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Horror cinema flourishes in times of ideological crisis and national trauma--the Great Depression, the Cold War, the Vietnam era, post-9/11--and this critical text argues that a succession of filmmakers working in horror--from James Whale to Jen and Sylvia Soska--have used the genre, and the shock value it affords, to challenge the status quo during these times. Spanning the decades from the 1930s onward it examines the work of producers and directors as varied as George A. Romero, Pete Walker, Michael Reeves, Herman Cohen, Wes Craven and Brian Yuzna and the ways in which films like Frankenstein (1931), Cat People (1942), The Woman (2011) and American Mary (2012) can be considered "subversive."
Horror cinema flourishes in times of ideological crisis and national trauma--the Great Depression, the Cold War, the Vietnam era, post-9/11--and this critical text argues that a succession of filmmakers working in horror--from James Whale to Jen and Sylvia Soska--have used the genre, and the shock value it affords, to challenge the status quo during these times. Spanning the decades from the 1930s onward it examines the work of producers and directors as varied as George A. Romero, Pete Walker, Michael Reeves, Herman Cohen, Wes Craven and Brian Yuzna and the ways in which films like Frankenstein (1931), Cat People (1942), The Woman (2011) and American Mary (2012) can be considered "subversive."
Über den Autor
Jon Towlson is a London-based journalist and film critic. He has written for Starburst Magazine, Paracinema, Exquisite Terror, Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, Shadowland Magazine, Bright Lights Film Journal and Digital Film-maker Magazine.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents
Foreword by Jeff Lieberman
Preface
Introduction
1.¿Anti-Eugenics: Frankenstein (1931) and Freaks (1932)
2.¿Anti-1940s Home Front Propaganda: Cat People (1942) and The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
3.¿Anti-1950s Cold War Conformity: The Films of Herman Cohen
4.¿Anti-Establishment 1960s-1970s Britain: The Films of Michael Reeves and Pete Walker
5.¿Anti-Vietnam: Night of the Living Dead (1968), Deathdream (1972)
and The Crazies (1973)
6.¿Anti-Hollywood Violence and Dark Counterculture: Last House
the Left (1972) and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
7.¿Counterculture Revolution: Shivers (1975), Blue Sunshine (1978) and Dawn of the Dead (1978)
8.¿Anti-"Reaganomics": Henry-Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and
American Psycho (2000)
9.¿Anti-1990s Materialism: Brian Yuzna and Splatstick
10.¿Anti-New Puritanism: Teeth (2007) and American Mary (2012)
Afterword-Subversive Horror Cinema Post-9/11
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Foreword by Jeff Lieberman
Preface
Introduction
1.¿Anti-Eugenics: Frankenstein (1931) and Freaks (1932)
2.¿Anti-1940s Home Front Propaganda: Cat People (1942) and The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
3.¿Anti-1950s Cold War Conformity: The Films of Herman Cohen
4.¿Anti-Establishment 1960s-1970s Britain: The Films of Michael Reeves and Pete Walker
5.¿Anti-Vietnam: Night of the Living Dead (1968), Deathdream (1972)
and The Crazies (1973)
6.¿Anti-Hollywood Violence and Dark Counterculture: Last House
the Left (1972) and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
7.¿Counterculture Revolution: Shivers (1975), Blue Sunshine (1978) and Dawn of the Dead (1978)
8.¿Anti-"Reaganomics": Henry-Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and
American Psycho (2000)
9.¿Anti-1990s Materialism: Brian Yuzna and Splatstick
10.¿Anti-New Puritanism: Teeth (2007) and American Mary (2012)
Afterword-Subversive Horror Cinema Post-9/11
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
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Genre: | Kunst |
Rubrik: | Kunst & Musik |
Thema: | Theater & Film |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780786474691 |
ISBN-10: | 0786474696 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Towlson, Jon |
Hersteller: | McFarland |
Maße: | 254 x 178 x 15 mm |
Von/Mit: | Jon Towlson |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.03.2014 |
Gewicht: | 0,489 kg |
Über den Autor
Jon Towlson is a London-based journalist and film critic. He has written for Starburst Magazine, Paracinema, Exquisite Terror, Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, Shadowland Magazine, Bright Lights Film Journal and Digital Film-maker Magazine.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents
Foreword by Jeff Lieberman
Preface
Introduction
1.¿Anti-Eugenics: Frankenstein (1931) and Freaks (1932)
2.¿Anti-1940s Home Front Propaganda: Cat People (1942) and The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
3.¿Anti-1950s Cold War Conformity: The Films of Herman Cohen
4.¿Anti-Establishment 1960s-1970s Britain: The Films of Michael Reeves and Pete Walker
5.¿Anti-Vietnam: Night of the Living Dead (1968), Deathdream (1972)
and The Crazies (1973)
6.¿Anti-Hollywood Violence and Dark Counterculture: Last House
the Left (1972) and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
7.¿Counterculture Revolution: Shivers (1975), Blue Sunshine (1978) and Dawn of the Dead (1978)
8.¿Anti-"Reaganomics": Henry-Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and
American Psycho (2000)
9.¿Anti-1990s Materialism: Brian Yuzna and Splatstick
10.¿Anti-New Puritanism: Teeth (2007) and American Mary (2012)
Afterword-Subversive Horror Cinema Post-9/11
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Foreword by Jeff Lieberman
Preface
Introduction
1.¿Anti-Eugenics: Frankenstein (1931) and Freaks (1932)
2.¿Anti-1940s Home Front Propaganda: Cat People (1942) and The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
3.¿Anti-1950s Cold War Conformity: The Films of Herman Cohen
4.¿Anti-Establishment 1960s-1970s Britain: The Films of Michael Reeves and Pete Walker
5.¿Anti-Vietnam: Night of the Living Dead (1968), Deathdream (1972)
and The Crazies (1973)
6.¿Anti-Hollywood Violence and Dark Counterculture: Last House
the Left (1972) and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
7.¿Counterculture Revolution: Shivers (1975), Blue Sunshine (1978) and Dawn of the Dead (1978)
8.¿Anti-"Reaganomics": Henry-Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and
American Psycho (2000)
9.¿Anti-1990s Materialism: Brian Yuzna and Splatstick
10.¿Anti-New Puritanism: Teeth (2007) and American Mary (2012)
Afterword-Subversive Horror Cinema Post-9/11
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
---|---|
Genre: | Kunst |
Rubrik: | Kunst & Musik |
Thema: | Theater & Film |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780786474691 |
ISBN-10: | 0786474696 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Towlson, Jon |
Hersteller: | McFarland |
Maße: | 254 x 178 x 15 mm |
Von/Mit: | Jon Towlson |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.03.2014 |
Gewicht: | 0,489 kg |
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