Abject Terrors: Surveying the Modern And Postmodern Horror Film,9780820470566

Abject Terrors: Surveying the Modern And Postmodern Horror Film

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ISBN13: 9780820470566
ISBN10: 0820470562
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-10-31
Publisher(s): Peter Lang Pub Inc
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Summary

Abject Terrors is an expansive study of the most significant films from the prolific horror genre--from its origins in the 1920s and 1930s, to its contemporary representations. This survey brings together close analyses of individual motion pictures

Author Biography

Tony Magistrale is Professor of English at the University of Vermont.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Terror Theories: A Representative Survey
1(18)
Stark Terrors: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, Metropolis, Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein
19(18)
Vampiric Terrors: Dracula, The Hunger, Interview with the Vampire, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
37(20)
The Terror of Hitchcock: Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds
57(24)
Terrors from Beyond: The Day the Earth Stood Still. Them! The Alien Movies
81(18)
Terrors from Within: The Tenant, Don't Look Now, The Fly, The Exorcist, Fatal Attraction, Panic Room
99(28)
Kubrickian Terrors: 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut
127(20)
The Body Terrified: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street
147(24)
Terror Parodies: The Wicker Man, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Young Frankenstein, The Lost Boys, Scream, Scary Movie
171(20)
Illustrations 191(4)
Films Cited 195(6)
Works Cited 201(6)
Index 207

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