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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Devil's Advocates)
James Rose
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Description for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Devil's Advocates)
Paperback. Series: Devil's Advocates. Num Pages: 114 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 126. Series: Devil's Advocates. 114 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APFN. Dimension: 190 x 137 x 7. Weight: 154.
No-one who has ever seen the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is ever likely to forget the experience. An intense fever dream (or nightmare), it is remarkable for its sense of sustained threat and depiction of an insane but nonetheless (dys)functional family on the furthest reaches of society who have regressed to cannibalism in the face of economic hardship. As well as providing a summary of the making of the film, James Rose discusses the extraordinary censorship history of the film in the UK (essentially banned for two decades) and provides a detailed textual analysis of the film ... Read more
No-one who has ever seen the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is ever likely to forget the experience. An intense fever dream (or nightmare), it is remarkable for its sense of sustained threat and depiction of an insane but nonetheless (dys)functional family on the furthest reaches of society who have regressed to cannibalism in the face of economic hardship. As well as providing a summary of the making of the film, James Rose discusses the extraordinary censorship history of the film in the UK (essentially banned for two decades) and provides a detailed textual analysis of the film ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Auteur
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
Number of Pages
108
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906733643
SKU
V9781906733643
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About James Rose
James Rose is an independent scholar specializing in Gothic and horror cinema. He has published with a range of international journals, including Vertigo, Splice, Senses of Cinema, Offscreen, MediaMagazine, and Rue Morgue, and is the author of Beyond Hammer: British Horror Cinema Since 1970.
Reviews for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Devil's Advocates)
In-depth, elegant, focused.... Like any good film criticism/appreciation book, it leaves you wanting to revisit the movie as soon as possible.
HorrorTalk
You may think you know Hooper's film, but after reading this Devil's Advocate dissection you will look upon it in a whole new light.
Starburst Magazine
HorrorTalk
You may think you know Hooper's film, but after reading this Devil's Advocate dissection you will look upon it in a whole new light.
Starburst Magazine