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The Canadian Horror Film

Gina Freitag,André Loiselle
The Canadian Horror Film Book PDF

Author : Gina Freitag,André Loiselle
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781442628502

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The Canadian Horror Film by Gina Freitag,André Loiselle Pdf

From the cheaply made "tax-shelter" films of the 1970s to the latest wave of contemporary "eco-horror," Canadian horror cinema has rarely received much critical attention. Gina Freitag and André Loiselle rectify that situation in The Canadian Horror Film with a series of thought-provoking reflections on Canada's "terror of the soul," a wasteland of docile damnation and prosaic pestilence where savage beasts and mad scientists rub elbows with pasty suburbanites, grumpy seamen, and baby-faced porn stars. Featuring chapters on Pontypool, Ginger Snaps, 1970s slasher films, Quebec horror, and the work of David Cronenberg, among many others, The Canadian Horror Film unearths the terrors hidden in the recesses of the Canadian psyche. It examines the highlights of more than a century of Canadian horror filmmaking and includes an extensive filmography to guide both scholars and enthusiasts alike through this treacherous terrain.

66 All-Canadian Horror Movies

Steve Hutchison
66 All Canadian Horror Movies Book PDF

Author : Steve Hutchison
Publisher : Tales of Terror
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781778872549

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66 All-Canadian Horror Movies by Steve Hutchison Pdf

This book contains 66 reviews of horror films written and ranked by critic and blogger Steve Hutchison. Each description includes five ratings (stars, story, creativity, acting, quality), a synopsis and a review. All 66 movies were produced exclusively by Canada. How many have you seen?

80 All-Canadian Horror Movies

Steve Hutchison
80 All Canadian Horror Movies Book PDF

Author : Steve Hutchison
Publisher : Tales of Terror
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781778870644

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80 All-Canadian Horror Movies by Steve Hutchison Pdf

This book contains 80 descriptions of horror films reviewed and ranked by critic Steve Hutchison. Each description includes five ratings (stars, story, creativity, acting, quality), a synopsis and a review. All movies were produced exclusively by Canada. How many have you seen?

They Came from Within

Caelum Vatnsdal
They Came from Within Book PDF

Author : Caelum Vatnsdal
Publisher : Arp Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Horror films
ISBN : 1894037537

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No horror film is truly mainstream, David Cronenberg has said, and it is for this reason that even the lowliest of them may be worth consideration. In this tenth anniversary revised and updated edition of They Came From Within, Caelum Vatnsdal adjusts the focus in Canadian horror films, and unwinds the history of this neglected genre to learn "why we fear what we fear and how it came to be that way." From the early Canadian infiltration of Hollywood in the thirties, to the flowering of Canuck horror films in the sixties and seventies, to the surreal products of the "tax-shelter" eighties and beyond, Vatnsdal shows how the Canadian horror film industry has, unwittingly or not, created a complex social, economic, and political portrait of a nation. Engagingly written, extensively researched, and lavishly illustrated with rare stills and poster art, They Came From Within is an invaluable addition of Canadian film criticism.

80 All-Canadian Horror Movies

Steve Hutchison
80 All Canadian Horror Movies Book PDF

Author : Steve Hutchison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798536826904

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80 All-Canadian Horror Movies by Steve Hutchison Pdf

This book contains 80 descriptions of horror films reviewed and ranked by critic Steve Hutchison. Each description includes five ratings (stars, story, creativity, acting, quality), a synopsis and a review. All movies were produced exclusively by Canada. How many have you seen?

John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps

Ernest Mathijs
John Fawcett s Ginger Snaps Book PDF

Author : Ernest Mathijs
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442668720

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John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps by Ernest Mathijs Pdf

Few studies of Canadian cinema to date have engaged deeply with genre cinema and its connection to Canadian culture. Ernest Mathijs does just that in this volume, which traces the inception, production, and reception of Canada’s internationally renowned horror film, Ginger Snaps (2000). This tongue-in-cheek Gothic film, which centres on two death-obsessed teenage sisters, draws a provocative connection between werewolf monstrosity and female adolescence and boasts a dedicated world-wide fan base. The first book-length study of this popular film, John Fawcett’s Ginger Snaps is based on the author’s privileged access to most of its cast and crew and to its enthusiasts around the world. Examining themes of genre, feminism, identity, and adolescent belonging, Mathijs concludes that Ginger Snaps deserves to be recognized as part of the Canadian canon, and that it is a model example of the kind of crossover cult film that remains unjustly undervalued by film scholars.

