Heffernan Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold

Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953–1968
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8555-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 332 Seiten

The history of horror films and the horror film industry in the 1950s and 1960s.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heffernan, Kevin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theaterleitung, Theatermanagement
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theaterregie, Theaterproduktion
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

1 Horror in Three Dimensions: House of Wax and Creature from the Black Lagoon 16

2 The Color of Blood: Hammer Films and Curse of Frankenstein 43

3 “Look into the Hypnotic Eye!”: Exhibitor Financing and Distributor Hype in Fifties Horror Cinema 63

4 “A Sissified Bela Lugosi”: Vincent Price, William Castle, and AIP’s Poe Adaptations 90

5 Grind House or Art House?: Astor Pictures and Peeping Tom 113

6 American International Goes International: New Markets, Runaway Productions, and Black Sabbath 134

7 Television Syndication and the Birth of the “Orphans”: Horror Films in the Local TV Market 154

8 Demon Children and the Birth of Adult Horror: William Castle, Roman Polanski, and Rosemary’s Baby 180

9 Family Monsters and Urban Matinees: Continental Distributing and Night of the Living Dead 202

Conclusion: The Horror Film in the New Hollywood 221

Appendix: Feature Film Packages in Television Syndication, 1955-1968 229

Notes 263

Bibliography 295

Index 305

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin Heffernan is Assistant Professor in the Division of Cinema-Television at Southern Methodist University. He is the coauthor of My Son Divine and co-screenwriter and associate producer of the documentary Divine Trash, winner of the Filmmakers Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.