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Japanese and American Horror

Katarzyna Marak
Japanese and American Horror Book PDF

Author : Katarzyna Marak
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786496662

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Japanese and American Horror by Katarzyna Marak Pdf

Horror fiction is an important part of the popular culture in many modern societies. This book compares and contrasts horror narratives from two distinct cultures--American and Japanese--with a focus on the characteristic mechanisms that make them successful, and on their culturally-specific aspects. Including a number of narratives belonging to film, literature, comics and video games, this book provides a comprehensive perspective of the genre. It sheds light on the differences and similarities in the depiction of fear and horror in America and Japan, while emphasizing narrative patterns in the context of their respective cultures.

Japanese and American Horror

Katarzyna Marak
Japanese and American Horror Book PDF

Author : Katarzyna Marak
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476617923

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Japanese and American Horror by Katarzyna Marak Pdf

Horror fiction is an important part of the popular culture in many modern societies. This book compares and contrasts horror narratives from two distinct cultures—American and Japanese—with a focus on the characteristic mechanisms that make them successful, and on their culturally-specific aspects. Including a number of narratives belonging to film, literature, comics and video games, this book provides a comprehensive perspective of the genre. It sheds light on the differences and similarities in the depiction of fear and horror in America and Japan, while emphasizing narrative patterns in the context of their respective cultures.

Japanese Horror Films and their American Remakes

Valerie Wee
Japanese Horror Films and their American Remakes Book PDF

Author : Valerie Wee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134109623

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Japanese Horror Films and their American Remakes by Valerie Wee Pdf

The Ring (2002)—Hollywood’s remake of the Japanese cult success Ringu (1998)—marked the beginning of a significant trend in the late 1990s and early 2000s of American adaptations of Asian horror films. This book explores this complex process of adaptation, paying particular attention to the various transformations that occur when texts cross cultural boundaries. Through close readings of a range of Japanese horror films and their Hollywood remakes, this study addresses the social, cultural, aesthetic and generic features of each national cinema’s approach to and representation of horror, within the subgenre of the ghost story, tracing convergences and divergences in the films’ narrative trajectories, aesthetic style, thematic focus and ideological content. In comparing contemporary Japanese horror films with their American adaptations, this book advances existing studies of both the Japanese and American cinematic traditions, by: illustrating the ways in which each tradition responds to developments in its social, cultural and ideological milieu; and, examining Japanese horror films and their American remakes through a lens that highlights cross-cultural exchange and bilateral influence. The book will be of interest to scholars of film, media, and cultural studies.

Introduction to Japanese Horror Film

Colette Balmain
Introduction to Japanese Horror Film Book PDF

Author : Colette Balmain
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748630592

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Introduction to Japanese Horror Film by Colette Balmain Pdf

This book is a major historical and cultural overview of an increasingly popular genre. Starting with the cultural phenomenon of Godzilla, it explores the evolution of Japanese horror from the 1950s through to contemporary classics of Japanese horror cinema such as Ringu and Ju-On: The Grudge. Divided thematically, the book explores key motifs such as the vengeful virgin, the demonic child, the doomed lovers and the supernatural serial killer, situating them within traditional Japanese mythology and folk-tales. The book also considers the aesthetics of the Japanese horror film, and the mechanisms through which horror is expressed at a visceral level through the use of setting, lighting, music and mise-en-scene. It concludes by considering the impact of Japanese horror on contemporary American cinema by examining the remakes of Ringu, Dark Water and Ju-On: The Grudge.The emphasis is on accessibility, and whilst the book is primarily marketed towards film and media students, it will also be of interest to anyone interested in Japanese horror film, cultural mythology and folk-tales, cinematic aesthetics and film theory.

The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films

Salvador Jiménez Murguía
The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films Book PDF

Author : Salvador Jiménez Murguía
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442261679

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The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films by Salvador Jiménez Murguía Pdf

Although the horror genre has been embraced by filmmakers around the world, Japan has been one of the most prolific and successful purveyors of such films. From science fiction terrors of the 1950s like Godzilla toviolentfilms like Suicide Circle and Ichi the Killer, Japanese horror film has a diverse history. While the quality of some of these films has varied, others have been major hits in Japan and beyond, frightening moviegoers around the globe. Many of these films—such as the Ringu movies—have influenced other horror productions in both Asia and the United States. The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films covers virtually every horror film made in Japan from the past century to date. In addition to major and modest productions, this encyclopedia also features entries on notable directors, producers, and actors. Each film entry includes comprehensive details, situates the film in the context and history of Japanese horror cinema, and provides brief suggestions for further reading. Although emphasizing horror as a general theme, this encyclopedia also encompasses other genres that are associated with this theme, including Comedy Horror, Science Fiction Horror, Cyber-punk Horror, Ero Guru (Erotic Grotesque), and Anime Horror. The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films is a comprehensive reference volume that will appeal to both cinema scholars as well as to the many fans of this popular genre.

