Dark Dreams 2.0

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7864-3397-1
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 447 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 953 g

This critical examination of modern horror cinema highlights particularly how such films reflect social anxieties of their times, representing the most popular, accessible expression of society's everyday fears, but also expressing much about the nation's political values. This revised edition includes new chapters which update the horror genre through the eighties, nineties, and the present. New material focuses on such directors as Brian DePalma, David Cronenberg, and M. Night Shyamalan; high-profile remakes; and wildly popular Asian millennial horror. The book includes more than 800 photographs as well as interviews with William Friedkin, Robert Aldrich, George A. Romero, Curtis Harrington, and William Castle.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Derry, Charles

Über Autor(innen)

Charles Derry is a member of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies and teaches writing and film criticism at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, where he is the Coordinator of the Film Studies Program. He has also written on popular culture, melodrama, and soap opera.