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SELLING THE SPLAT PACK
Mark Bernard
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Hardcover. A study that reveals the history of how the emergence of the DVD market changed cultural and industrial attitudes about horror movies and film ratings. These changes made way for increasingly violent horror films, like those produced by the Splat Pack, a group of filmmakers who were heralded in the press as subversive outsiders. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
This book reveals the role of the DVD market in the growth of ultraviolent horror in the 2000s. This study reveals the history of how the emergence of the DVD market changed cultural and industrial attitudes about horror movies and film ratings. These changes made way for increasingly violent horror films, like those produced by the Splat Pack, a group of filmmakers who were heralded in the press as subversive outsiders. Taking a different tack, this study proposes that the films of the Splat Pack were products of, rather than reactions against, film industry policy. It blends study of the ... Read more
This book reveals the role of the DVD market in the growth of ultraviolent horror in the 2000s. This study reveals the history of how the emergence of the DVD market changed cultural and industrial attitudes about horror movies and film ratings. These changes made way for increasingly violent horror films, like those produced by the Splat Pack, a group of filmmakers who were heralded in the press as subversive outsiders. Taking a different tack, this study proposes that the films of the Splat Pack were products of, rather than reactions against, film industry policy. It blends study of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748685493
SKU
V9780748685493
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About Mark Bernard
Mark Bernard is Instructor of American Studies and Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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