The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Cinema

Janine Marchessault,Will Straw
The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Cinema Book PDF

Author : Janine Marchessault,Will Straw
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780190229115

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The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Cinema by Janine Marchessault,Will Straw Pdf

The chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Cinema present a rich, diverse overview of Canadian cinema. Responding to the latest developments in Canadian film studies, this volume takes into account the variety of artistic voices, media technologies, and places which have marked cinema in Canada throughout its history. Drawing on a range of established and emerging scholars from a range of disciplines, this volume will be useful to teachers, scholars, and to a general readership interested in cinema in Canada. Moving beyond the director-focused approach of much previous scholarship, this book is concerned with communities, institutions, and audiences for Canadian cinema at both national and international levels. The choice of subjects covered ranges from popular, genre cinema to the most experimental of artistic interventions. Canadian cinema is seen in its interaction with other forms of art-making and media production in Canada and at the international level. Particular attention has been paid to the work of Indigenous filmmakers, members of diasporic communities and feminist and LGBTQ artists. The result is a book attentive to the complex social and institutional contexts in which Canadian cinema is made and consumed.

Horror Film

Murray Leeder
Horror Film Book PDF

Author : Murray Leeder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781501314445

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Horror Film by Murray Leeder Pdf

Throughout the history of cinema, horror has proven to be a genre of consistent popularity, which adapts to different cultural contexts while retaining a recognizable core. Horror Film: A Critical Introduction, the newest in Bloomsbury's Film Genre series, balances the discussions of horror's history, theory, and aesthetics as no introductory book ever has. Featuring studies of films both obscure and famous, Horror Film is international in its scope and chronicles horror from its silent roots until today. As a straightforward and convenient critical introduction to the history and key academic approaches, this book is accessible to the beginner but still of interest to the expert.

Weird Sex & Snowshoes

Katherine Monk
Weird Sex Snowshoes Book PDF

Author : Katherine Monk
Publisher : Raincoast Books
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1551924749

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Despite the glare emanating from Hollywood, the Canadian film industry perseveres, experimenting with form, content and style to create unique and varied movies. In this study of contemporary film in Canada, Vancouver Sun film reviewer Katherine Monk details the growth of our country's quirky, diverse and stubbornly independent cinema. With the discerning eye of a critic, the enthusiasm of an insatiable cinephile and the passion of a proud Canuck, Monk delves into the guts of Canada's cinematic tradition-where it came from, what it looks like and what's going on beneath the surface of the frame. She pulls Canadian film apart at the splice marks, rips open its subtext and exposes not just the beating heart of one plucky cinematic species-but the hidden soul of a nation.Full of film reviews and profiles of some of Canada's greatest filmmakers (David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, Francois Girard, Robert Lepage, Anne Wheeler and many more), Weird Sex & Snowshoes explores the slippery notion of "Canadian identity" and how it has evolved through images on the silver screen.

Pontypool Changes Everything

Tony Burgess
Pontypool Changes Everything Book PDF

Author : Tony Burgess
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781554903511

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A compelling, terrifying story of a devastating virus. You catch it in conversation, and once it has you, it leads you into another world where the undead chase you down the streets

Experimental Film

Gemma Files
Experimental Film Book PDF

Author : Gemma Files
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504063630

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Experimental Film by Gemma Files Pdf

