Selling the splat pack : the DVD revolution and the American horror film /

Were brutal American horror movies like the Saw and Hostel films a reaction to the trauma of 9/11? Were they a reflection of 'War on Terror'-era America? Or was something else responsible for the rise of these violent and gory films during the first decade of the twenty-first century? Sell...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bernard, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Horror films > United States > History.
Horror films > Economic aspects > United States.
Horror films > Production and direction > United States.
Motion picture industry > United States.
DVDs.
Films d'horreur > États-Unis > Histoire.
Films d'horreur > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Films d'horreur > Production et réalisation > États-Unis.
Cinéma > Industrie > États-Unis.
DVD.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Business Aspects.
Horror films.
Horror films > Production and direction.
Motion picture industry.
Horrorfilm
DVD
United States.
USA
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: The industrical context of the Splat Pack
  • Introuducing the Splat Pack
  • Politics and the horror film: an industry studies intervention
  • The DVD revolution and the horror film, take one: from trash to art to collectable
  • The DVD revolution and the horror film, take two: rise of the 'Unrated'
  • Part II: The Splat Pack on DVD
  • Text, subtext and the story of the film: Eli Roth's "Hostel" and "Hostel: Part II" on DVD
  • The 'white trash' world of Rob Zombie: class, collecting and the summing spectators
  • Seriality, subjectivity and new media: consuming the "Saw" series
  • Scars, both material and cyber: "Haute Tension" and "The Descent" on DVD.

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