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Nightmares in red, white and blue : the evolution of the American horror film / Joseph Maddrey.

By: Maddrey, JosephMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Jefferson, N.C. : London : McFarland ; Eurospan [distributor], 2004Description: 208 p. ; 18 cmISBN: 9780786418602 (pbk.) :; 0786418605 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Horror films -- United States -- History and criticismDDC classification: 791.4'36164'0973
Contents:
American Gothic in Film You Must Become Caligari: German Expressionism and the Origins of Film Gothic A New World of Gods and Monsters: Hollywood Studio Horrors of the 1930s Shadow Play: Hitchcock, Film Noir and the Val Lewton Cycle Bad Kids, Big Bugs, Body Snatchers and the Bomb The Monster Is Madness: Castle, Corman and California Gothic Apocalypse America: The Modern Horror Film What the Fifty Foot Woman Did to the Incredible Shrinking Man Selling the American Dream: The Postmodern Horror Film (Part I) Old Monsters, New Flesh: The Postmodern Horror Film (Part II) Reality Bites: The New American Film Gothic Auteurs Tod Browning: Sideshows Alfred Hitchcock: Noir Town Roger Corman: Counterculture and Creature Features George A. Romero: The Fall of Camelot John Carpenter: Space-Age Cowboys Larry Cohen: Outside in America David Lynch: American Beauty? Wes Craven: The New Myths.
Summary: The history of American horror movies is a reflection of changing American cultural attitudes & values, argues Joseph Maddrey, as he traces the genre from its early fascination with the Gothic, to the alien invaders of the Cold War era, to the modern nightmares of the American dream gone wrong.
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American Gothic in Film You Must Become Caligari: German Expressionism and the Origins of Film Gothic A New World of Gods and Monsters: Hollywood Studio Horrors of the 1930s Shadow Play: Hitchcock, Film Noir and the Val Lewton Cycle Bad Kids, Big Bugs, Body Snatchers and the Bomb The Monster Is Madness: Castle, Corman and California Gothic Apocalypse America: The Modern Horror Film What the Fifty Foot Woman Did to the Incredible Shrinking Man Selling the American Dream: The Postmodern Horror Film (Part I) Old Monsters, New Flesh: The Postmodern Horror Film (Part II) Reality Bites: The New American Film Gothic Auteurs Tod Browning: Sideshows Alfred Hitchcock: Noir Town Roger Corman: Counterculture and Creature Features George A. Romero: The Fall of Camelot John Carpenter: Space-Age Cowboys Larry Cohen: Outside in America David Lynch: American Beauty? Wes Craven: The New Myths.

The history of American horror movies is a reflection of changing American cultural attitudes & values, argues Joseph Maddrey, as he traces the genre from its early fascination with the Gothic, to the alien invaders of the Cold War era, to the modern nightmares of the American dream gone wrong.

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