| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 259 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
ReFocus, the American directors series
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ReFocus, the American directors series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. When Strangers Marry: Film Noir as Mediated Gothic / Hugh S. Manon -- 2. Gender in William Castle's Westerns / Zack Rearick -- 3. He Earned Our Forgiveness: William Castle and American Movie Showmanship / A.T. McKenna -- 4. Collective Screams: William Castle and the Gimmick Film / Murray Leeder -- 5. Ghost Show Ballyhoo: Castle's Macabre Will Scare You to Death / Beth Kattelman -- 6. How to View 13 Ghosts / Eliot Bessette -- 7. Chaos Made Flesh: Mr. Sardonicus (1961) and the Mask as Transformative Device / Alexandra Heller-Nicholas -- 8. A Sick Mind in Search of a Monstrous Body: William Castle and the Emergence of Psychological Horror in the 1960s / Steffen Hantke -- 9. "What a Wicked Game to Play?" Playfulness, Generic Hybridity, and Cult Appeal in Castle's 1960s Films / Caroline Langhorst -- 10. "Where Did Our Love Go?" The Case of William Castle's The Night Walker / Michael Pelitti -- 11.H omo/cidal: William Castle's 1960s Killer Queers / Peter Marra -- 12. The Cinematic Pandemonium of William Castle and John Waters / Kate J. Russell. |
| Summary |
With an influence felt on directors like Joe Dante, Robert Zemeckis and John Waters, this volume reappraises Castle's legacy as an innovator as much as a showman. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Castle, William -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Castle, William. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Leeder, Murray, 1982- editor.
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| Added Title |
Films of William Castle |
| Other Form: |
Print version: ReFocus : the films of William Castle. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2018] 9781474424264 (OCoLC)1032124681 |
| ISBN |
9781474424271 (webready pdf) |
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1474424279 (webready pdf) |
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9781474424288 (epub) |
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1474424287 (epub) |
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9781474424264 (hardback) |
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1474424260 (hardback) |
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