The Horror Film: An Introduction

Combining historical narrative with close readings of several significant horror films, this brief volume offers a broad...
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Author: Rick Worland
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The Horror Film: An Introduction by Worland, Rick

The Horror Film: An Introduction

$169.47

The Horror Film: An Introduction

$169.47
Author: Rick Worland
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Combining historical narrative with close readings of several significant horror films, this brief volume offers a broad and lively introduction to cinematic horror. In doing so, it outlines and investigates important issues in the production, consumption, and cultural interpretation of the genre.

  • An ideal text for perennially popular courses on the horror film genre.
  • Examines the ways in which horror movies have been produced, received, and interpreted by filmmakers, audiences, and critics, from the 1920s to the present.
  • Provides a short historical introduction of the horror film as an orientation to the field.
  • Analyses a wide variety of major works in the genre, including Frankenstein, Cat People, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween and Bram Stoker's Dracula.


Author: Rick Worland
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 10/23/2006
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.04w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9781405139021

About the Author

Rick Worland is Associate Professor and Chair of the Division of Cinema-Television at Southern Methodist University. He has published in many scholarly journals, including Cinema Journal, and has contributed essays to a number of film collections.

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