Blood money : a history of the first teen slasher film cycle / Richard Nowell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nowell, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slasher films--Canada--History and criticism.

Slasher films.

Slasher films--United States--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Scholars have consistently applied psychoanalytic models to representations of gender in early teen slasher films such as Black Christmas (1974), Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1980) in order to claim that these were formulaic, excessively violent exploitation films, fashioned to satisfy the misogynist fantasies of teenage boys and grind house patrons. However, by examining the commercial logic, strategies and objectives of the American and Canadian independents that produced the films and the companies that distributed them in the US, Blood Money demonstrates that filmmakers and marketers actually went to extraordinary lengths to make early teen slashers attractive to female youth, to minimize displays of violence, gore and suffering and to invite comparisons to a wide range of post-classical Hollywood's biggest hits; including Love Story (1970), The Exorcist (1973), Saturday Night Fever (1977), Grease and Animal House (both 1978). Blood Money is a remarkable piece of scholarship that highlights the many forces that helped establish the teen slasher as a key component of the North American film industry's repertoire of youth-market product

Contents:

Introduction : Co-ed frenzy

"There's more than one way to lose your heart" : the teen slasher film-type, production strategies, and film cycle

A slay-ride to Small-Town, U.S.A : the advent of the teen slasher film, Black Christmas (1974) and Halloween (1978)

"They were warned, they are doomed" : the United States, the development of the teen slasher film, and Friday the 13th (1980)

Murder on the dance-floor : Canada, the development of the teen slasher film, and Prom night (1980)

The animal house on sorority row : boom and bust, and the establishment of the teen slasher film, 1980-1981

Conclusion : time after time.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-278) and index.

ISBN:

9786612948046

9781628928587

1628928581

9781282948044

1282948040

9781441188502

1441188509

OCLC:

699475264