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Description for Dark Places
Paperback. Horror films revel in taking viewers into shadowy places where evil resides, whether it is a house, a graveyard or a dark forest. This title leads us inside these haunted spaces to explore them and the monstrous antagonists who dwell there. Series: Locations S. Num Pages: 256 pages, 70 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 121 x 17. Weight in Grams: 298.
Horror films revel in taking viewers into shadowy places where evil resides, whether it is a house, a graveyard or a dark forest. With "Dark Places", Barry Curtis leads us deep inside these haunted spaces to explore them and the monstrous antagonists who dwell there. In this wide-ranging and compelling study, Curtis demonstrates how the claustrophobic interiors of haunted spaces in films connect to the dark places' of the human psyche. He examines diverse topics such as the special effects ranging from crude to state-of-the-art used in movies to evoke supernatural creatures; the structures, projections and architecture of horror movie ... Read more
Horror films revel in taking viewers into shadowy places where evil resides, whether it is a house, a graveyard or a dark forest. With "Dark Places", Barry Curtis leads us deep inside these haunted spaces to explore them and the monstrous antagonists who dwell there. In this wide-ranging and compelling study, Curtis demonstrates how the claustrophobic interiors of haunted spaces in films connect to the dark places' of the human psyche. He examines diverse topics such as the special effects ranging from crude to state-of-the-art used in movies to evoke supernatural creatures; the structures, projections and architecture of horror movie ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Locations S.
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861893895
SKU
V9781861893895
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Ref
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About Barry Curtis
Barry Curtis is a Fellow of the London Consortium, Tutor at the Royal College of Art, and has written widely on architecture, film, art and visual culture.
Reviews for Dark Places
Dark Places is a valuable work for film scholars focused on the horror genre or otherwise. In considering the widest possible legacy for the haunted house on screen - and by bringing theoretical and multi-disciplinary sophistication to bear on such an unlikely topic - Curtis has fashioned a noteworthy exploration of one of cinema's unsung icons. Southwest Journal of Cultures ... Read more