Japanese Horror Films and their American Remakes

Valerie Wee
Japanese Horror Films and their American Remakes Book PDF

Author : Valerie Wee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134109692

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Japanese Horror Films and their American Remakes by Valerie Wee Pdf

The Ring (2002)—Hollywood’s remake of the Japanese cult success Ringu (1998)—marked the beginning of a significant trend in the late 1990s and early 2000s of American adaptations of Asian horror films. This book explores this complex process of adaptation, paying particular attention to the various transformations that occur when texts cross cultural boundaries. Through close readings of a range of Japanese horror films and their Hollywood remakes, this study addresses the social, cultural, aesthetic and generic features of each national cinema’s approach to and representation of horror, within the subgenre of the ghost story, tracing convergences and divergences in the films’ narrative trajectories, aesthetic style, thematic focus and ideological content. In comparing contemporary Japanese horror films with their American adaptations, this book advances existing studies of both the Japanese and American cinematic traditions, by: illustrating the ways in which each tradition responds to developments in its social, cultural and ideological milieu; and, examining Japanese horror films and their American remakes through a lens that highlights cross-cultural exchange and bilateral influence. The book will be of interest to scholars of film, media, and cultural studies.

Nightmare USA

Stephen Thrower
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Author : Stephen Thrower
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123375268

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Nightmare USA by Stephen Thrower Pdf

From Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill) to Eli Roth (Hostel), the young guns of modern Hollywood just can't get enough of that exploitation film high. That's because, between 1970 and 1985, American Exploitation movies went berserk. Nightmare USA is the reader's guide to what lies beyond the mainstream of American horror, dispelling the shadows to meet the men and women behind 15 years of screen terror: The Exploitation Independents! Ranging from cult favourites like I Drink Your Blood to stylish mind-benders like Messiah of Evil.

Japanese Horror Culture

Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns,Subashish Bhattacharjee,Ananya Saha
Japanese Horror Culture Book PDF

Author : Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns,Subashish Bhattacharjee,Ananya Saha
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781793647061

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Japanese Horror Culture by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns,Subashish Bhattacharjee,Ananya Saha Pdf

Contemporary Japanese horror is deeply rooted in the folklore of its culture, with fairy tales-like ghost stories embedded deeply into the social, cultural, and religious fabric. Ever since the emergence of the J-horror phenomenon in the late 1990s with the opening and critical success of films such as Hideo Nakata’s The Ring (Ringu, 1998) or Takashi Miike’s Audition (Ôdishon, 1999), Japanese horror has been a staple of both film studies and Western culture. Scholars and fans alike throughout the world have been keen to observe and analyze the popularity and roots of the phenomenon that took the horror scene by storm, producing a corpus of cultural artefacts that still resonate today. Further, Japanese horror is symptomatic of its social and cultural context, celebrating the fantastic through female ghosts, mutated lizards, posthuman bodies, and other figures. Encompassing a range of genres and media including cinema, manga, video games, and anime, this book investigates and analyzes Japanese horror in relation with trauma studies (including the figure of Godzilla), the non-human (via grotesque bodies), and hybridity with Western narratives (including the linkages with Hollywood), thus illuminating overlooked aspects of this cultural phenomenon.

Nightmare Japan

Jay McRoy
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Author : Jay McRoy
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789401205320

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Over the last two decades, Japanese filmmakers have produced some of the most important and innovative works of cinematic horror. At once visually arresting, philosophically complex, and politically charged, films by directors like Tsukamoto Shinya (Tetsuo: The Iron Man [1988] and Tetsuo II: Body Hammer [1992]), Sato Hisayasu (Muscle [1988] and Naked Blood [1995]) Kurosawa Kiyoshi (Cure [1997], Séance [2000], and Kaïro [2001]), Nakata Hideo (Ringu [1998], Ringu II [1999], and Dark Water [2002]), and Miike Takashi (Audition [1999] and Ichi the Killer [2001]) continually revisit and redefine the horror genre in both its Japanese and global contexts. In the process, these and other directors of contemporary Japanese horror film consistently contribute exciting and important new visions, from postmodern reworkings of traditional avenging spirit narratives to groundbreaking works of cinematic terror that position depictions of radical or ‘monstrous’ alterity/hybridity as metaphors for larger socio-political concerns, including shifting gender roles, reconsiderations of the importance of the extended family as a social institution, and reconceptualisations of the very notion of cultural and national boundaries.

