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PublisherAnthem Press

ISBN-100857284495

ISBN-139780857284495

eBay Product ID (ePID)111963812

Product Key Features

Number of Pages268 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameHorror and the Horror Film

Publication Year2012

SubjectFilm / Genres / Horror, Film / History & Criticism

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPerforming Arts

AuthorBruce F. Kawin

SeriesAnthem Film and Culture Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2012-016159

Reviews"An essential piece of study to place the history in the proper perspective." --Rod Lott, www.bookgasm.com, "An essential piece of study to place the history [of horror] in the proper perspective." -Rod Lott, bookgasm.com, "Bruce F. Kawin has added a new and refreshing twist to a topic that has been dissected more times than a corpse in Dr. Frankenstein's lab... The result is one of the most unique treatises on horror films this reviewer had read in a long time... 'Horror and the Horror Film' is an extremely insightful and entertaining examination of the genre. The structure is both unique and refreshing and the author is clearly an expert on the subject matter. This is one of the best surveys of the genre I've read to date and well worth purchasing if you are a student of film history or simply a horror movie fan interested in delving into some of the more cerebral aspects of the genre." -Cary Conley, roguecinema.com, "Kawin (English and film, Univ. of Colorado) offers a survey of horror films from the origins of cinema to the present. After defining horror and exploring significant themes, elements, and methods of interpretation, the author investigates hundreds of films via specific subgenres through the organizing principle of types of monster, whether supernatural, natural, or human. The volume is both comprehensive and thorough, but the sheer number of films considered allows most only a sentence or two; thus many of the readings are slight and only brush the surface. In addition, the volume does not engage many of the current theories of horror, although it is well grounded in the standard approaches. Two final chapters survey examples of horror comedy and 'horror documentary,' respectively, allowing new approaches to studying hybrid genres. The strength (and, for that matter, the weakness) of the volume is the sheer number of films considered, and even scholars in the field will find a few mentioned here of which they were previously unaware. Students will find it a thorough taxonomy that gives them a mean by which to approach and understand horror. A good, if flawed, introduction to the field. Summing Up: Recommended. With reservations. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers." -K. J. Wetmore Jr., Loyola Marymount University, "Choice", "Like an academic Dr. Frankenstein [...Kawin] undertakes a 'complete taxonomy' of horror in order to show us what it is, how it works, why it compels us, and why we need it in our lives [...] It is quite clear that Kawin has done his homework and knows what he is writing about [...] Even when he covers well-trodden ground, he has a way of making the territory seem fresh." -William Costanzo, "Journal of Media Literacy Education", "After defining horror and exploring significant themes, elements, and methods of interpretation, the author investigates hundreds of films via specific subgenres through the organizing principle of types of monster, whether supernatural, natural, or human. The volume is both comprehensive and thorough [...] The strength [...] of the volume is the sheer number of films considered, and even scholars in the field will find a few mentioned here of which they were previously unaware. Students will find it a thorough taxonomy that gives them a mean by which to approach and understand horror." --K. J. Wetmore Jr., Loyola Marymount University, "Choice", "An essential piece of study to place the history in the proper perspective." -Rod Lott, www.bookgasm.com, "After defining horror and exploring significant themes, elements, and methods of interpretation, the author investigates hundreds of films via specific subgenres through the organizing principle of types of monster, whether supernatural, natural, or human. The volume is both comprehensive and thorough [...] The strength [...] of the volume is the sheer number of films considered, and even scholars in the field will find a few mentioned here of which they were previously unaware. Students will find it a thorough taxonomy that gives them a mean by which to approach and understand horror." -K. J. Wetmore Jr., Loyola Marymount University, "Choice", "Kawin's book, divided according to a taxonomy of the monstrous ('Monsters', 'Supernatural Monsters' and, ominously, Humans'), soon settles into an astonishingly wide-ranging overview of the genre's long development, from 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari' and 'Nosferatu' to 'Psycho', 'The Exorcist' and 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre', before culminating with such grimy twenty-first-century shockers as 'Hostel' and 'The Human Centipede'. The author is especially interesting on some of the most famous big-screen bogeymen. [...] 