Horror in space : critical essays on a film subgenre /
"This collection of new essays examines the space horror subgenre, with a focus on such films as Paul W.S. Anderson's Event Horizon, Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires and John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars. Contributors dicsuss how filmmakers explored the concepts of the final gir...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2017]
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| Summary: | "This collection of new essays examines the space horror subgenre, with a focus on such films as Paul W.S. Anderson's Event Horizon, Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires and John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars. Contributors dicsuss how filmmakers explored the concepts of the final girl/survivor, the uncanny valley, the isolationism of space travel, religion and supernatural phenomena"-- |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 240 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781476664057 1476664056 |
