{"product_id":"the-horror-film-isbn-9781405139014","title":"The Horror Film","description":"Combining historical narrative with close readings of several significant horror films, this brief volume offers a broad and lively introduction to cinematic horror. In doing so, it outlines and investigates important issues in the production, consumption, and cultural interpretation of the genre. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn ideal text for perennially popular courses on the horror film genre.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the ways in which horror movies have been produced, received, and interpreted by filmmakers, audiences, and critics, from the 1920s to the present.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a short historical introduction of the horror film as an orientation to the field.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyses a wide variety of major works in the genre, including \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCat People, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHalloween\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBram Stoker’s Dracula.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of illustrations. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Undying Monsters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Short History of the Horror Film:Beginnings to 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. A Short History of the Horror Film: 1945 to the Present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Monsters Among Us: Cases of Social Reception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Edges of the Horror Film: Lon Chaney, Tod Browning, and The Unknown (1927).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Frankenstein (1931) and Hollywood Expressionism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Cat People (1942): Lewton, Freud, and Suggestive Horror.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Horror in “The Age of Anxiety”: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Slaughtering Genre Tradition: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Halloween (1978): The Shape of the Slasher Film.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Re-Animator (1985) and Slapstick Horror.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Demon Lover: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Afterword: Our Haunted Houses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Horror Auteurs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e \"Worland writes in a scholarly but not overly pedantic style, and he is concise and insightful\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eRick Worland\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor and Chair of the Division of Cinema-Television at Southern Methodist University. He has published in many scholarly journals, including \u003ci\u003eCinema Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and has contributed essays to a number of film collections.  \u003ci\u003eThe Horror Film\u003c\/i\u003e examines the ways in which horror movies have been produced, received, and interpreted by filmmakers, audiences, and critics throughout the medium’s history, from the 1920s to the present. This brief volume offers a broad, historical introduction to cinematic horror, outlining and investigating important issues in the production, consumption, and cultural interpretation of the genre.  \u003cp\u003eCombining historical narrative with close readings of several significant horror films – including \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein, Cat People, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBram Stoker's Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e – The \u003ci\u003eHorror Film\u003c\/i\u003e will be the definitive read for any movie-goer who thrills to a great scare.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990259548389,"sku":"NP9781405139014","price":116.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405139014.jpg?v=1761787099","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-horror-film-isbn-9781405139014","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}