02677nam 2200481 450 991052000430332120201002054015.01-80034-193-81-80034-678-60-9930717-4-0(CKB)3710000000679055(EBL)4452026(OCoLC)907676993(MiAaPQ)EBC4452026(MiAaPQ)EBC6225856(StDuBDS)EDZ0002405609(EXLCZ)99371000000067905520160610e20212016 fy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierFrightmares a history of British horror cinema /Ian Cooper[electronic resource]Oxford :Oxford University Press,2021.1 online resource (215 p.)Liverpool scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: Leighton Buzzard: Auteur, 2016.0-9930717-3-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; 1. 'It's Alive!' The birth of home-grown horror; 2. Hammer - Studio as Auteur; 3. The American Invaasion - Camp and Cruelty; 4. Soft sex, hard gore and the 'Savage Seventies'; 5. 'Bloody Foreigners' - New Perspectives; 6. Rising from the grave - The slow, painful birth of the new wave of British Horror; Conclusion; Footnotes; Bibliography; IndexThe horror film reveals as much, if not more, about the British psyche as the more respectable heritage film or the critically revered social realist drama. Yet, like a mad relative locked in the attic, British horror cinema has for too long been ignored and maligned. Even when it has been celebrated, neglect is not far behind and what studies there have been concentrate largely on the output of Hammer, the best-known producers of British horror. But this is only part of the story. It's a tradition that encompasses the last days of British music hall theater, celebrated auteurs such as Alfred Hitchcock and Roman Polanski and opportunistic, unashamed hacks. This book is an in-depth analysis of the home-grown horror film, each chapter anchored by close studies of key titles, consisting of textual analysis, production history, marketing and reception.Liverpool scholarship online.Horror filmsGreat BritainHistoryHorror filmsHistory.791.4361640941Cooper Ian(Freelance writer),113478StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910520004303321Frightmares2584487UNINA