Frightmares : a history of British horror cinema

Frightmares : a history of British horror cinema / by Ian Cooper.

An in-depth analysis of the home-grown horror film, each chapter anchored by close studies of key titles, consisting of textual analysis, production history, marketing and reception.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooper, Ian (Freelance writer) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leighton Buzzard : Auteur Publishing, 2016.
Subjects:
Horror films > Great Britain > History and criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Horror films
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 'It's Alive!' The birth of home-grown horror
  • Hammer
  • studio as Auteur
  • The American invasion
  • camp and cruelty
  • Soft sex, hard gore and the 'savage seventies'
  • 'Bloody foreigners'
  • new perspectives
  • Rising from the grave
  • Conclusion.

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