Monstrous adaptations : generic and thematic mutations in horror film / edited by Richard J. Hand and Jay McRoy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hand, Richard J.

McRoy, Jay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horror films--History and criticism.

Horror films.

Physical Description:

xii, 260 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.

Summary:

The fifteen groundbreaking essays contained in this book address the concept of adaptation in relation to horror cinema. Adaptation is not only a key cultural practice and strategy for filmmakers, but it is also a theme of major importance within horror cinema as a whole. Horror film' s history is full of adaptations that have drawn from fiction or folklore, or that have assumed the shape of remakes of pre-existing films. The horror genre itself however, also abounds with its own myriad transformations and transmutations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [238]-253) and index.

ISBN:

9780719076039

071907603X

OCLC:

144227207