South African horror cinema from apartheid to District 9 and beyond / Calum Waddell.
| Author/creator | Waddell, Calum |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. |
| Description | volumes cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Global exploitation cinemas; volume 10 Global exploitation cinemas ; v. 10. ^A1346367 |
| Contents | Problems Enough in South Africa: Jannie totsiens and the Birth of South African Horror Cinema -- The Myth of Integration: South African Horror in the Seventies -- Total Onslaught: The Anti-Apartheid Nightmare Cinema of Darrell Roodt -- South African Trash: The B-Scheme Initiative -- Greater Intimidation: South African Horror in the Final Years of Apartheid -- Country of my Skull: District 9 and South African Horror After Apartheid -- Schlock, Showmax and Soft Power: South African Horror Cinema After District -- CONCLUSION: "Unreal and Imaginary" - South African Horror Cinema |
| Abstract | "This book focuses on ever-changing identities and perspectives and embraces the frequently carnivalesque and grotesque elements of a most unique lineage in macabre motion pictures. It includes discussions of a wide range of horror films, including: Jannie Totsiens (Jans Rautenbach, 1970), The Demon (Percival Rubens, 1979), District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009), The Tokoloshe (Jerome Pikwane, 2018), Fried Barry (Ryan Kruger, 2020) and beyond, to argue that South Africa should finally obtain its rightful place in the canon of wider genre studies and horror cinema fandom"-- Provided by publisher. |
| 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 | 2024061847 |
| ISBN | 9781501385032 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781501385063 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |