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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Steve Chibnall; Julian Petley |
| ISBN: | 0415230039 9780415230032 0415230047 9780415230049 |
| OCLC Number: | 46976495 |
| Description: | xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The return of the repressed? British horror's heritage and future / Steve Chibnall and Julian Petley -- The British censors and horror cinema / Mark Kermode -- 'A crude sort of entertainment for a crude sort of audience' : the British critics and horror cinema / Julian Petley -- Screaming for release : femininity and horror film fandom in Britain / Brigid Cherry -- Horrific films and 1930s British cinema / Ian Conrich -- Psycho-thriller, qu'est-ce que c'est? / Kim Newman -- Necromancy in the UK : witchcraft and the occult in British horror / Leon Hunt -- The old dark house : the architecture of amibiguity in The turn of the screw and The innocents / John C. Tibbetts -- Barbara, Julia, Carol, Myra, and Nell : diagnosing female madness in British horror cinema / Steven Jay Schneider -- The Amicus house of horror / Peter Hutchings -- A descent into the underworld : Death line / Marcelle Perks -- A heritage of evil : Pete Walker and the politics of Gothic revisionism / Steve Chibnall -- On the side of the demons : Clive Barker's pleasures and pains : interviews with Clive Barker and Doug Bradley / Paul Wells -- Dying light : an obituary for the great British horror movie / Richard Stanley -- Filmography of British horror films of the sound era / L.S. Smith. |
| Series Title: | British popular cinema. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Steve Chibnall and Julian Petley. |
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'Featuring contributions from such genre stalwarts as Kim Newman, Mark Kermode and Peter Hutchings, the book contains enough intriguing insights to keep even jaded devotees flicking through its pages.' - Film Review<br><br>'A very good reference point for anyone interested in the British horror film through the generations.' - Journal of European Area Studies Read more...
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