Horror Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Slashers, Vampires, Zombies, Aliens, and More (FAQ (Applause)) - Softcover

John Kenneth Muir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557839506 ISBN 13: 9781557839503

Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2013

Synopsis

<em>Horror Films FAQ</em> explores a century of ghoulish and grand horror cinema, gazing at the different characters, situations, settings, and themes featured in the horror film, from final girls, monstrous bogeymen, giant monsters and vampires to the recent torture porn and found footage formats. The book remembers the J-Horror remake trend of the 2000s, and examines the oft-repeated slasher format popularised by John Carpenter s <em>Halloween</em> (1978) and <em>Friday the 13th</em> (1980). After an introduction positioning the horror film as an important and moral voice in the national dialogue, the book explores the history of horror decade by decade, remembering the women s liberation horrors of the 1970s, the rubber reality films of the late 1980s, the serial killers of the 1990s, and the xenophobic terrors of the 9/11 age. <em>Horror Films FAQ</em> also asks what it means when animals attack in such films as <em>The Birds</em> (1963) or <em>Jaws</em> (1975), and considers the moral underpinnings of rape-and-revenge movies, such as <em>I Spit on Your Grave</em> (1978) and <em>Irreversible</em> (2002). The book features numerous photographs from the author s extensive personal archive, and also catalogs the genre s most prominent directors.

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About the Author

<strong>John Kenneth Muir</strong> (Charlotte, NC) is the author of 24 reference books, including <em>The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi</em>, and <em>Horror Films of the 1970s</em>. John s blog, <em>Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV</em>, was selected one of the 100 Top Film Study sites on the net in 2010. In 2009, John appeared in the documentary <em>Nightmares in Red, White and Blue</em> with John Carpenter and Joe Dante.

Edition details

• Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557839506
• ISBN 13: 9781557839503
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400