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" Frightmares : "
by Ian Cooper.
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BL
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562964
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b392187
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| Title & Author
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Frightmares : : a history of British horror cinema\ by Ian Cooper.
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| Publication Statement
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Leighton Buzzard : Auteur Publishing,, 2016.
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208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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0993071732
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: 9780993071737
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| Contents
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Introduction -- 'It's Alive!' The birth of home-grown horror -- Hammer - studio as Auteur -- The American invasion - camp and cruelty -- Soft sex, hard gore and the 'savage seventies' -- 'Bloody foreigners' - new perspectives -- Rising from the grave -- Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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Frightmares is an in-depth analysis of the home-grown horror film, each chapter anchored by close studies of key titles, consisting of textual analysis, production history, marketing and reception. Although broadly chronological, attention is also paid to the thematic links, emphasising both the wide range of the genre and highlighting some of its less-explored avenues. Chapters focus on the origins of British"Frightmares is an in-depth analysis of the home-grown horror film, each chapter anchored by close studies of key titles, consisting of textual analysis, production history, marketing and reception. Although broadly chronological, attention is also paid to the thematic links, emphasising both the wide range of the genre and highlighting some of its less-explored avenues. Chapters focus on the origins of British"Frightmares is an in-depth analysis of the home-grown horror film, each chapter anchored by close studies of key titles, consisting of textual analysis, production history, marketing and reception. Although broadly chronological, attention is also paid to the thematic links, emphasising both the wide range of the genre and highlighting some of its less-explored avenues. Chapters focus on the origins of British",,,,,"Frightmares is an in-depth analysis of the home-grown horror film, each chapter anchored by close studies of key titles, consisting of textual analysis, production history, marketing and reception. Although broadly chronological, attention is also paid to the thematic links, emphasising both the wide range of the genre and highlighting some of its less-explored avenues. Chapters focus on the origins of British horror and its foreign influences, Hammer (of course), the influence of American International Pictures and other American and European filmmakers in 1960s Britain, the 'savage Seventies' and the new wave of twenty-first century British horror: The result is an authoritative, comprehensive and, most importantly, entertaining survey of this most exuberant field of British cinema.
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Horror films; Criticism, interpretation, etc
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