American Horrors: Essays on the Modern American Horror FilmGregory Albert Waller University of Illinois Press, 1987 - 228 páginas Since the release of Rosemary's Baby in 1968, the American horror film has become one of the most diverse, commercially successful, widely discussed, and culturally significant film genres. Drawing on a wide range of critical methods---from close textual readings and structuralist genre criticism to psychoanalytical, feminist, and ideological analyses---the authors examine individual films, directors, and subgenres. In this collection of twelve essays, Gregory Waller balances detailed studies of both popular films (Night of the Living Dead, The Exorcist, and Halloween) and particularly problematic films (Don't Look Now and Eyes of Laura Mars) with discussions of such central thematic preoccupations as the genre's representation of violence and female victims, its reflexivity and playfulness, and its ongoing redefinition of the monstrous and the normal. In addition, American Horrors includes a filmography of movies and telefilms and an annotated bibliography of books and articles about horror since 1968. |
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Night of the Living Dead Its Not Like Just a Wind Thats Passing Through | 14 |
The Trauma of Infancy in Roman Polanskis Rosemarys Baby | 30 |
Seeing Is Believing The Exorcist and Dont Look Now | 44 |
Eyes of Laura Mars A Binocular Critique | 62 |
Returning the Look Eyes of a Stranger | 79 |
The Stalker Film 197881 | 86 |
The Funhouse and The Howling | 102 |
Through a Pumpkins Eye The Reflexive Nature of Horror | 114 |
The Fallen Wonder of the World Brian De Palmas Horror Films | 129 |
MadeforTelevision Horror Films | 145 |
More Dark Dreams Some Notes on the Recent Horror Film | 162 |
Bringing It All Back Home Family Economy and Generic Exchange | 175 |
Filmography | 195 |
Annotated Bibliography | 206 |
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