Critical Readings On Hammer Horror Films

Author : Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns,Matthew Edwards
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040090046

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Critical Readings on Hammer Horror Films by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns,Matthew Edwards Pdf

This collection offers close readings on Hammer’s cycle of horror films, analysing key films and placing particular emphasis on the narratives and themes present in the works discussed. Ranging from the studio’s first horror outing, The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935) to Hammer’s last contemporary film, Doctor Jekyll (2023), the collection celebrates cult-favourites such as The Quatermass Experiment, the films of Terence Fisher, to overlooked classics such as Captain Clegg or The Mummy franchise. This volume also delves into Hammer’s psychological thrillers, the studio’s venture into TV with Hammer’s House of Horrors, with theoretical frameworks varying from queer studies to postcolonial readings. This volume will appeal to scholars and students of film studies, international cinema, film history and horror studies.

Author : Patricia Allmer,David Huxley,Emily Brick
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231850087

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European Nightmares by Patricia Allmer,David Huxley,Emily Brick Pdf

This volume is the first edited collection of essays focusing on European horror cinema from 1945 to the present. It features new contributions by distinguished international scholars exploring British, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Northern European and Eastern European horror cinema. The essays employ a variety of current critical methods of analysis, ranging from psychoanalysis and Deleuzean film theory to reception theory and historical analysis. The complete volume offers a major resource on post-war European horror cinema, with in-depth studies of such classic films as Seytan (Turkey, 1974), Suspiria (Italy, 1977), Switchblade Romance (France, 2003), and Taxidermia (Hungary, 2006).

Author : Peter Hutchings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015033149512

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Hammer and Beyond by Peter Hutchings Pdf

Author : Jim Leach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-08-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 052165419X

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British Film by Jim Leach Pdf

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Author : Denis Meikle
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0810863545

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A History of Horrors by Denis Meikle Pdf

This revised and updated edition of A History of Horrors traces the life and 'spirit' of Hammer, from its fledgling days in the late 1940s through its successes of the 1950s and '60s to its decline and eventual liquidation in the late 1970s. With the exclusive participation of all of the personnel who were key to Hammer's success, Denis Meikle paints a vivid and fascinating picture of the rise and fall of a film empire, offering new and revealing insights into 'the truth behind the legend.' Much has been written about Hammer's films, but this is the only book to tell the story of the company itself from the perspective of those who ran it in its heyday and who helped to turn it into a universal byword for terror on the screen.

Author : Sonya Andermahr,Lawrence Phillips
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441169280

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Angela Carter: New Critical Readings by Sonya Andermahr,Lawrence Phillips Pdf

Covering her early poetry and journalism as well as her fictional writings, leading international scholars explore new directions in scholarship on Angela Carter.

Author : Anna Powell
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-03-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748628780

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Deleuze and Horror Film by Anna Powell Pdf

Using Deleuze's work on art and film, Anna Powell argues that film viewing is a form of 'altered consciousness' and the experience of viewing horror film an 'embodied event'. The book begins with a critical introduction to the key terms in Deleuzian philosophy and aesthetics.

Author : James Chapman
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1861891628

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Cinemas of the World by James Chapman Pdf

In Cinemas of the World, James Chapman examines the relationship between film and society in the modern world

Author : William Hope
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781527553453

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Italian Film Directors in the New Millennium by William Hope Pdf

This collection of essays examines the themes and styles that characterize the new millennium work of Italian film directors from different generations. These artists range from Marco Bellocchio, Dario Argento, Marco Tullio Giordana, and Nanni Moretti, who made their name in the 1960s and 1970s, to Oscar winners such as Gabriele Salvatores who forged their careers in the late 1980s. The volume also features essays on Ciprì and Maresco, Emanuele Crialese, Cristina Comencini, as well as work on successful new millennium directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Matteo Garrone whose controversial films examine the nature of interpersonal relations and the individual’s rapport with Italian society today. The essays illustrate the way in which contrasting images of Italy and its provinces emerge in the work of different directors; what links new millennium Italian screen protagonists, film directors, and even individual spectators is often a sense of being at the centre of oppressively converging social, economic, and political forces and having diminishing opportunities and space for self-realization. The contributors to the volume are academics who have also worked as film critics, visual artists, film industry administrators, and, indeed, as film-makers, and the book’s foreword has been written by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith.

Author : Wheeler Winston Dixon
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781911325352

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The Films of Terence Fisher by Wheeler Winston Dixon Pdf

This book traces the entire career of the British director Terence Fisher, best known for his Gothic horror films for Hammer such as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958). Wheeler Winston Dixon covers not only his horror films, but also his film noirs, comedies, and early work to create a full picture of Fisher's life and work.

