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Call No: 743 CON
Place: London ; New York
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
PubDate: 2000
PhysDes: 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject: CHRISTMAS IN FILMS; REMEMBER THE NIGHT (UK, Mitchell Leisen, 1939); SCROOGE (UK, Henry Edwards, 1935); CHRISTMAS CAROL, A (US, Edwin L. Marin, 1938); SCROOGE [CHRISTMAS CAROL, A] (US, Brian Desmond Hurst, 1951); SCROOGE (UK, Ronald Neame, 1970); CHRISTMAS CAROL, A (UK, Clive Donner, 1984); SCROOGED (US, Richard Donner, 1988); MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE (US, Brian Henson, 1992); IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946); MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, THE (US, William Keighley, 1941); HOLIDAY INN (US, Mark Sandrich, 1942); CHRISTMAS UNDER FIRE (UK, Harry Watt, 1941); TURKEY TIME (UK, Tom Walls, 1933); HOLLY AND THE IVY, THE (UK, George More O'Ferrall, 1953); CHEATERS, THE (US, Joe Kane, 1945); MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (US, Les Mayfield, 1994); MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (US, George Seaton, 1947); SANTA CLAUSE, THE (US, John Pasquin, 1994); ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS (US, John Cherry, 1988); SANTA CLAUSE: THE MOVIE (US, Jeannot Szwarc, 1985); GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984); SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (US, Charles E. Sellier Jr., 1984); SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART II (US, Lee Harry, 1987); TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (US, Harry Selick, 1993); CHRISTMAS STORY, A (US, Bob Clark, 1983); LETHAL WEAPON (US, Richard Donner, 1987); DIE HARD (US, John McTiernan, 1988); DIE HARD 2 (US, Renny Harlin, 1990); HOME ALONE (US, Chris Columbus, 1990); HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK (US, Chris Columbus, 1992); LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, THE (US, Renny Harlin, 1996); JINGLE ALL THE WAY (US, Brian Levant, 1996); MERLUSSE (FR, Marcel Pagnol, 1935); CHATEAU DE MA MERE, LE (FR, Yves Robert, 1990); GRANDE ILLUSION, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1937); VIE EST UN LONG FLEUVE TRANQUILLE, LA (FR, Etienne Chatiliez, 1988); ELISA (FR, Jean Becker, 1994); KARNAVALNAIA NOCH (UR, Eldar Ryazanov, 1956); IRONIYA SUDBY ILI S LYOGKIM PAROM (UR, Eldar Ryazanov, 1975); PLACIDO (SP, Luis Garcia Berlanga, 1961)
Summary: A look at depictions of Christmas across various national cinemas and genres throughout the 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Filmography: p. ([223]-232)
ISBN: 1860643973
Contents: -- God Bless Us, Every One: Movie Adaptations Of A Christmas Carol / James Chapman -- A Hollywood Carol's Wonderful Life / Jonathan Munby -- Dreaming Of Christmas: Hollywood And The Second World War / H. Mark Glancy -- Christmas Under Fire: The Wartime Christmas In Britain / Sarah Street -- Crisis At Christmas: Turkey Time, The Holly And The Ivy, The Cheaters / Jeffrey Richards -- Santa Claus: The Movie / Mark Connelly -- You Better Watch Out: Christmas In The Horror Film / Kim Newman -- 'Peace On Earth, Goodwill To All Men': The Depiction Of Christmas In Moden Hollywood Films / Rowana Agajanian -- Christmas In French Cinema / Guy Austin -- Father Frost On 31 December: Christmas And New Year In Soviet And Russian Cinema / Birgit Beumers -- Satirizing The Spanish Christmas: Placido / Peter William Evans

Call No: 408 CUL
Author: Braendlin, Bonnie
CorpAuthor: Florida State University Conference on Literature and Film (14th : 1989)
Place: Tallahassee Gainesville, FL
Publisher: Florida State University Press Orders to University Presses of Florida
PubDate: 1991
PhysDes: vii, 202 p. ; 21 cm
Subject: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; ADVERTISING; ANDY HARDY IN FILMS; GENRES; HORROR FILMS; CRITICS; SCHWARTZ, DELMORE; ORDINARY PEOPLE (US, Robert Redford, 1980); WALL STREET (US, Oliver Stone, 1987); HAIRSPRAY (US, John Waters, 1988); FRIDAY THE 13TH [...] (US, 1980-); NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET[...], A (US, 1984-)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 0813010969
LON: 90027304; 7695410

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings; Publicity; Press kit
Subject: DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE (AU/BE/FR, Hubert Sauper, 2004)

