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Projected fears : horror films and American culture / Kendall R. Phillips.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.H6 P44 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Kendall R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horror films--United States--History and criticism.
- Horror films.
- United States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 227 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2005.
- Summary:
- Examines ten key horror films in an attempt to answer the question of why they remain such a powerful force in American culture.
- Contents:
- Dracula (1931)
- The thing from another world (1951)
- Psycho (1960)
- Night of the living dead (1968)
- The exorcist (1973) & The Texas chainsaw massacre (1974)
- Halloween (1978)
- The silence of the lambs (1991)
- Scream (1996)
- The sixth sense (1999).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-218) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0275983536
- 9780313361821
- OCLC:
- 57193205
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