| Description |
1 online resource (263 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction / Aviva Briefel and Sam J. Miller -- Why horror? Black screens, lost bodies: the cinematic apparatus of 9/11 horror / Laura Frost -- Let's roll: Hollywood takes on 9/11 / Elisabeth Ford -- Transforming horror : David Cronenberg's cinematic gestures after 9/11 / Adam Lowenstein -- Horror looks at itself. Caught on tape? the politics of video in the new torture film / Catherine Zimmer -- Cutting into concepts of "reflectionist" cinema? the saw franchise and puzzles of post-9/11 horror / Matt Hills -- The host versus Cloverfield / Homay King -- "Shop \'til you drop!": consumerism and horror / Aviva Briefel -- Horror in action -- Historicizing the Bush years: politics, horror film, and Francis Lawrence's I am legend / Steffen Hantke -- "I am the devil and I'm here to do the devil's work": Rob Zombie, George W. Bush, and the limits of American freedom / Linnie Blake -- "Forever family" values: Twilight and the modern Mormon vampire / Travis Sutton and Harry M. Benshoff -- Assimilation and the queer monster / Sam J. Miller |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Includes filmography |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Horror films -- History and criticism
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Terror in motion pictures.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence.
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ART -- Film & Video.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Horror films
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Terror in motion pictures
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Terrorismus Motiv
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Elfter September
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Horrorfilm
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Horrorfilm.
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Film.
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Briefel, Aviva.
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Miller, Sam J.
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| ISBN |
9780292735330 |
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0292735332 |
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