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Making and Remaking Horror in the 1970s and 2000s: Why Don't They Do It Like They Used To?
David Roche
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Paperback. Takes up the assumption shared by many fans and scholars that original horror movies are more "disturbing," and thus better than the remakes. David Roche assesses the qualities of movies, old and recast, according to criteria that include subtext, originality, and cohesion. Num Pages: 335 pages, 78 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
In Making and Remaking Horror in the 1970s and 2000s author David Roche takes up the assumption shared by many fans and scholars that original horror movies are more ""disturbing,"" and thus better than the remakes. He assesses the qualities of movies, old and recast, according to criteria that include subtext, originality, and cohesion. With a methodology that combines a formalist and cultural studies approach, Roche sifts aspects of the American horror movie that have been widely addressed (class, the patriarchal family, gender, and the opposition between terror and horror) and those that have been somewhat neglected (race, the Gothic, ... Read more
In Making and Remaking Horror in the 1970s and 2000s author David Roche takes up the assumption shared by many fans and scholars that original horror movies are more ""disturbing,"" and thus better than the remakes. He assesses the qualities of movies, old and recast, according to criteria that include subtext, originality, and cohesion. With a methodology that combines a formalist and cultural studies approach, Roche sifts aspects of the American horror movie that have been widely addressed (class, the patriarchal family, gender, and the opposition between terror and horror) and those that have been somewhat neglected (race, the Gothic, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Condition
New
Number of Pages
335
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781496802545
SKU
V9781496802545
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About David Roche
David Roche is professor at the Université Toulouse Le Mirail. He is the editor of Conversations with Russell Banks (published by University Press of Mississippi), coeditor of Approaches to Film and Reception Theories, and author of L'Imagination malsaine: Russell Banks, Raymond Carver, David Cronenberg, Bret Easton Ellis, David Lynch.
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