The birth of the American horror film /
Explains how the American horror movie came into existence. Although early cinema has long been a key area of research in film studies, the origin and development of the horror film has been a neglected subject for what is arguably one of the world's most popular film genres. Using thousands of...
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Literature
- Theatre
- Visual culture
- Moving pictures
- Devils
- Witches
- Ghosts
- Supernatural creatures
- Death, murder, and execution
- Evolution and devolution
- The other(s)
- The powers of the mind
- Mad scientists
- American literature onscreen
- Exhibition and reception.
