979); CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-559) and index
ISBN: 0292727771 (cloth : alk. paper); 029272778X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LON: 11563059

Author: Hall, Jeanne (ed)
PhysDes: Article
Subject: GENRES; KISS ME DEADLY (US, Robert Aldrich, 1955); FILM NOIR; FLY, THE (US, Kurt Neumann, 1958); TRANSVESTISM; MELODRAMA; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968); HORROR FILM
Summary: Wide Angle issue on Genre films. Articles on Film Noir and 'Kiss Me Deadly', 'The Fly', temporary transvestitism in films, melodrama and 'That Hamilton Woman', and feminism and horror film in 'The Night of the Living Dead'.

Call No: 81ROM PAF
Author: Paffenroth, Kim
Source: US
Place: Waco, Texas
Publisher: Baylor University Press
PubDate: 2006
PhysDes: 219 p. ; 24 cm
Subject: USA; HORROR FILMS; MONSTERS IN FILMS; ZOMBIES IN FILMS AND TV; SOCIAL ISSUES IN FILMS. USA; SOCIETY IN FILMS. USA; RELIGION IN FILMS. USA; CONSUMERISM IN FILMS. USA; VIOLENCE IN FILMS. USA; RACIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS. USA; GENDER AND THE CINEMA. USA; ROMERO, GEORGE; SNYDER, ZACK; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968); DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1978); DAY OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1985); DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, Zack Snyder, 2004); LAND OF THE DEAD (CN/FR/US, George Romero, 2005)
Summary: "For nearly forty years the zombie films of George A. Romero have presented viewers with hellish visions of our world overrun by flesh-eating ghouls. This rigorous but entertaining study shows how these films use Christian imagery from the Bible and Dante to probe deeper questions of human nature and purpose, while also giving a chilling and darkly humorous critique of modern, secular America that should be heeded by Christian and humanist alike." (Taken from the back cover)
Notes: Includes bibliography, index
ISBN: 9781932792652
Donation: Donated by Senses of Cinema, 2009

Call No: 735.2 HOR
Author: Gelder, Ken, 1955
Place: New York, NY
Publisher: Routledge
PubDate: 2000
PhysDes: xiii, 414 p. ; 25 cm
Subject: 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 index
ISBN: 041521355X (HB : alk. paper); 0415213568 (PB : alk. paper)
LON: 21262689

Call No: 451-0 DYE
Author: Dyer, Richard
Place: London New York
Publisher: Routledge
PubDate: 1993
PhysDes: ix, 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS; MEN IN FILMS; FILM NOIR; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS; RACIAL ISSUES AND THE CINEMA; PAPILLON (US, Franklin J. Schaffner, 1973); PASSAGE TO INDIA, A (US/UK, David Lean, 1984); GILDA (US, Charles Vidor, 1946); JEZEBEL (US, William Wyler, 1938); SIMBA (UK, Brian Desmond Hurst, 1955); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968); VICTIM (UK, Basil Dearden, 1961)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 0415057183; 0415057191 (pbk.)
LON: 9732647

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; DIGITAL CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968)
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Call No: 79NIG HER
Author: Hervey, Ben
Source: UK
Place: BasingStoke [England] ; New York
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan ; London : On behalf of the British Film Institute
PubDate: 2008
PhysDes: 128 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Series: BFI film classics
Subject: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968)
Summary: "George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead is a cult classic, a tremendously effective and influential horror film that has resonated with audiences, and with independent film-makers, ever since its release in 1968. The movie redefined horror cinema, ripping away its Gothic cobwebs to confront harsh contemporary realities, and launched the modern zombie genre that continues with films like 28 Days Later ... and Shaun of the Dead." "Ben Hervey's study of the movie and its enduring appeal traces Night's influences, from Powell and Pressburger to fifties horror comics, and provides the first history of its reception. Hervey argues that the film broke cultural barriers, feted at New York's Museum of Modern Art while it was still 42nd Street grindhouses. Scene-by-scene analysis meshes with detailed historical contexts, showing why Night spoke to its audiences about Vietnam, civil rights and the ever-bloodier seizures of society in the grip of traumatic change. Hervey argues that Night was a new kind of horror film: the expression of a generation who didn't want their world to return to normal."--Extract taken from the back of the book.
Notes: Published on behalf of BFI. -- Formerly CIP. -- Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781844571741

Call No: 735.2 NEW
Author: Newman, Kim
Edition: The new ed
Place: London
Publisher: Bloomsbury
PubDate: 1988
PhysDes: xiii, 255 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Subject: 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); [TWO THOUSAND AND ONE] 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (UK, 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 index
ISBN: 0747502951

Call No: 735.2 TUR
Author: Turnock, Bryan
Edition: 2019
Place: Leighton Buzzard
Publisher: Auteur
PubDate: 2019
PhysDes: 300 pages : illustrated ; 24 cm
Subject: 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 site
ISBN: 9781911325888
Donation: Senses of Cinema
Contents: 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

Call No: 735.2 TOW
Author: Towlson, Jon
Source: US
Place: Jefferson, North Carolina
PubDate: 2014
PhysDes: vii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subject: 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, PART 2 (US, Chuck Parello, 1997); HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (US, John McNaughton, 1986); 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 online
ISBN: 9780786474691
Contents: 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.

