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Euro Horror: Classic European Horror Cinema in Contemporary American Culture
Ian Olney
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Paperback. Explores some of the most popular genres of Euro Horror cinema - including giallo films, named for the yellow covers of Italian pulp fiction, the S & M horror film, and cannibal and zombie films Series: New Directions in National Cinemas. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Beginning in the 1950s, "Euro Horror" movies materialized in astonishing numbers from Italy, Spain, and France and popped up in the US at rural drive-ins and urban grindhouse theaters such as those that once dotted New York's Times Square. Gorier, sexier, and stranger than most American horror films of the time, they were embraced by hardcore fans and denounced by critics as the worst kind of cinematic trash. In this volume, Olney explores some of the most popular genres of Euro Horror cinema—including giallo films, named for the yellow covers of Italian pulp fiction, the S&M horror film, and cannibal ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in National Cinemas
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253006523
SKU
V9780253006523
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About Ian Olney
Ian Olney is Associate Professor of English at York College of Pennsylvania, where he teaches film studies. His publications on European cinema and horror film include articles in Quarterly Review of Film and Video and Literature/Film Quarterly.
Reviews for Euro Horror: Classic European Horror Cinema in Contemporary American Culture
Olney does a superb job tracking modern European horror films from Italy, Spain and France, in a style that is at once academically rigorous and at the same time absolutely accessible; in short, this is a theoretical text that doesn't drown itself in artificial systematizing or outdated jargon. Instead, this is a lively, informed, authoritative text on a group of ... Read more