'Horror and the Horror Film' is at its liveliest and most intriguing in its numerous glancing mentions of those obscure horror pictures (often, it seems, of the 1970s) which will surely be unfamiliar to all but the most gore-steeped of the cognoscenti." -Jonathan Barnes, 'Times Literary Supplement', "Kawin's book, divided according to a taxonomy of the monstrous ('Monsters', 'Supernatural Monsters' and, ominously, Humans'), soon settles into an astonishingly wide-ranging overview of the genre's long development, from 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari' and 'Nosferatu' to 'Psycho', 'The Exorcist' and 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre', before culminating with such grimy twenty-first-century shockers as 'Hostel' and 'The Human Centipede'. The author is especially interesting on some of the most famous big-screen bogeymen. [...] 'Horror and the Horror Film' is at its liveliest and most intriguing in its numerous glancing mentions of those obscure horror pictures (often, it seems, of the 1970s) which will surely be unfamiliar to all but the most gore-steeped of the cognoscenti." --Jonathan Barnes, 'Times Literary Supplement', "Bruce F. Kawin commences one of the most unusual genre studies in recent memory [...He] employs the brief and precise declarative sentences traditionally found in instruction manuals to offer largely irrefutable observations about the mechanisms that horror films employ to manipulate viewers [...] The result is a highly readable introduction to genre studies rendered in a style that is novel for its precision and brevity, as well as its emphasis on dispassionate observation rather than critical evaluation." - John-Paul Checkett, "Video Watchdog", "Ambitious in its scope, with serious things to say about who we are... Even more impressive than the wide range and scope of titles is how well organized they are into a taxonomy that makes sense and is richly detailed... a book full of history, organized by a true master of detail who cares deeply about the subject... 'Horror and the Horror Film' provides an important map to guide us through the darkness and bring illumination to the unknown." -moviemorlocks.com, "Bruce F. Kawin's new book is an exceptional primer on our favorite genre. While so many discussions sidestep the essence of horror to discuss its political, social, historical, and purely cinematic implications and impacts, Kawin approaches it at the most essential level... To regurgitate a much-abused cliché, Kawin's knowledge of the horror film is genuinely encyclopedic... 'Horror and the Horror Film' is easy to digest. Its scope, however, is vast. I hope you film professors out there are paying attention." - Mike Segretto, 'Psychobabble', "Bruce F. Kawin commences one of the most unusual genre studies in recent memory [...He] employs the brief and precise declarative sentences traditionally found in instruction manuals to offer largely irrefutable observations about the mechanisms that horror films employ to manipulate viewers [...] The result is a highly readable introduction to genre studies rendered in a style that is novel for its precision and brevity, as well as its emphasis on dispassionate observation rather than critical evaluation." -- John-Paul Checkett, "Video Watchdog", "Like an academic Dr. Frankenstein [...Kawin] undertakes a 'complete taxonomy' of horror in order to show us what it is, how it works, why it compels us, and why we need it in our lives [...] It is quite clear that Kawin has done his homework and knows what he is writing about [...] Even when he covers well-trodden ground, he has a way of making the territory seem fresh." --William Costanzo, "Journal of Media Literacy Education"

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal791.436164

Table Of ContentPreface; List of Figures; Part I. Approaching the Genre; 1. Horror; 2. The Monster at the Bedroom Window; 3. Fear in a Frame; Part II. Subgenres: The Book of Monsters; 4. Monsters; 5. Supernatural Monsters; 6. Humans; Part III. Related Genres; 7. Horror Comedy; 8. Horror Documentary; Notes; Films Cited; Selected Bibliography; Index

Synopsis'Horror and the Horror Film' is a vivid, compelling, insightful and well-written study of the horror film and its subgenres from 1896 to the present, concentrating on the nature of horror in reality and on film., Horror films can be profound fables of human nature and important works of art, yet many people dismiss them out of hand. 'Horror and the Horror Film' conveys a mature appreciation for horror films along with a comprehensive view of their narrative strategies, their relations to reality and fantasy and their cinematic power. The volume covers the horror film and its subgenres - such as the vampire movie - from 1896 to the present. It covers the entire genre by considering every kind of monster in it, including the human.

LC Classification Number2012016159