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Halloween / Murray Leeder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leeder, Murray J. D., author.
- Series:
- Devil's advocates.
- Liverpool scholarship online.
- Devil's advocates
- Liverpool scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Halloween (Motion picture : 1978).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (113 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leighton Buzzard : Auteur, 2021.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The 1970s represented an unusually productive and innovative period for the horror film, & John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) is the film that capped that golden age - & some say ruined it, by ushering in the era of the slasher film. Considered a paradigm of low-budget ingenuity, its story of a seemingly unremarkable middle-American town becoming the site of violence on October 31 struck a chord within audiences. The film became a surprise hit that gave rise to a lucrative franchise. Much of its success stems from the simple but strong constructions of its three central characters: brainy, introverted teenager Laurie Strode, Dr Loomis, the driven, obsessive psychiatrist, & Michael Myers, the inexplicable, ghostlike masked killer. This text offers a bold & provocative study of Carpenter's film, which hopes to expose qualities that are sometime effaced by its sequels & remakes.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2014.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 15, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 1-80085-021-2
- 1-80034-214-4
- 1-80034-697-2
- 1-906733-86-4
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