Making and remaking horror in the 1970s and 2000s : why don't they do it like they used to?

Making and remaking horror in the 1970s and 2000s : why don't they do it like they used to? / David Roche.

An expansive treatment of the meanings and qualities of original and remade American horror movies.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roche, David, 1976- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2014]
Subjects:
Horror films > United States > History and criticism.
Film remakes > United States > History and criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Direction & Production.
Film remakes
Horror films
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Text, subtext, and context
  • (Dis)connecting race, ethnicity, and class
  • The (dys)functional American nuclear family
  • Gender and sexual troubles
  • (Re)situating and (re)playing the genre
  • Monsters and masks (horror and terror, part 1)
  • Strategies and style (horror and terror, part 2)
  • Constraints and verisimilitude: a tentative conclusion.

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