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Author Cooper, Ian (Freelance writer), author.

Title Frightmares : a history of British horror cinema / by Ian Cooper.

Publication Info. Leighton Buzzard : Auteur Publishing, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- 'It's Alive!' The birth of home-grown horror -- Hammer -- studio as Auteur -- The American invasion -- camp and cruelty -- Soft sex, hard gore and the 'savage seventies' -- 'Bloody foreigners' -- new perspectives -- Rising from the grave -- Conclusion.
Summary 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.
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Subject Horror films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
Horror films.
Great Britain.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Cooper, Ian (Freelance writer). Frightmares. Leighton Buzzard : Auteur Publishing, 2016 9780993071737 (OCoLC)900031572
ISBN 9780993071744 (electronic book)
0993071740 (electronic book)
9781800346789 (electronic book)
1800346786 (electronic book)
9780993071737
0993071732