Merchants of menace the business of horror cinema / edited by Richard Nowell.
| Other author | Nowell, Richard. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Bloomsbury, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2014. |
| Description | xiv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Production lines, trends, and cycles. "House of horrors": corporate strategy at Universal Pictures in the 1930s / Kyle Edwards -- The undead of Hollywood and poverty row: the influence of studio-era industrial patterns on zombie film production, 1932-46 / Todd K. Platts -- By the book: American horror cinema and horror literature of the late 1960s and 1970s / Peter Hutchings -- Risen from the vaults: recent horror film remakes and the American film industry / Kevin Heffernan -- Monster factory: international dynamics of the Australian horror movie industry / Mark David Ryan -- Film content, style, and themes. "Bad medicine": the psychiatric profession's interventions into the business of postwar horror / Tim Snelson -- Horror film atmosphere as anti-narrative (and vice versa) / Robert Spadoni --"A kind of Bacall quality?: Jamie Lee Curtis, stardom, and gentrifying non-Hollywood horror / Richard Nowell -- "New decade, new rules": rebooting the scream franchise in the digital age / Valerie Wee -- Movie marketing, branding, and distribution. "Hot profits out of cold shivers!": horror, the first run market, and the Hollywood studios, 1938-42 / Mark Jancovich -- Strange enjoyments: the marketing and reception of horror in the civil rights era black press / Mikal J. Gaines -- Bids for distinction: the critical-industrial function of the horror auteur / Joe Tompkins -- Low budgets, no budgets, and digital-video nasties: recent British horror and informal distribution / Johnny Walker -- Hammer 2.0: legacy, modernization, and hammer horror as a heritage brand / Matt Hills. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013048638 |
| ISBN | 9781623568795 (HB : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781623564209 (PB : alk. paper) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |