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Violence in the films of Stephen King / edited by Tony Magistrale and Michael J. Blouin.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Lexington Books horror studies.
- Lexington Books horror studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- King, Stephen, 1947---Film adaptations.
- King, Stephen.
- King, Stephen, 1947-.
- American fiction--20th century--Film adaptations.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--21st century--Film adaptations.
- Horror films--History and criticism.
- Horror films.
- Violence in motion pictures.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]
- Summary:
- Contributors analyze the theme of violence in the film adaptations of Stephen King's work, ranging from his earliest movies to the most recent, through a variety of lenses.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- Stephen King's Carrie
- An American Hyde
- The Mad Lady
- Cujo, the Black Man, and the Story of Patty Hearst
- King of Pain
- Violence Persists
- "Cut You Up into Little Pieces"
- Tempered Violence in Frank Darabont's Adaptations of Stephen King
- Hiding in Plain Sight
- Political Allegory and the Plague of Violence in the Television Adaptation of The Outsider
- The Invasive Gaze
- "Murder Is Damnation, But Murder Is Also Work"
- Lost in the Supermarket
- Stephen King's Big Driver
- Index
- About the Contributors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-3774-2
- 1-7936-3580-3
- OCLC:
- 1246675756
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