The Cambridge Companion to American Horror

Stephen Shapiro,Mark Storey
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Author : Stephen Shapiro,Mark Storey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781316513002

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The Cambridge Companion to American Horror by Stephen Shapiro,Mark Storey Pdf

Taking Horror seriously, the book surveys America's bloody and haunted history through its most terrifying cultural expressions.

Circulating Fear

Lindsay Nelson
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Author : Lindsay Nelson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781793613684

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Circulating Fear by Lindsay Nelson Pdf

Circulating Fear: Japanese Horror, Fractured Realities, and New Media explores the changing role of screens, new media objects, and social media in Japanese horror films from the 2010s to present day. Lindsay Nelson places these films and their paratexts in the context of changes in the new media landscape that have occurred since J-horror's peak in the early 2000s; in particular, the rise of social media and the ease of user remediation through platforms like YouTube and Niconico. This book demonstrates how Japanese horror film narratives have shifted their focus from old media—video cassettes, TV, and cell phones—to new media—social media, online video sharing, and smart phones. In these films, media devices and new media objects exist both inside and outside the frame: they are central to the films’ narratives, but they are also the means through which the films are consumed and disseminated. Across a multitude of screens, platforms, devices, and perspectives, Nelson argues, contemporary Japanese horror films are circulated as an ever-shifting series of images and fragments, creating a sense of “fractured reality” in the films’ narratives and the media landscape that surrounds them. Scholars of film studies, horror studies, media studies, and Japanese studies will find this book particularly useful.

Japanese Horror Cinema

Jay McRoy
Japanese Horror Cinema Book PDF

Author : Jay McRoy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Horror films
ISBN : 0748619941

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Japanese Horror Cinema by Jay McRoy Pdf

A much-needed critical introduction to some of the most important Japanese horror films produced over the last fifty years, Japanese Horror Cinema provides an insightful examination of the tradition's most significant trends and themes. The book examines the genre's dominant aesthetic,cultural, political and technological underpinnings, and individual chapters address key topics such as: the debt Japanese horror films owe to various Japanese theatrical and literary traditions; the popular "avenging spirit" motif; the impact of atomic warfare, rapid industrialisation andapocalyptic rhetoric on Japanese visual culture; the extents to which changes in the economic and social climate inform representations of monstrosity and gender; the influence of recent shifts in audience demographics; and the developing relations (and contestations) between Japanese and "Western"(Anglo-American and European) horror film tropes and traditions.Extensive coverage of the central thematic concerns and stylistic traits of Japanese horror cinema makes this volume an indispensable text for a myriad of film and cultural studies courses.

American Horror Film

Steffen Hantke
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Author : Steffen Hantke
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 160473454X

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American Horror Film by Steffen Hantke Pdf

Creatively spent and politically irrelevant, the American horror film is a mere ghost of its former self-or so goes the old saw from fans and scholars alike. Taking on this undeserved reputation, the contributors to this collection provide a comprehensive look at a decade of cinematic production, covering a wide variety of material from the last ten years with a clear critical eye. Individual essays profile the work of up-and-coming director Alexandre Aja and reassess William Malone's muchmaligned Feardotcom in the light of the torture debate at the end of President George W. Bush's administration. Other essays look at the economic, social, and formal aspects of the genre; the globalization of the U.S. film industry; the alleged escalation of cinematic violence; and the massive commercial popularity of the remake. Some essays examine specific subgenres-from the teenage horror flick to the serial killer film and the spiritual horror film-as well as the continuing relevance of classic directors such as George A. Romero, David Cronenberg, John Landis, and Stuart Gordon. Essays deliberate on the marketing of nostalgia and its concomitant aesthetic, and the curiously schizophrenic perspective of fans who happen to be scholars as well. Taken together, the contributors to this collection make a compelling case that American horror cinema is as vital, creative, and thought-provoking as it ever was.

Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films

Stuart Galbraith IV
Japanese Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Films Book PDF

Author : Stuart Galbraith IV
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786421266

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Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films by Stuart Galbraith IV Pdf

This is a detailed analysis of 103 Japanese science fiction, horror and fantasy feature films released theatrically or directly to television in the United States from 1950 through 1992. Each entry provides a plot synopsis, critique, background on the production, contemporary review quotes, and a comparison between the U.S. and Japanese versions. The filmography is arranged by studio and includes American and Japanese titles, release dates and releasing studios; comprehensive production and cast credits; running time; U.S. rating (when appropriate); and alternate titles.

Japanese Ghost Stories

Lafcadio Hearn
Japanese Ghost Stories Book PDF

Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241381281

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Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn Pdf

The dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless 'rokuro-kubi', the monstrous goblins 'jikininki' or the faceless 'mujina' who stalk lonely neighbourhoods - and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right. Edited with an introduction by Paul Murray