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Haunted Families and Temporal Normativity in Hispanic Horror Films: Troubling Timelines by Charles St-Georges 9781498563352
RRP: £85.00£78.81This book examines the interactions between ghosts and families in three recent horror films from the Spanish-speaking world that, rather than explicitly referencing recent political violence, speak to the societal conditions and everyday normative... -
The Cinema of James Wan: Critical Essays by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns 9781476683355
RRP: £35.99£29.60An auteur and the creator of multiple cinematic universes, James Wan has become one of the most successful directors in history, his films breaking box office records worldwide. Yet there is little scholarship on Wan's work. This collection of new essays... -
POV Horror: The Trauma Aesthetic of the Found Footage Subgenre by Duncan Hubber 9781476691558
RRP: £46.99£39.84Drawing together strands of film theory and psychology, this book offers a fresh assessment of the found footage horror subgenre. It reconceptualises landmark films--including The Blair Witch Project (1999), Cloverfield (2008), Paranormal Activity... -
Eco-Vampires: The Undead and the Environment by Simon Bacon 9781476676227
RRP: £21.99£17.97Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Werewolf Cinema and Masculinity by Jason Barr 9781476666389
RRP: £28.99£23.38It all begins with a howl, the unsettling sound which tells audiences that someone will soon become a werewolf. But the changes that occur during that transformation aren't just physical, they are psychological as well. Unremarkable men become... -
Black Market Doctor by Marisa L Williams 9781312480544
RRP: £14.44£13.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781312480544Author Marisa L WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 227g -
Spoofing the Vampire: Essays on Bloodsucking Comedy by Simon Bacon 9781476682686
RRP: £39.99£33.58Famous for being deathly serious, the vampire genre has a consistent yet often critically overlooked subgenre--the comedic spoof and satire. This is the first book dedicated entirely to documenting and analyzing the vampire comedy on film and television... -
Vampires from Another World: The Cinematic Progeny of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds and Bram Stoker's Dracula by Simon Bacon 9781476678733
RRP: £21.99£18.83This book begins at the intersection of Dracula and War of the Worlds, both published in 1897 London, and describes the settings of Transylvania, Mars, and London as worlds linked by the body of the vampire. It explores the "vampire from another... -
Lost in the Dark: A World History of Horror Film by Brad Weismann 9781496833228
RRP: £109.00£88.47Two horror films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2018, and one of them-The Shape of Water-won. Since 1990, the production of horror films has risen exponentially worldwide, and in 2013, horror films earned an estimated $400... -
Murder Movie Makers: Directors Dissect Their Killer Flicks by Matthew Edwards 9781476676470
RRP: £28.99£24.21Serial killers, mass murderers, spree killers, outlaws, and real-life homicidal maniacs have long held a grim fascination for both filmmakers and viewers. Since the 1970s, hundreds of films and television movies have been made covering killer from... -
Divine Horror: Essays on the Cinematic Battle Between the Sacred and the Diabolical by Cynthia J. Miller 9781476669922
RRP: £28.99£23.38From Rosemary's Baby (1968) to The Witch (2015), horror films use religious entities to both inspire and combat fear and to call into question or affirm the moral order. Churches provide sanctuary, clergy cast out evil, religious icons become weapons,... -
Terrifying Texts: Essays on Books of Good and Evil in Horror Cinema by Cynthia J. Miller 9781476671307
RRP: £28.99£23.38From Faust (1926) to The Babadook (2014), books have been featured in horror films as warnings, gateways, prisons and manifestations of the monstrous. Ancient grimoires such as the Necronomicon serve as timeless vessels of knowledge beyond human... -
Body Genre: Anatomy of the Horror Film by David Scott Diffrient 9781496847966
RRP: £109.00£88.47In this groundbreaking work, author David Scott Diffrient explores largely understudied facets of cinematic horror, from the various odors permeating classic and contemporary films to the wetness, sliminess, and stickiness of these productions, which, he... -
Hardcore Horror Cinema in the 21st Century: Production, Marketing and Consumption by James Aston 9781476668888
RRP: £28.99£23.38Hardcore Horror Cinema in the 21st Century represents the first scholarly book of its kind. It addresses the exemplars of hardcore horror which are Fred Vogel's August Underground trilogy, Shane Ryan's Amateur Porn Star Killer series and Lucifer... -
At the Edge of Existence: Liminality in Horror Cinema Since the 1970s by Brandon West 9781476681405
RRP: £31.99£27.13Few scary stories begin with a disclaimer that they are fictional. Instead, they claim to be true even when they are not. Such stories blur the line between fiction and reality, pushing audiences to consider where fiction ends and reality begins. These... -
