As the first serious analysis of the children's horror trend, with a focus on the effects of ratings, this book provides a complete chart of its development while presenting it as a document of American culture's adaptation to pre-adolescence.
As the first serious analysis of the children's horror trend, with a focus on the effects of ratings, this book provides a complete chart of its development while presenting it as a document of American culture's adaptation to pre-adolescence.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Filipa Antunes is a lecturer in humanities at the University of East Anglia (Norwich, United Kingdom), where she teaches media and culture from an interdisciplinary perspective. She researches childhood and popular culture, with a special interest in media classification, and has published in the Journal of Film and Video and the Journal of Children and Media.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Read If You Dare: The Problem of Children and Horror Pre-Adolescence, a Millennial "Discovery" Horror and the Childhood/Adulthood Frontier PG-13: A Critical Milestone Eye of the Storm: The Children's Horror Trend A Map for the Road Ahead Part I: Rupture 1. "This could be our Exorcist!" Disney, Horror and the New Rules of Childhood Learning New Rules: Ron Miller's Disney, 1978-1983 A Ghastly Landmark: The Watcher in the Woods Conclusion: Miller's Last Effort 2. Parents Strongly Cautioned: PG-13, a Cultural Turning Point Discussing Classification: A History of Not Asking All the Questions The Poltergeist Before the Storm Temple of Doom: The Children Will Scream with Delighted Horror! Gremlins Against America Conclusion 3. Horror vs. Children: Confronting Young Audiences After PG-13 Establishing an Identity: PG-13 from 1984 to 1989 Quintessential Children's Horror: The Gate Whose Genre Is It? The Gate, The Lost Boys, The Monster Squad Conclusion Part II: Negotiation 4. Backlash: The R-Rated 1990s Restoring Horror's Maturity: Back to the 1970s? So What of Children's Horror? Conclusion: The End of a Film Cycle, the Start of a New Era 5. The Final Conflict: Children's Horror Meets Family Entertainment Family Values: A New Hollywood for New Cultural Attitudes A Short-Lived Truce: The Witches Closing the Cycle: Casper Conclusion 6. "Viewer beware ... you're in for a scare": The Horror delete deletePuberty, Televised and Serialized Meanwhile, in Other Media: The Children's Market Welcomes delete deleteHorror Building an Empire: The Goosebumps Franchise Monstrous Puberty or, When Is a Formula Something Else? Conclusion Conclusion: Sometimes It Comes Back: Children's Horror Today Summary: The Insights of Children's Horror The (Il)Legitimacy of Children in Horror PG-13 and the End of Children's Cinema? The Millennial Twist (or, the Generation Who Came of Age Twice) Appendix: A Selection of Children's Horror A. Before the Trend: Early Wave B. The Children's Horror Film Cycle, 1980-1995 C. The Children's Horror Trend, 1980-1997 D. After the Trend: Children's Horror Today Chapter Notes Works Cited Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Read If You Dare: The Problem of Children and Horror Pre-Adolescence, a Millennial "Discovery" Horror and the Childhood/Adulthood Frontier PG-13: A Critical Milestone Eye of the Storm: The Children's Horror Trend A Map for the Road Ahead Part I: Rupture 1. "This could be our Exorcist!" Disney, Horror and the New Rules of Childhood Learning New Rules: Ron Miller's Disney, 1978-1983 A Ghastly Landmark: The Watcher in the Woods Conclusion: Miller's Last Effort 2. Parents Strongly Cautioned: PG-13, a Cultural Turning Point Discussing Classification: A History of Not Asking All the Questions The Poltergeist Before the Storm Temple of Doom: The Children Will Scream with Delighted Horror! Gremlins Against America Conclusion 3. Horror vs. Children: Confronting Young Audiences After PG-13 Establishing an Identity: PG-13 from 1984 to 1989 Quintessential Children's Horror: The Gate Whose Genre Is It? The Gate, The Lost Boys, The Monster Squad Conclusion Part II: Negotiation 4. Backlash: The R-Rated 1990s Restoring Horror's Maturity: Back to the 1970s? So What of Children's Horror? Conclusion: The End of a Film Cycle, the Start of a New Era 5. The Final Conflict: Children's Horror Meets Family Entertainment Family Values: A New Hollywood for New Cultural Attitudes A Short-Lived Truce: The Witches Closing the Cycle: Casper Conclusion 6. "Viewer beware ... you're in for a scare": The Horror delete deletePuberty, Televised and Serialized Meanwhile, in Other Media: The Children's Market Welcomes delete deleteHorror Building an Empire: The Goosebumps Franchise Monstrous Puberty or, When Is a Formula Something Else? Conclusion Conclusion: Sometimes It Comes Back: Children's Horror Today Summary: The Insights of Children's Horror The (Il)Legitimacy of Children in Horror PG-13 and the End of Children's Cinema? The Millennial Twist (or, the Generation Who Came of Age Twice) Appendix: A Selection of Children's Horror A. Before the Trend: Early Wave B. The Children's Horror Film Cycle, 1980-1995 C. The Children's Horror Trend, 1980-1997 D. After the Trend: Children's Horror Today Chapter Notes Works Cited Index
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