The anatomy of the slasher film : a theoretical analysis / Sotiris Petridis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petridis, Sotiris, 1990- author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slasher films.

Slasher films--History and criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 170 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"Examining 74 movies--from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) to Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)--the author identifies the characteristic elements of the subgenre while tracing changes in narrative patterns over the decades. The slasher canon is divided into three eras: the classical (1974-1993), the self-referential (1994-2000) and the neoslasher cycle (2000-2013)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A theoretical and historical approach to slasher films

Slasher films : a horror subgenre

The semantic/syntactic elements of slasher films

The cycles of slasher film subgenre

An epilog to the theoretical and historical approach

The classical cycle of the slasher film

The normality of the classical cycle

The other of the classical cycle

The final survivors of the classical cycle

The victims of the classical cycle

An epilog on the classical cycle

The self-referential cycle of slasher films

The normality of the self-referential cycle

The other of the self-referential cycle

The final survivors of the self-referential cycle

The victims of the self-referential cycle

An epilog on the self-referential cycle

The neoslasher cycle of the slasher film

The normality of the neoslasher cycle

The other of the neoslasher cycle

The final survivors of the neoslasher cycle

The victims of the neoslasher cycle

An epilog on the neoslasher cycle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781476674315

1476674310

OCLC:

1081434970