Call No: 735.27 AIO
Author: Aiossa, Elizabeth
Edition: 2018
Place: Jefferson, North Carolina
Publisher: McFarland & Company Inc
PhysDes: 186 pages ; 23 cm
Series: contributions to zombie studies
Subject: ZOMBIES IN FILMS AND TV; ROMERO, GEORGE; DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1979); DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, Zack Snyder, 2004); DAY OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1985); DEAD GIRL, THE (US, Karen Moncrieff, 2006); GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS, THE (UK/US, Colm McCarthy, 2016); IN THE FLESH [TV] (UK, 2013-2015); LAND OF THE DEAD (CN/FR/US, George Romero, 2005); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, Tom Savini, 1990); RAW [GRAVE] (FR/BE, Julia Ducournau, 2016); [TWENTY-EIGHT] 28 DAYS LATER (UK/US, Danny Boyle, 2002); WALKING DEAD, THE [TV] (US, 2010 - ); WARM BODIES (US/CN, Jonathan Levine, 2013); WORLD WAR Z (US/MT, Marc Forster, 2013)
Summary: Historically, zombies have been portrayed in films and television series as mindless, shuffling monsters. In recent years, this has changed dramatically. The undead are fast and ferocious in 28 Days Later… (2002) and World War Z (2013). In Warm Bodies (2013) and In the Flesh (2013–2015), they are thoughtful, sensitive and capable of empathy. These sometimes radically different depictions of the undead (and the still living) suggest critical inquiries: What does it mean to be human? What makes a monster? Who survives the zombie apocalypse, and why? Focusing on classic and current movies and TV shows, the author reveals how the once-subversive modern zombie, now more popular than ever, has been co-opted by the mainstream culture industry. -- publisher's web site
ISBN: 978147666730
Contents: Acknowledgments -- Preface: Dawn of a Zombie Scholar -- Introduction: The Shifting Culture of the Modern Zombie -- 1. Romero and the Modern American Zombie -- 2. The Evolution of Women in Romero’s Dead Series -- 3. Of Monsters and Men: Flipping the Script on Masculinity and Monstrosity -- 4. For the Love of Zombies: The Return of Heteronormativity in Zombie Works -- 5. Heteronormative Heroics in AMC’s The Walking Dead -- 6. Zombie Women Take the Lead -- 7. Embodying the Zombie In the Flesh -- Conclusion: Zombies Past and Future! -- Chapter Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Call No: 735.27 OLN
Author: olney, Ian
Edition: 2017
Place: New Brunswick
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
PubDate: 2017
PhysDes: 170 pages ; 18cm
Subject: ZOMBIES IN FILMS AND TV; BLAXPLOITATION FILMS; CANNIBALISM IN FILMS; CRAZIES, THE (US, George A. Romero, 1973); DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1979); I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (US, Jacques Tourner, 1943); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968); ROMERO, GEORGE; REVENANTS LES (FR, Robin Campillo, 2004); WALKING DEAD, THE [TV] (US, 2010 - ); WORLD WAR Z (US/MT, Marc Forster, 2013)
Summary: It’s official: the zombie apocalypse is here. The living dead have been lurking in popular culture since the 1930s, but they have never been as ubiquitous or as widely-embraced as they are today. Zombie Cinema is a lively and accessible introduction to this massively popular genre. Presenting a historical overview of zombie appearances in cinema and on television, Ian Olney also considers why, more than any other horror movie monster, zombies have captured the imagination of twenty-first-century audiences. Surveying the landmarks of zombie film and TV, from White Zombie to The Walking Dead, the book also offers unique insight into why zombies have gone global, spreading well beyond the borders of American and European cinema to turn up in films from countries as far-flung as Cuba, India, Japan, New Zealand, and Nigeria. Both fun and thought-provoking, Zombie Cinema will give readers a new perspective on our ravenous hunger for the living dead. -- publisher's web site
ISBN: 9780813579474
Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Our Zombies, Ourselves -- 1. Black Mask, White Zombies -- 2. Consumer Culture -- 3. Boy Eats Girl -- Conclusion: Homebodies -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Index