The descent / James Marriott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marriott, James, 1972- author.

Series:

Devil's advocates.

Liverpool scholarship online.

Devil's advocates

Liverpool scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horror films.

Descent (Motion picture : 2005).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The story of an all-female caving expedition gone horribly wrong, 'The Descent' (2005) is arguably the best of the mid-2000s horror entries to return verve and intensity to the genre. Unlike its peers ('Saw', 'Hostel', etc.), 'The Descent' was both commercially and critically popular, providing a genuine version of what other films could only produce as pastiche. For Mark Kermode, writing in the Observer, it was 'one of the best British horror films of recent years,' and Derek Elley in Variety described it as 'an object lesson in making a tightly-budgeted, no-star horror pic.' Emphasizing female characters and camaraderie, 'The Descent' is an ideal springboard for discussing underexplored horror themes: the genre's engagement with the lure of the archaic; the idea of birth as the foundational human trauma and its implications for horror film criticism; and more.

Contents:

Cover ; Series Page; Series List; Title Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Copyright; Contents ; Foreword; Introduction; The Descent; The Shock of the Old; Going Underground; One Million Years BC; Return to the Source; Chicks with Picks; Nightmares in a Damaged Brain; Family; Conclusion; Bibliography

Notes:

Previously issued in print: Leighton Buzzard: Auteur, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 13, 2021).

ISBN:

1-80085-017-4

1-80034-210-1

1-80034-693-X

1-906733-95-3