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Projected fears : horror films and American culture / Kendall R. Phillips.

Bloomsbury Collections: Film & Media Studies 2025 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Phillips, Kendall R., Author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Horror films--United States--History and criticism.
Horror films.
Culture in motion pictures.
Genre:
Film criticism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Edition:
Second edition, revised and expanded.
Place of Publication:
New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
Summary:
"This expanded second edition traces the cultural history of the American horror film, focusing on films that helped to (re)define the genre: Dracula (1931), The Thing (1951), Psycho (1960), Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Exorcist (1973), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Halloween (1978), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Scream (1996), The Sixth Sense (1999), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Saw (2004), and Get Out (2017). Situating each film in relation to the history of the genre and its cultural context(s), this book explains why certain horror films create a connection with a wide audience"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Dracula (1931)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Psycho (1960)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The Exorcist (1973) and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Halloween (1978)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Scream (1996)
The Sixth Sese (1999) and The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Saw (2004)
Get Out (2017) .
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Other Format:
Print version: Phillips, Kendall R. Projected fears.
ISBN:
9798765122228
9798765122235
9798765122211
OCLC:
1532524105
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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