The horror film : an introduction / Rick Worland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Worland, Rick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horror films--History and criticism.

Horror films.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Film criticism

Film criticism.

Physical Description:

xviii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2024.

Summary:

"A stranded group approaches the ancient house where a dim light burns in an upper window. As the full moon rises a pain-wracked man gasps at fur growing on his palms. Thunder crashes and lighting illuminates the operating table lifted into the night sky. Eager for furtive sex on a dark night, a young couple hears twigs snap as an apparition raises a hooked blade above them. Seated in a movie theater, these sights and sounds can only mean you are watching a horror film--paradoxically prepared, even eager to see things that may make you want to avert your eyes. Ominous places, grotesque semi-humans, or outright monsters await, ready to make you confront your own fragile mortality"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-398) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Worland, Rick. Horror film

ISBN:

9781119715269

1119715261

OCLC:

1409530433