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Dark directions : Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the modern horror film / Kendall R. Phillips.
| Author/creator | Phillips, Kendall R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2012. |
| Description | xi, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: auteur, genre, and the rhetorics of horror -- Unconstrained bodies in the films of George Romero. The body as contrast: Romero's Living dead -- The body as site of struggle: The crazies, Monkey shines, The dark half, Bruiser -- Romero's mythic bodies: Martin and Knightriders -- Gothic dimensions in the films of Wes Craven. Craven's gothic form: nightmares, screams, and monsters -- Gothic technologies: Serpent and the rainbow, Deadly friend, Swamp thing, Red eye, Shocker -- Gothic families: The people under the stairs, The hills have eyes, Last house on the left -- Desolate frontiers in the films of John Carpenter. Sites under siege: Dark star, Assault on Precinct 13, The thing, Village of the damned -- Forbidden thresholds: The fog, Ghosts of Mars, Halloween, Prince of darkness, In the mouth of madness -- Drifters in desolation: Big trouble in Little China, Vampires, They live, Escape from New York, Escape from L.A. -- Conclusion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes filmography. |
| LCCN | 2011024180 |
| ISBN | 9780809330959 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0809330954 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780809330973 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0809330970 (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN1995.9 .H6 P55 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |