Dark Dreams 2.0

A Psychological History of the Modern Horror Film from the 1950s to the 21st Century

Charles Derry (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

447 Seiten

2009
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-3397-1 (ISBN)

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An examination of modern horror cinema that highlights particularly how such films reflect social anxieties, representing the most popular, accessible expression of society's everyday fears, but also expressing much about the nation's political values. It includes chapters which update the horror genre through the eighties and nineties.

This critical examination of modern horror cinema highlights particularly how such films reflect social anxieties of their times, representing the most popular, accessible expression of society's everyday fears, but also expressing much about the nation's political values. This revised edition includes new chapters which update the horror genre through the eighties, nineties, and the present. New material focuses on such directors as Brian DePalma, David Cronenberg, and M. Night Shyamalan; high-profile remakes; and wildly popular Asian millennial horror. The book includes more than 800 photographs as well as interviews with William Friedkin, Robert Aldrich, George A. Romero, Curtis Harrington, and William Castle.

Charles Derry is a member of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies and teaches writing and film criticism at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, where he is the Coordinator of the Film Studies Program. He has also written on popular culture, melodrama, and soap opera.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2009
Vorwort	John Russell Taylor
Zusatzinfo	988 photographs, filmography
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	960 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
ISBN-10	0-7864-3397-3 / 0786433973
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-3397-1 / 9780786433971
Zustand	Neuware