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The Horror Film: An Introduction
Rick Worland
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Description for The Horror Film: An Introduction
Hardback. * An ideal text for perennially popular courses on the horror film genre. * Examines the ways in which horror movies have been produced, received, and interpreted by filmmakers, audiences, and critics, from the 1920s to the present. * Provides a short historical introduction of the horror film as an orientation to the field. Series: New Approaches to Film Genre. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
Combining historical narrative with close readings of several significant horror films, this brief volume offers a broad and lively introduction to cinematic horror. In doing so, it outlines and investigates important issues in the production, consumption, and cultural interpretation of the genre.
Combining historical narrative with close readings of several significant horror films, this brief volume offers a broad and lively introduction to cinematic horror. In doing so, it outlines and investigates important issues in the production, consumption, and cultural interpretation of the genre.
- An ideal text for perennially popular courses on the horror film genre.
- Examines the ways in which horror movies have been produced, received, and interpreted by filmmakers, audiences, and critics, from the 1920s to the present.
- Provides a short historical introduction of the horror film as an orientation to the field.
... Read more - Analyses a wide variety of major works in the genre, including Frankenstein, Cat People, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
New Approaches to Film Genre
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405139014
SKU
V9781405139014
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About Rick Worland
Rick Worland is Associate Professor and Chair of the Division of Cinema-Television at Southern Methodist University. He has published in many scholarly journals, including Cinema Journal, and has contributed essays to a number of film collections.
Reviews for The Horror Film: An Introduction
"Worland writes in a scholarly but not overly pedantic style, and he is concise and insightful" Choice