The Monster Always Returns : American Horror Films and Their Remakes /

The monsters of the horror genre never remain dead - they invariably return in new and terrifying shapes for another installment. In this study Christian Knöppler explores the phenomenon of horror film remakes. He argues that even though these derivative films typically earn little praise from crit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knöppler, Christian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript-Verlag, [2017]
Colección:Film (Transcript (Firm))
Temas:
Film remakes > History and criticism.
Horror films > United States > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States.
Nouvelles versions (Films) > Histoire et critique.
Films d'horreur > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Cinéma > Aspect social > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Film remakes
Horror films
Motion pictures > Social aspects
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Horror and its Remakes
  • 1. Horror
  • 2. Remakes and Remaking
  • Part II: Horror Remake Complexes
  • 3. Alien Invaders and Shifting Bodies
  • 4. Conformity and Doppelgänger Horror
  • 5. Contagion and Social Collapse
  • 6. Consumer Zombie Apocalypse
  • 7. Cannibal Hillbillies and Backwoods Horror
  • 8. Suburban Stalkers and Final Girls
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited.

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