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The Monster Always Returns American Horror Films and Their Remakes Christian Knöppler
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knöppler, Christian <p>Christian Knöppler, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Film (Transcript (Firm))
- Film
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Film.
- Horror.
- Remake.
- Media.
- Culture.
- Cultural Fear.
- Popular Culture.
- The Thing.
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
- The Crazies.
- Dawn of the Dead.
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
- Halloween.
- America.
- Media Aesthetics.
- Media Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Film.
- Horror.
- Remake.
- Media.
- Culture.
- Cultural Fear.
- Popular Culture.
- The Thing.
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
- The Crazies.
- Dawn of the Dead.
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
- Halloween.
- America.
- Media Aesthetics.
- Media Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Knöppler, The Monster Always Returns American Horror Films and Their Remakes
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2017
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Christian Knöppler (PhD) has taught American Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and RWTH Aachen University. His research interests include American cinema, horror and cultural trauma, media and history, and comics and ideology.
- Summary:
- The monsters of the horror genre never remain dead – they invariably return in new and terrifying shapes for another installment. In this study Christian Knöppler explores the phenomenon of horror film remakes. He argues that even though these derivative films typically earn little praise from critics, their constant refiguration of monsters and horror scenarios serves to access and update otherwise obscure cultural fears. With an in-depth examination of six sample sequences of films and remakes, this book aims to shed new light on a much maligned and often neglected type of film and promises fresh insights to scholars and aficionados alike.
- Besprochen in:www.hhprinzler.de, 30.03.2017, Hans Helmut PrinzlerMEDIENwissenschaft, 4 (2017), Maribel Cedeno Rojas
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Table of Contents 5 Table of Figures 6 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 9 1. Horror 21 2. Remakes and Remaking 43 3. Alien Invaders and Shifting Bodies 63 4. Conformity and Doppelgänger Horror 89 5. Contagion and Social Collapse 137 6. Consumer Zombie Apocalypse 159 7. Cannibal Hillbillies and Backwoods Horror 183 8. Suburban Stalkers and Final Girls 211 Conclusion 241 Works Cited 251
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783839437353
- 3839437350
- OCLC:
- 979892165
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