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The psycho records /
The Psycho Records follows the influence of the primal shower scene within subsequent slasher and splatter films. American soldiers returning from World War II were called #x93;psychos" if they exhibited mental illness. Robert Bloch and Alfred Hitchcock turned the term into a catch-all phrase f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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La Vergne :
Columbia University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Psycho Records follows the influence of the primal shower scene within subsequent slasher and splatter films. American soldiers returning from World War II were called #x93;psychos" if they exhibited mental illness. Robert Bloch and Alfred Hitchcock turned the term into a catch-all phrase for a range of psychotic and psychopathic symptoms or dispositions. They transferred a war disorder to the American heartland. Drawing on his experience with German film, Hitchcock packed inside his shower stall the essence of schauer, the German cognate meaning #x93;horror." Later serial horror film production h. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 232 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231543491 0231543492 |