Fun and fright have long been partners in the cinema, dating back to the silent film era and progressing to the Scary Movie franchise and other recent releases. This guide takes a comprehensive look at the comedy-horror movie genre, from the earliest stabs at melding horror and hilarity during the nascent days of silent film, to its full-fledged development with The Bat in 1926, to the Abbott and Costello films pitting the comedy duo against Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy and other Universal Studio monsters, continuing to such recent cult hits as Shaun of the Dead and Black Sheep. Selected…mehr
Fun and fright have long been partners in the cinema, dating back to the silent film era and progressing to the Scary Movie franchise and other recent releases. This guide takes a comprehensive look at the comedy-horror movie genre, from the earliest stabs at melding horror and hilarity during the nascent days of silent film, to its full-fledged development with The Bat in 1926, to the Abbott and Costello films pitting the comedy duo against Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy and other Universal Studio monsters, continuing to such recent cult hits as Shaun of the Dead and Black Sheep. Selected short films such as Tim Burton's Frankenweenie are also covered. Photos and promotional posters, interviews with actors and a filmography are included.
Bruce G. Hallenbeck is a film director and contributing writer for such publications as Little Shoppe of Horrors, Cinefantastique, Femme Fatales, and many others. His films include The Drowned, Vampyre, Fangs and London After Midnight. He works at the New York State Library in Albany.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. The Silents: Unheard Punchlines and Subtitled Screams 2. The Thirties: Old Dark Houses and Gorilla Suits 3. The Forties: Killer Zombies and Comedy Teams 4. The Fifties: Elderly Monsters and Black Humor 5. The Sixties: Gothic Castles and Cleavage Galore 6. The Seventies: Naked Vampires and Young Frankensteins 7. The Eighties: American Werewolves and Toxic Avengers 8. The Nineties: Screams and Cemetery Men 9. Comedy-Horror in the New Millennium Afterword Appendix A: A Chronological Checklist of Films Appendix B: Selected Short Subjects Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. The Silents: Unheard Punchlines and Subtitled Screams 2. The Thirties: Old Dark Houses and Gorilla Suits 3. The Forties: Killer Zombies and Comedy Teams 4. The Fifties: Elderly Monsters and Black Humor 5. The Sixties: Gothic Castles and Cleavage Galore 6. The Seventies: Naked Vampires and Young Frankensteins 7. The Eighties: American Werewolves and Toxic Avengers 8. The Nineties: Screams and Cemetery Men 9. Comedy-Horror in the New Millennium Afterword Appendix A: A Chronological Checklist of Films Appendix B: Selected Short Subjects Bibliography Index
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