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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Horror films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
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Horror films. |
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Great Britain. |
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference. |
Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Cooper, Ian (Freelance writer). Frightmares. Leighton Buzzard : Auteur Publishing, 2016 9780993071737 (OCoLC)900031572 |
ISBN |
9780993071744 (electronic book) |
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0993071740 (electronic book) |
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9781800346789 (electronic book) |
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1800346786 (electronic book) |
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9780993071737 |
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0993071732 |
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