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100 1 _aMaddrey, Joseph.
245 1 0 _aNightmares in red, white and blue :
_bthe evolution of the American horror film /
_cJoseph Maddrey.
260 _aJefferson, N.C. :
_bMcFarland ;
_aLondon :
_bEurospan [distributor],
_c2004.
300 _a208 p. ;
_c18 cm.
504 _aIncludes filmography.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aAmerican 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.
520 8 _aThe 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.
521 _aSpecialized.
650 0 _aHorror films
_zUnited States
_xHistory and criticism.
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