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The dread of difference : gender and the horror film / edited by Barry Keith Grant Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996.
Call No: 735.2 DREAuthor: Grant, Barry Keith, 1947 Edition: 1st edPlace: AustinPublisher: University of Texas PressPubDate: 1996PhysDes: xv, 456 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSeries: Texas film studies seriesSubject: 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 indexISBN: 0292727941 (pbk : alk. paper); 0292727933 (hc : alk. paper)LON: 12195767
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Fantasy and the cinema / edited by James Donald London: BFI Pub., 1989.
Call No: 735 FANAuthor: Donald, James Place: LondonPublisher: BFI Pub.PubDate: 1989PhysDes: 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: FANTASTIC FILMS ; FETISHISM IN FILMS ; GERMANY. 1895-1930 ; SLASHER FILMS ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; SEX AND THE CINEMA ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; SURREALISM AND THE CINEMA ; BARTHES, ROLAND ; SVANKMAJER, JAN ; CONDIT, CECELIA ; BAHTIN, MIHAIL ; BORDWELL, DAVID ; DURAS, MARGUERITE ; LYOTARD, JEAN-FRANCOIS ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BENEATH THE SKIN (US, Cecelia Condit, 1981) ; CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, THE [CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI, DAS] (G, Robert Wiene, 1920) ; INDIA SONG (FR, Marguerite Duras, 1975) ; PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) ; STUDENT VON PRAG, DER (G, Stellan Rye, 1913) ; TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984) ; TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, THE (US, Tobe Hooper, 1974) ; VAMPYR : DER TRAUM DES ALLAN GRAY (G/FR, Carl Th. Dreyer, 1932) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-291) and indexesISBN: 0851702287; 0851702295 (pbk.)LON: 6190057
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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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Masks in Horror cinema : eyes without faces / Alexandra Heller-Nichols Cardiff: University of Wales Press,
Call No: 735.2 HELAuthor: Heller-Nichols, Alexandra Edition: 2019Place: CardiffPublisher: University of Wales PressPhysDes: 288 pages ; 22 cmSubject: SLASHER FILMS ; HORROR FILM ; FRIDAY THE 13TH [...] (US, 1980-) ; HALLOWEEN (US, John Carpenter, 1978) ; TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE [...] (US, 1974-) ; PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE (US, Rupert Julian, 1925) ; YOU'RE NEXT (US/UK, Adam Wingard, 2011) ; YEUX SANS VISAGE, LES (FR/IT, Georges Franju, 1959) Summary: Why has the mask been such an enduring generic motif in horror cinema? This book explores its transformative potential historically across myriad cultures, particularly in relation to its ritual and mythmaking capacities, and its intersection with power, ideology and identity. All of these factors have a direct impact on mask-centric horror cinema: meanings, values and rituals associated with masks evolve and are updated in horror cinema to reflect new contexts, rendering the mask a persistent, meaningful and dynamic aspect of the genre’s iconography. This study debates horror cinema’s durability as a site for the potency of the mask’s broader symbolic power to be constantly re-explored, re-imagined and re-invented as an object of cross-cultural and ritual significance that existed long before the moving image culture of cinema. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781786834966Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction – Why Masks? Ritual, Power and Transformation -- Chapter One: Situating Masks and Horror Cinema -- Part One: Masks, Horror and Cinema: Towards Codification -- Chapter Two: Masks and Horror in Literary and Performance Traditions and Early Cinema -- Chapter Three: Masks in Horror Film Before 1970 -- Part Two: Horror Film Masks from 1970 -- Chapter Four: Skin Masks: Ritual, Power and Transformation -- Chapter Five: Blank Masks: Ritual, Power and Transformation -- Chapter Six: Animal Masks: Ritual, Power and Transformation -- Chapter Seven: Repurposed Masks: Ritual, Power and Transformation -- Part Three: Masks as Transformational Technologies – Moving Forward By Looking Back -- Chapter Eight: Technological Masks: Ritual, Power and Transformation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography
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Men, women, and chainsaws : gender in the modern horror film / by Carol J. Clover London: B.F.I. Publishing, 1992.
Call No: 735.2 CLOAuthor: Clover, Carol J., 1940 Place: LondonPublisher: B.F.I. PublishingPubDate: 1992PhysDes: 260 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: HORROR FILMS ; SLASHER FILMS ; CRIME IN FILMS ; AUDIENCES ; DEVIL IN FILMS ; ENDINGS OF FILMS ; EXPLOITATION FILMS ; FAMILY IN FILMS ; LOOK IN FILMS ; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS ; IDENTIFICATION ; REPRODUCTION IN FILMS ; SADISM / MASOCHISM IN FILMS ; SUPERNATURAL IN FILMS ; ACCUSED, THE (US, Jonathan Kaplan, 1988) ; ALIEN [...] (UK/US, 1979-92) ; DELIVERANCE (US, John Boorman, 1972) ; EXORCIST, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1973) ; FRIDAY THE 13TH [...] (US, 1980-) ; HALLOWEEN (US, John Carpenter, 1978) ; HILLS HAVE EYES, THE (US, Wes Craven, 1978) ; HUNTER'S BLOOD (US, Robert C. Hughes, 1986) ; MS 45 (US, Abel Ferrara, 1981) ; PEEPING TOM (UK, Michael Powell, 1960) ; POLTERGEIST (US, Tobe Hooper, 1982) ; PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) ; SCANNERS (CN, David Cronenberg, 1981) ; TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, THE (US, Tobe Hooper, 1974) ; WITCHBOARD (US, Kevin S. Tenney, 1987) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-253) and indexISBN: 0851704190 (pbk.); 0851703313LON: 8882059
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The Psycho records / Laurence A. Rickels New York: Wallflower Press, 2016.
Call No: 735.2 RICAuthor: Rickels, Laurence A. Edition: 2016Place: New YorkPublisher: Wallflower PressPubDate: 2016PhysDes: x, 232 p. ; 24 cmSubject: SLASHER FILMS ; PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE (US, Rupert Julian, 1925) ; HALLOWEEN (US, John Carpenter, 1978) ; SIXTH SENSE, THE (US, M. Night Shyamalan, 1999) ; SAW (US, James Wan, 2004) ; PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) ; PSYCHO II (US, Richard Franklin, 1983) ; PSYCHO III (US, Anthony Perkins, 1986) ; PSYCHO IV: THE BEGINNING [TV] (US, Mick Garris, 1990) Notes: The Psycho Records follows the influence of the primal shower scene within subsequent slasher and splatter films. American soldiers returning from World War II were called "psychos" if they exhibited mental illness. Robert Bloch and Alfred Hitchcock turned the term into a catch-all phrase for a range of psychotic and psychopathic symptoms or dispositions. They transferred a war disorder to the American heartland. Drawing on his experience with German film, Hitchcock packed inside his shower stall the essence of schauer, the German cognate meaning "horror." Later serial horror film production has post-traumatically flashed back to Hitchcock's shower scene. In the end, though, this book argues the effect is therapeutically finite. This extensive case study summons the genealogical readings of philosopher and psychoanalyst Laurence Rickels. The book opens not with another reading of Hitchcock's 1960 film but with an evaluation of various updates to vampirism over the years. It concludes with a close look at the rise of demonic and infernal tendencies in horror movies since the 1990s and the problem of the psycho as our most uncanny double in close quarters. -- publisher's blurbISBN: 9780231181136
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