02740nam 2200553 450 991054325920332120210422185528.01-80034-210-11-80034-693-X1-906733-95-3(CKB)3710000000215586(EBL)1729704(SSID)ssj0001409943(PQKBManifestationID)11800829(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001409943(PQKBWorkID)11373558(PQKB)11586533(MiAaPQ)EBC1729704(MiAaPQ)EBC6225880(StDuBDS)EDZ0002405650(EXLCZ)99371000000021558620140916e20212013 fy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe descent /James Marriott[electronic resource]Oxford :Oxford University Press,2021.1 online resource (186 p.)Devil's advocatesLiverpool scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: Leighton Buzzard: Auteur, 2013.1-906733-71-6 Includes bibliographical references.Cover ; Series Page; Series List; Title Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Copyright; Contents ; Foreword; Introduction; The Descent; The Shock of the Old; Going Underground; One Million Years BC; Return to the Source; Chicks with Picks; Nightmares in a Damaged Brain; Family; Conclusion; BibliographyThe story of an all-female caving expedition gone horribly wrong, 'The Descent' (2005) is arguably the best of the mid-2000s horror entries to return verve and intensity to the genre. Unlike its peers ('Saw', 'Hostel', etc.), 'The Descent' was both commercially and critically popular, providing a genuine version of what other films could only produce as pastiche. For Mark Kermode, writing in the Observer, it was 'one of the best British horror films of recent years,' and Derek Elley in Variety described it as 'an object lesson in making a tightly-budgeted, no-star horror pic.' Emphasizing female characters and camaraderie, 'The Descent' is an ideal springboard for discussing underexplored horror themes: the genre's engagement with the lure of the archaic; the idea of birth as the foundational human trauma and its implications for horror film criticism; and more.Devil's advocates.Liverpool scholarship online.Horror filmsHorror films.791.436164Marriott James1972-1112130StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910543259203321The descent2637816UNINA01300oam 2200397z- 450 991014858550332120170912081815.01-68144-603-0(CKB)3710000000921883(EXLCZ)99371000000092188320190630c2016uuuu -u- -engArab jazz /Karim Miské ; translated from the French by Sam GordonMacLehose Press1-68144-614-6 When his upstairs neighbor is murdered, Ahed Taroudant joins the investigation in order to clear his own name.MurderFranceParisFictionMurderInvestigationFranceParisFictionMurderfast(OCoLC)fst01029781MurderInvestigationfast(OCoLC)fst01029788Paris (France)FictionFranceParisfastDetective and mystery fiction.fastFiction.fastMystery fiction.gsafdMurderMurderInvestigationMurder.MurderInvestigation.843/.92Miské Karim1249726Gordon Sam1985-BOOK9910148585503321Arab jazz2895962UNINA