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Cultural power/cultural literacy : selected papers from the Fourteenth Annual Florida State University Conference on Literature and Film / edited by Bonnie Braendlin Tallahassee Gainesville, FL: Florida State University Press Orders to University Presses of Florida, 1991.
Call No: 408 CULAuthor: Braendlin, Bonnie CorpAuthor: Florida State University Conference on Literature and Film (14th : 1989)Place: Tallahassee Gainesville, FLPublisher: Florida State University Press Orders to University Presses of FloridaPubDate: 1991PhysDes: vii, 202 p. ; 21 cmSubject: 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 indexISBN: 0813010969LON: 90027304; 7695410
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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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NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET : (US, Wes Craven, 1984)
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NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3, A: DREAM WARRIORS : (US, Chuck Russell, 1987)
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NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAMMASTER, A : (US, Renny Harlin, 1988)
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NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD, A : (US, Stephen Hopkins, 1989)
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NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, A : (US, Samuel Bayer, 2010)
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NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, PART 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE, A : (US, Jack Sholder, 1985)
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Sacred monsters : behind the mask of the horror actor / Doug Bradley London: Titan, 1996.
Call No: 735.2 BRAAuthor: Bradley, Doug Edition: 1st edPlace: LondonPublisher: TitanPubDate: 1996PhysDes: 267 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cmSubject: 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; MonstersISBN: 1852867051 (pbk.)LON: 13337427
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