Horror Film (Film Genres): A Critical Introduction - Softcover

Murray Leeder

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1501314432 ISBN 13: 9781501314438

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Murray Leeder teaches Film Studies 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).

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1501314432
• ISBN 13: 9781501314438
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224