Call No: 771 SAR
Author: Sargeant, Jack
Place: London San Francisco
Publisher: Creation Books
PubDate: 1995
PhysDes: 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Subject: UNDERGROUND FILMS; B-MOVIES; ZEDD, NICK; B, BETH & SCOTT; KERN, RICHARD; LUNCH, LYDIA; TURNER, TOMMY; WOJNAROWICZ, DAVID; HUGHES-FREELAND, TESSA; STARK, CASANDRA; ROSSI, JERI CAIN; BAYLOR, RICHARD; PHILLIPS, TODD; FINGERED (US, Richard Kern, 1986); WHERE EVIL DWELLS (US, Tommy Turner & David Wojnarowicz, 1985); MY NIGHTMARE (US, Richard Kern, 1993); GEEK MAGGOT BINGO (US, Nick Zedd, 1983)
Summary: Deathtripping is an illustrated history, account and critique of the "Cinema Of Transgression", providing a long-overdue and comprehensive documentation of this essential modern sub-cultural movement and its roots in the New York art/rock and underground film scenes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-244) and indexes
ISBN: 1871592291 : ª11.95 : $16.95
LON: 12298911

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (US, Rachel Talalay, 1991)

Call No: 735.2 WIL
Author: Williams, Tony
Edition: Updated ed.
Source: US
Place: Jackson
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
PubDate: c2014
PhysDes: Tony Williams
Subject: 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 index
ISBN: 9781628461909
Contents: 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.

Call No: 735.2-053.2(73) LES
Author: Lester, Catherine
Edition: 2022
Place: London ; New York
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
PubDate: 2022
PhysDes: vii, 220 pages : illustrated ; 25 cm
Subject: HORROR FILMS; CHILDREN, FILMS FOR; CHILDREN, EFFECTS OF FILM ON; CORALINE (US, Henry Selick, 2009); GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984); HOLE, THE (US, Joe Dante, 2009); MONSTER HOUSE (US, Gil Kenan, 2006); MONSTER SQUAD, THE (US, Fred Dekker, 1987); NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE (US, Henry Selick, 1993); PARANORMAN (US, Chris Butler/Sam Fell, 2012); SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (US, Jack Clayton, 1983); WATCHER IN THE WOODS (UK, John Hough, 1980)
Summary: Children and horror are often thought to be an incompatible meeting of audience and genre, beset by concerns that children will be corrupted or harmed through exposure to horror media. Nowhere is this tension more clear than in horror films for adults, where the demonic child villain is one of the genre's most enduring tropes. However, horror for children is a unique category of contemporary Hollywood cinema in which children are addressed as an audience with specific needs, fears and desires, and where child characters are represented as sympathetic protagonists whose encounters with the horrific lead to cathartic, subversive and productive outcomes. Horror Films for Children examines the history, aesthetics and generic characteristics of children's horror films, and identifies the 'horrific child' as one of the defining features of the genre, where it is as much a staple as it is in adult horror but with vastly different representational, interpretative and affective possibilities. Through analysis of case studies including blockbuster hits (Gremlins), cult favourites (The Monster Squad) and indie darlings (Coraline), Catherine Lester asks, what happens to the horror genre, and the horrific children it represents, when children are the target audience? -- publisher's web page
ISBN: 9781350135260

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: HORROR MOVIE : A LOW BUDGET NIGHTMARE (AT, Gary Doust, 2017)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: ISAAC SINGER'S NIGHTMARE AND MRS PUPKO'S BEARD (US, Bruce Davidson, 1973)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: NIGHTMARE (US, Romano Scavolini, 1981)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: NIGHTMARE ALLEY (US, Edmund Goulding, 1947)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE (US, Henry Selick, 1993)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Publicity; Posters
Subject: NIGHTMARE CITY (US, David Mitchell, 1987)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Stills; Clippings
Subject: NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (US, Wes Craven, 1984)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3, A: DREAM WARRIORS (US, Chuck Russell, 1987)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Publicity; Clippings
Subject: NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAMMASTER, A (US, Renny Harlin, 1988)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD, A (US, Stephen Hopkins, 1989)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, A (US, Samuel Bayer, 2010)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, PART 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE, A (US, Jack Sholder, 1985)

Call No: 735.2 BRA
Author: Bradley, Doug
Edition: 1st ed
Place: London
Publisher: Titan
PubDate: 1996
PhysDes: 267 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm
Subject: HORROR FILMS; ACTORS; MASKS IN FILMS; EXPRESSIONISM; MAKE-UP; PRICE, VINCENT; HOLLAND, CECIL; CHANEY, LON; CHANEY, LON, Jr.; KARLOFF, BORIS; MARCH, FREDRIC; LAUGHTON, CHARLES; MARAIS, JEAN; LEE, CHRISTOPHER; HODDER, KANE; BRADLEY, DOUG; HANSEN, GUNNAR; FRIDAY THE 13TH [...] (US, 1980-); HELLRAISER [...] (UK/US, 1987-); TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE [...] (US, 1974-); NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, A [...] (US, 1984 - )
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index; Monsters
ISBN: 1852867051 (pbk.)
LON: 13337427

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: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings; Press kit
Subject: TIM BURTON'S NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (US, Henry Selick, 1993)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Stills; Clippings; Press kit
Subject: TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (US, Harry Selick, 1993)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: TWISTED NIGHTMARE (US, Paul Hunt, 1988)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings; Press kit
Subject: WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE (US, Wes Craven, 1994)