Scream / Steven West.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

West, Steven, 1941- author.

Series:

Devil's advocates

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Craven, Wes.

Horror films--History and criticism.

Horror films.

Slasher films--History and criticism.

Slasher films.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)--History and criticism.

Thrillers (Motion pictures).

Craven, Wes--Criticism and interpretation.

Scream (Motion picture : 1996).

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

129 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leighton Buzzard : Auteur, 2019.

Summary:

Wes Craven's "Scream" (1996) emerged at the point where the early eighties American slasher cycle had effectively morphed into the post-"Fatal Attraction" (1987) trend for Hollywood thrillers constructed around slasher movie tropes. It was a spiritual successor to Craven's unpopular but critically praised Wes Craven's "New Nightmare" (1994), a revisionist sequel reviving his most lucrative creation in a postmodern story about the filmmaker's own loss of creative control over the "Elm Street" franchise. "Scream" appropriates the multiple layers and extensive genre referencing of "New Nightmare," albeit in a much more commercial form carefully crafted to avoid alienating teen audiences who were not around for the original slasher cycle. its deconstruction of a seemingly moribund sub-genre was hailed as original, despite echoing the approaches of several fin-de-siècle eighties horror films. This book offers a detailed exploration of the "Scream" phenomenon, including its position in Craven's filmography, the script's prominent use of earlier genre films (particularly "Halloween" [1978]), the studio marketing campaign and the film's place in late twentieth-century horror cinema.

Contents:

Flashback face: "Do you like scary movies?": Scream and revitilisation

First blood: the opening of Scream

Craven images: the road to Scream

Horror, Happy Meals and hybridisation: Scream and the 1990s

Characters, conventions and "the rules": creating Scream's thieving whoring ensemble

Watch a few movies, make a few notes: Scream's layer cake of references

Reception and marketing: the selling of Scream

Scream and Scream again: the legacy of Scream

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781911325277

1911325272

OCLC:

962253745

Publisher Number:

99980785950