Author : Peter Hutchings
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317874102

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The Horror Film by Peter Hutchings Pdf

The Horror Film is an in-depth exploration of one of the most consistently popular, but also most disreputable, of all the mainstream film genres. Since the early 1930s there has never been a time when horror films were not being produced in substantial numbers somewhere in the world and never a time when they were not being criticised, censored or banned. The Horror Film engages with the key issues raised by this most contentious of genres. It considers the reasons for horror's disreputability and seeks to explain why despite this horror has been so successful. Where precisely does the appeal of horror lie? An extended introductory chapter identifies what it is about horror that makes the genre so difficult to define. The chapter then maps out the historical development of the horror genre, paying particular attention to the international breadth and variety of horror production, with reference to films made in the United States, Britain, Italy, Spain and elsewhere. Subsequent chapters explore: The role of monsters, focusing on the vampire and the serial killer. The usefulness (and limitations) of psychological approaches to horror. The horror audience: what kind of people like horror (and what do other people think of them)? Gender, race and class in horror: how do horror films such as Bride of Frankenstein, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Blade relate to the social and political realities within which they are produced? Sound and horror: in what ways has sound contributed to the development of horror? Performance in horror: how have performers conveyed fear and terror throughout horror's history? 1970s horror: was this the golden age of horror production? Slashers and post-slashers: from Halloween to Scream and beyond. The Horror Film throws new light on some well-known horror films but also introduces the reader to examples of noteworthy but more obscure horror work. A final section provides a guide to further reading and an extensive bibliography. Accessibly written, The Horror Film is a lively and informative account of the genre that will appeal to students of cinema, film teachers and researchers, and horror lovers everywhere.

Author : Peter Hutchings
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857712196

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Dracula by Peter Hutchings Pdf

Hammer Horror's "Dracula" was released in 1958 to a mixture of shock, outrage and praise. Yet this version of the Dracula tale, directed by Terence Fisher, was a milestone both for British cinema and for the horror genre. It made an international star of Christopher Lee and confirmed Hammer Films as one of the world's leading purveyors of cinematic terror. Peter Hutchings reveals how Hammer's newly eroticized version of "Dracula" differs from its previous incarnations. He explores the film's symbolism and narrative structure, as well as its potent sexuality and controversial take on gender. Aimed at students of film and fans of the horror genre, this lively guide reveals the legacy which Hammer's "Dracula" has left to cinema.

Author : Steve Chibnall,Julian Petley
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0415230039

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British Horror Cinema by Steve Chibnall,Julian Petley Pdf

British Horror Cinema investigates a wealth of horror filmmaking in Britain, from early chillers like The Ghoul and Dark Eyes of London to acknowledged classics such as Peeping Tom and The Wicker Man. Contributors explore the contexts in which British horror films have been censored and classified, judged by their critics and consumed by their fans. Uncovering neglected modern classics like Deathline, and addressing issues such as the representation of family and women, they consider the Britishness of British horror and examine sub-genres such as the psycho-thriller and witchcraftmovies, the work of the Amicus studio, and key filmmakers including Peter Walker. Chapters include: the 'Psycho Thriller' the British censors and horror cinema femininity and horror film fandom witchcraft and the occult in British horror Horrific films and 1930s British Cinema Peter Walker and Gothic revisionism. Also featuring a comprehensive filmography and interviews with key directors Clive Barker and Doug Bradley, this is one resource film studies students should not be without.

Author : Ken Hanke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317928812

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A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series by Ken Hanke Pdf

In this book the author takes a fresh look at horror film series as series and presents an understanding of how the genre thrived in this format for a large portion of its history. It sheds light on older films such as the Universal and the Hammer series films on Dracula, Frankenstein and the Mummy as well as putting more recent series into perspective, such as The Nightmare on Elm Street films. A well rounded review of these films and investigation into their success as a format, this useful volume, originally published in 1991, offers an attempt to understand the marriage of horror and the series film, with its pluses as well as minuses.

Author : Markus P.J. Bohlmann,Sean Moreland
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476619866

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Monstrous Children and Childish Monsters by Markus P.J. Bohlmann,Sean Moreland Pdf

Perhaps because of the wisdom received from our Romantic forbears about the purity of the child, depictions of children as monsters have held a tremendous fascination for film audiences for decades. Numerous social factors have influenced the popularity and longevity of the monster-child trope but its appeal is also rooted in the dual concepts of the child-like (innocent, angelic) and the childish (selfish, mischievous). This collection of fresh essays discusses the representation of monstrous children in popular cinema since the 1950s, with a focus on the relationship between monstrosity and “childness,” a term whose implications the contributors explore.