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    Horror Films: Current Research on Audience Preferences and Reactions » Read Now

    by James B. Weaver III, Ron Tamborini. 206 pgs.

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    Songs of Love and Death: The Classical American Horror Film of the 1930s » Read Now

    by Michael Sevastakis. 209 pgs.

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    This book examines eleven horror films in-depth and their relationships to Romantic Gothic literary conventions--mainly, but not solely, found in works dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. To illustrate the use of these conventions in film, Sevastakis analyzes shots from scenes and sequences of...
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    Psychological Reflections on Cinematic Terror: Jungian Archetypes in Horror Films » Read Now

    by James F. Iaccino. 217 pgs.

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    In this examination of the psychology of terror, Iaccino uses Jungian archetypes to analyze significant works in the horror film genre. In the past, Jungian archetypes have been used to interpret mythologies, to examine great works of literature, and to explain why sexual stereotypes persist in our...
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    Recreational Terror: Women and the Pleasures of Horror Film Viewing » Read Now

    by Isabel Cristina Pinedo. 177 pgs.

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    In Recreational Terror, Isabel Cristina Pinedo analyzes how the contemporary horror film produces recreational terror as a pleasurable encounter with violence and danger for female spectators. She challenges the conventional wisdom that violent horror films can only degrade women and incite...
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    Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic » Read Now

    by Linda Badley. 199 pgs.

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    This fascinating study relates horror film to recent interpretations of the body and the self, drawing from feminist film theory, psychoanalytic theory, cultural criticism and gender studies. Applying the term "horror" broadly, this work includes discussions of black comedy, thrillers, science...
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    The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror » Read Now

    by Cynthia A. Freeland. 320 pgs.

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    This text examines philosophical aspects of horror films from a feminist perspective. It focuses on a select body of films, demonstrating how the genre is capable of deep philosophical reflection about the existence and the nature of evil.
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    Dracula in the Dark: The Dracula Film Adaptations » Read Now

    by James Craig Holte. 161 pgs.

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    One hundred years after his creation by Bram Stoker, Dracula is still fascinating us. This study traces the changing nature of film representations of Dracula, from the early silent adaptations to recent popular dramas. Holte suggests that vampire films and Dracula adaptations have become an...
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    Eros in the Mind's Eye: Sexuality and the Fantastic in Art and Film (Chap. 9 "The Beast Within: Sexuality and Metamorphosis in Horror Films" and Chap. 10 "Fay Wray: Horror Films' First Sex Symbol") » Read Now

    by Donald Palumbo. 292 pgs.

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    This lively collection offers a wide-ranging exploration of the erotic and the fantastic in painting, illustration, and frilm. It covers Western art of six centuries--from medieval woodcuts to contemporary poster art--and the cinema of six decades--from horror classics of the 1930s to recent slasher...
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    Why We Watch: The Attractions of Violent Entertainment (Chap. 7 "When Screen Violence Is Not Attractive") » Read Now

    by Jeffrey Goldstein. 276 pgs.

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    America is fascinated by violence - where it comes from in ourselves, how it spreads through society, and what effect it has on the next generation. This collection of essays examines numerous facets of violence in contemporary American culture, ranging across literature, film, philosophy, religion...
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    Horror Film: Creating and Marketing Fear » Read Now

    by Steffen Hantke. 262 pgs.

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    Handbook of American Film Genres (Chap. 12 "Horror Film") » Read Now

    by Wes D. Gehring. 412 pgs.

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    "More genres, 19 in fact, are discussed than in other standard works. The 14 genres considered here by film scholar contributors other than Gehring include the adventure film, the western, the gangster film, film noir, the WW II combat film, the horror film, science fiction, fantasy, the musical...

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