Dark Dreams 2.0

A Psychological History of the Modern Horror Film from the 1950s to the 21st Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4766-9338-5
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 837 g

Greatly expanded and updated from the 1977 original, this new edition explores the evolution of the modern horror film, particularly as it reflects anxieties associated with the atomic bomb, the Cold War, 1960s violence, sexual liberation, the Reagan revolution, 9/11 and the Iraq War. It divides modern horror into three varieties (psychological, demonic and apocalyptic) and demonstrates how horror cinema represents the popular expression of everyday fears while revealing the forces that influence American ideological and political values. Directors given a close reading include Alfred Hitchcock, Brian De Palma, David Cronenberg, Guillermo Del Toro, Michael Haneke, Robert Aldrich, Mel Gibson and George A. Romero. Additional material discusses postmodern remakes, horror franchises and Asian millennial horror. This book also contains more than 950 frame grabs and a very extensive filmography.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Derry, Charles

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments     
Introduction to Dark Dreams 2.0     

PART ONE: DARK DREAMS (1977)
Foreword to the Original Edition, by John Russell Taylor     
Introduction     
1—The Horror of Personality     
2—The Horror of Armageddon     
3—The Horror of the Demonic     

PART TWO: MILLENNIAL NIGHTMARES (2009)
4—A Context; and Why What's Not Happening in American Horror Isn't     
5—The Horror of Personality, Revisited     
6—Sequels and Insincerity     
7—The Horror of the Demonic, Revisited     
8—The Horror of Armageddon, Revisited     
9—Asian Millennial Horror     
10—Postmodern Remakes, the Averted Gaze, and Some Glimmerings of the New     
11—Guillermo Del Toro     
12—David Cronenberg     
13—9/11 and Beyond     

Appendix I: A Proposed Canon of Modern Horror     
Appendix II: Interviews with Horror Directors: Aldrich, Castle, Harrington, Romero, Friedkin (1977)     
Appendix III: Filmographies (Compiled by Thomas G. Kohn)     
Notes     
Bibliography     
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Charles Derry is professor emeritus of motion picture studies at Wright State University. He has written widely on a variety of popular culture topics, including film, television and ideology.