Horror Film: A Critical Introduction

by Murray Leeder

Overview

Throughout the history of cinema, horror has proven to be a genre of consistent popularity, which adapts to different cultural contexts while retaining a recognizable core. Horror Film: A Critical Introduction, the newest in Bloomsbury's Film Genre series, balances the discussions of horror's history, theory, and aesthetics as no introductory book ever has. Featuring studies of films both obscure and famous, Horror Film is international in its scope and chronicles horror from its silent roots until today. As a straightforward and convenient critical introduction to the history and key academic approaches, this book is accessible to the beginner but still of interest to the expert.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501314445
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	01/25/2018
Series:	Film Genres
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Murray Leeder is Adjunct Assistant Professor in Communication, Media and Film at the University of Calgary, Canada. He is the author The Modern Supernatural and the Beginnings of Cinema (2017) and Halloween (2013), and editor of Cinematic Ghosts (2015) and ReFocus: The Films of William Castle (2018).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
List of Images
Introduction
1: Horror's Process of Genrification, 1895-1938
2: 1939-1973: Horror and the Crisis of Rationality
3: 1974-Present: High and Low
4: What Is Horror?
5: Mind and Body: The 'Why?' of Horror
6: Horror's Audiences, Critics and Censors
7: Shocking and Spooky Sounds
8: Colours of Fear
9: Digital Horrors
Works Cited
Index