Research Catalog

Title

Nightmare movies : horror on screen since the 1960s / Kim Newman.

Author

Newman, Kim

Publication

London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2011.

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Details

Description

633 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Now over twenty years old, the original edition of Nightmare Movies has retained its place as a true classic of cult film criticism. Kim Newman brings his seminal work completely up-to-date.

Alternative Title

Horror on screen since the 1960s

Subject

• Geschichte 1960-2009
• Horror films > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Includes bibliographic references and index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-598) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Shoot 'em in the head! or, The birth of the hate generation -- The Indian summer of the British horror film -- The changing face of classical gothic -- Devil movies, or, 'If the mousse tastes chalky, don't eat it' -- Deep in the heart of Texas, or, The down-home, up-country, multi-implement massacre movie -- Paranoia paradise, or, Five things to worry about -- Tales of ordinary madness, or, The close-up crazies -- Auteurs -- The weirdo horror film, or, Cult, kitsch, camp, sick, punk and pornography -- Psycho movies, or, 'I didn't raise my girl to be a severed head' -- Ghost stories -- Return to the past -- Cannibal zombie gut-crunchers, Italian style! -- Fun with the living dead -- The post-modern horror film -- The Lecter variations -- Vampires, and other stereotypes -- Scream and scream again -- At first just ghostly -- Virtual realities and imaginary friends -- Why are you doing this to me? -- More auteurs -- Zombie apocalypse now! -- There will still be blood.

ISBN

• 9781408805039
• 1408805030

OCLC

• 681499568
• SCSB-10908863

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library