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…mehr
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."Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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.
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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
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
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