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Record Nr. |
UNINA9910813545503321 |
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Autore |
Olney Ian |
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Titolo |
Euro horror : classic European horror cinema in contemporary American culture / / Ian Olney |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-253-00658-9 |
1-283-97948-9 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Collana |
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New directions in national cinemas |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Horror films - Europe - History and criticism |
Motion picture audiences - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Toward a performative theory of Euro horror cinema. Academic hot spots and blind spots: horror film studies and Euro horror cinema -- Fast, cheap, and out of control: the academic case against Euro horror cinema -- Playing dead, take one: Euro horror film production -- Playing dead, take two: Euro horror film reception -- Return of the repressed: Euro horror cinema in contemporary American culture -- Case studies in Euro horror cinema. Blood and black lace: the Giallo film -- The whip and the body: the S&M horror film -- Cannibal apocalypse: cannibal and zombie films -- Conclusion: from the grindhouse to the arthouse: the legacy of Euro horror cinema. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Beginning in the 1950's, ""Euro Horror"" movies materialized in astonishing numbers from Italy, Spain, and France and popped up in the US at rural drive-ins and urban grindhouse theaters such as those that once dotted New York's Times Square. Gorier, sexier, and stranger than most American horror films of the time, they were embraced by hardcore fans and denounced by critics as the worst kind of cinematic trash. In this volume, Olney explores some of the most popular genres of Euro Horror cinema-including giallo films, named for the yellow covers of Italian pulp fiction, the S&M horror film, |
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