The award-winning author of the Hexslinger Series “explores the world of film and horror in a way that will leave you reeling” (Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach Trilogy). Former film teacher Lois Cairns is struggling to raise her autistic son while freelancing as a critic when, at a screening, she happens upon a sampled piece of silver nitrate silent footage. She is able to connect it to the early work of Mrs. Iris Dunlopp Whitcomb, the spiritualist and collector of fairy tales who mysteriously disappeared from a train compartment in 1918. Hoping to make her own mark on the film world, Lois embarks on a project to prove that Whitcomb was Canada’s first female filmmaker. But her research takes her down a path not of darkness but of light—the blinding and searing light of a fairy tale made flesh, a noontime demon who demands that duty must be paid. As Lois discovers terrifying parallels between her own life and that of Mrs. Whitcomb, she begins to fear not just for herself, but for those closest to her heart. Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel “One of the standout horror novels of 2015 . . . From an author who has already established herself as one of the genre’s most original and innovative voices, Experimental Film is a remarkable achievement.” —Los Angeles Review of Books “Experimental Film represents the next, significant contribution to what is emerging as one of the most interesting and exciting bodies of work currently being produced in the horror field. Every film, Lois Cairns writes, is an experiment. The same might be said of every novel. This one succeeds, wildly.” —Locus “Experimental Film is sensational. When we speak of the best in contemporary horror and weird fiction, we must speak of Gemma Files.” —Laird Barron “[Experimental Film is] truly unnerving. This is a too-often overlooked postmodern gem.” —Esquire, “The 50 Best Horror Books of All Time”

Horror Noire

Robin R. Means Coleman
Horror Noire Book PDF

Author : Robin R. Means Coleman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136942945

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From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of the horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. In Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from 1890's to Present, Robin R. Means Coleman traces the history of notable characterizations of blackness in horror cinema, and examines key levels of black participation on screen and behind the camera. She argues that horror offers a representational space for black people to challenge the more negative, or racist, images seen in other media outlets, and to portray greater diversity within the concept of blackness itself. Horror Noire presents a unique social history of blacks in America through changing images in horror films. Throughout the text, the reader is encouraged to unpack the genre’s racialized imagery, as well as the narratives that make up popular culture’s commentary on race. Offering a comprehensive chronological survey of the genre, this book addresses a full range of black horror films, including mainstream Hollywood fare, as well as art-house films, Blaxploitation films, direct-to-DVD films, and the emerging U.S./hip-hop culture-inspired Nigerian "Nollywood" Black horror films. Horror Noire is, thus, essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how fears and anxieties about race and race relations are made manifest, and often challenged, on the silver screen.

Behind the Horror

Dr. Lee Mellor
Behind the Horror Book PDF

Author : Dr. Lee Mellor
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780744030914

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Uncover the twisted tales that inspired the big screen's greatest screams. Which case of demonic possession inspired The Exorcist? What horrifying front-page story generated the idea for A Nightmare on Elm Street? Which film was based on the infamous skin-wearing murderer Ed Gein? Unearth the terrifying and true tales behind some of the scariest Horror movies to ever haunt our screens, including the Enfield poltergeist case that was retold in The Conjuring 2 and the serial killers who inspired Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. Behind the Horror dissects these and other bizarre tales to reveal haunting real-life stories of abduction, disappearance, murder, and exorcism.

Films of the New French Extremity

Alexandra West
Films of the New French Extremity Book PDF

Author : Alexandra West
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476625119

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Films of the New French Extremity by Alexandra West Pdf

The films of the New French Extremity have been reviled by critics but adored by fans and filmmakers. Known for graphically brutal depictions of sex and violence, the subgenre emerged from the French art-house scene in the late 1990s and became a cult phenomenon, eventually merging into the horror genre where it became associated with American torture porn. Decidedly French in flavor, the films seek to reveal the dark side of French society. This book provides an in-depth study of New French Extremity, focusing on such films as Trouble Every Day (2001), Irreversible (2002), Twentynine Palms (2003), High Tension (2003) and Martyrs (2008). The author explores the social implications of cinematic cruelty presented not as "violent films" but as "films about violence."

SHELTER FOR THE DAMNED

Mike Thorn
SHELTER FOR THE DAMNED Book PDF

Author : Mike Thorn
Publisher : JournalStone
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781950305612

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SHELTER FOR THE DAMNED by Mike Thorn Pdf

While looking for a secret place to smoke cigarettes with his two best friends, troubled teenager Mark discovers a mysterious shack in a suburban field. Alienated from his parents and peers, Mark finds within the shack an escape greater than anything he has ever experienced. But it isn’t long before the place begins revealing its strange, powerful sentience. And it wants something in exchange for the shelter it provides. Shelter for the Damned is not only a scary, fast-paced horror novel, but also an unflinching study of suburban violence, masculine conditioning, and adolescent rage.