The spectacle of isolation in horror films : dark parades
Title:
The spectacle of isolation in horror films : dark parades
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Carl Royer, Diana Royer.
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Publication Information:
New York : Haworth Press, ©2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 120 pages)
ISBN:
9781136417924
9780203050163
Abstract:
Go behind the scenes with an insightful look at horror films?and the directors who create them The Spectacle of Isolation in Horror Films: Dark Parades examines the work of several of the genre's most influential directors and investigates how traditional themes of isolation, alienation, death, and transformation have helped build the foundation of horror cinema. Authors Carl and Diana Royer examine the techniques used by Alfred Hitchcock that place his work squarely in the horror (rather than suspense) genre, discuss avant-garde cinema's contributions to mainstream horror, explore.
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UAF Rasmuson Library Ebook Central subscription access.
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Bibliography Note:
Filmography: pages 109-111.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116) and index.
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Contents:
Body doubles and severed hands : the relation between avant-garde cinema and horror movies -- "And I brought you nightmares" : the play of horror in Hitchcock's films -- Horror, humor, poetry : Sam Raimi's Evil dead trilogy -- The darkness is not the devil : atheism and "the death of affect" in the films of David Cronenberg -- The apartment as a cell of horror -- Angels and aliens : the supernatural other in popular consciousness.
Technical Details:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Print version record.