TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beth Oliver,Mary
AU  - Brottman,Mikita
AU  - Cantor,Joanne
AU  - Clarens,Carlos
AU  - Conrich,Ian
AU  - Crane,Jonathan
AU  - Frank,David A.
AU  - Freeland,Cynthia
AU  - Picart,Caroline J.S.
AU  - Pinedo,Isabel Cristina
AU  - Prince,Stephen
AU  - Sanders,Meghan
AU  - Schneider,Steven Jay
AU  - Skal,David J.
AU  - Tybjerg,Casper
TI  - The Horror Film
T2  - Rutgers Depth of Field Series
SN  - 9780813533629
U1  - 791.43/6164 22
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ : 
PB  - Rutgers University Press, 
KW  - Horror films
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - In this volume, Stephen Prince has collected essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal, as well as discussions of the developmental responses of young adult viewers and children to the genre. The book focuses on recent postmodern examples such as The Blair Witch Project. In a daring move, the volume also examines Holocaust films in relation to horror. Part One features essays on the silent and classical Hollywood eras. Part Two covers the postWorld War II era and discusses the historical, aesthetic, and psychological characteristics of contemporary horror films. In contrast to horror during the classical Hollywood period, contemporary horror features more graphic and prolonged visualizations of disturbing and horrific imagery, as well as other distinguishing characteristics. Princes introduction provides an overview of the genre, contextualizing the readings that follow. Stephen Prince is professor of communications at Virginia Tech. He has written many film books, including Classical Film Violence: Designing and Regulating Brutality in Hollywood Cinema, 19301968, and has edited Screening Violence, also in the Depth of Field Series
UR  - https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813542577
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813542577
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780813542577/original
ER  -