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BL
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699734
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b521923
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| Main Entry
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Williams, Tony,1946 January 11-
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| Title & Author
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Hearths of darkness : : the family in the American horror film /\ Tony Williams
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| Publication Statement
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Madison [New Jersey] :: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,, [1996]
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, ©1996
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320 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0838635644
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: 9780838635643
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-310) and indexes
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| Contents
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1. Introduction: Family Assault in the American Horror Film -- 2. Classical Shapes of Rage: Universal and Beyond -- 3. Lewton or "The Ambiguities" -- 4. To Psycho and Beyond: The Hitchcock Connection -- 5. Return of the Native: The Satanic Assaults -- 6. Far from Vietnam: The Family at War -- 7. Sacrificial Victims -- 8. Chain-Saw Massacres: The Apocalyptic Dimension -- 9. The Return of Kronos -- 10. Poltergeist and Freddy's Nightmares -- 11. The King Adaptations -- 12. Into the Nineties
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Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film is the first major book-length study of the family horror film. Far from being a marginal or nonexistent element in the horror genre, as some critics argue, author Tony Williams states that it is really one of the genre's most important features
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Families in motion pictures
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Horror films-- United States-- History and criticism
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Famille au cinéma
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Films d'horreur - États-Unis - Histoire et critique
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| Dewey Classification
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791.43/616
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PN1995.9.H6W46 1996
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