The Global Vampire: Essays on the Undead in Popular Culture Around the World by Cait Coker 9781476675947
RRP: £28.99£24.45The media vampire has roots throughout the world, far beyond the shores of the usual Dracula-inspired Anglo-American archetypes. Depending on text and context, the vampire is a figure of anxiety and comfort, humor and fear, desire and revulsion. These... -
Dining with Madmen: Fat, Food, and the Environment in 1980s Horror by Thomas Fahy 9781496821539
RRP: £109.00£88.47In Dining with Madmen: Fat, Food, and the Environment in 1980s Horror, author Thomas Fahy explores America's preoccupation with body weight, processed foods, and pollution through the lens of horror. Conspicuous consumption may have communicated success... -
Elder Horror: Essays on Film's Frightening Images of Aging by Cynthia J. Miller 9781476675374
RRP: £31.99£28.39As baby boomers gray, cinematic depictions of aging and the aged are on the rise. In the horror genre, fears of growing old take on fantastic proportions. Elderly characters are portrayed as either eccentric harbingers of doom--the crone who stops at... -
The Pleasure and Pain of Cult Horror Films: An Historical Survey by Bartlomiej Paszylk 9781476681788
RRP: £21.99£18.55The horror genre harbors a number of films too bold or bizarre to succeed with mainstream audiences, but offering unique, startling and often groundbreaking qualities that have won them an enduring following. Beginning with Victor Sjostrom's The... -
Good Versus Evil in the Films of Christopher Lee by Paul Leggett 9781476669632
RRP: £21.99£18.55Sir Christopher Lee (1922-2015) was one of the most beloved actors of the past sixty years. He appeared in more than 200 feature films--from Hammer Horror and James Bond thrillers to Star Wars and Lord of the Rings--and more than 100... -
The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000-2010 by Peter Dendle 9781476691381
RRP: £21.99£18.55This is a comprehensive overview of zombie movies in the first 11 years of the new millennium, the most dynamic and vital period yet in the history of the zombie genre. It serves not only as a follow-up to its predecessor (The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia,... -
Primal Roots of Horror Cinema: Evolutionary Psychology and Narratives of Fear by Carrol L. Fry 9781476674278
RRP: £28.99£24.45Why is horror in film and literature so popular? Why do viewers and readers enjoy feeling fearful? Experts in the fields of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology posit that behaviors from our ancestors that favored survival and adaptation still... -
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Film That Terrified a Rattled Nation by Joseph Lanza 9781510737907
RRP: £24.99£16.95Lanza turns his attentions to the production, reception, social climate, and impact of a movie that rattled the American psyche in the wake of Nixon, Watergate, and Vietnam.When Tobe Hooper's low-budget slasher film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, opened... -
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: A Visual Archive by Kelly Knox 9781803368894
RRP: £59.99£43.64Celebrate the legacy of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi with this visual deep dive into the production of the iconic film! Celebrate Return of the Jedi with this deluxe volume that presents incredible photography and concept art, complemented by... -
A History of Horror by Wheeler Winston Dixon 9781978833593
RRP: £56.00£49.33Ever since horror leapt from popular fiction to the silver screen in the late 1890s, viewers have experienced fear and pleasure in exquisite combination. Wheeler Winston Dixon's fully revised and updated A History of Horror is still the only book to... -
Violence in the Films of Stephen King by Tony Magistrale 9781793635792
RRP: £77.00£73.63In Violence in the Films of Stephen King, contributors analyze the theme of violence in the film adaptations of Stephen King's work-ranging from the earliest films in the King canon to his most recent iterations-through a variety of lenses. Investigating... -
Dark Forces at Work: Essays on Social Dynamics and Cinematic Horrors by Cynthia J. Miller 9781498588553
RRP: £104.00£96.17Dark Forces at Work examines the role of race, class, gender, religion, and the economy as they are portrayed in, and help construct, horror narratives across a range of films and eras. These larger social forces not only create the context for our... -
A Place of Darkness: The Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema by Kendall R. Phillips 9781477315507
RRP: £81.00£69.21Horror is one of the most enduringly popular genres in cinema. The term "horror film" was coined in 1931 between the premiere of Dracula and the release of Frankenstein, but monsters, ghosts, demons, and supernatural and horrific themes have... -
The Modern British Horror Film by Steven Gerrard 9780813590059
RRP: £64.00£54.27When you think of British horror films, you might picture the classic Hammer Horror movies, with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and blood in lurid technicolor. Yet British horror has undergone an astonishing change and resurgence in the twenty-first... -
Haunted Homes by Dahlia Schweitzer 9781978807747
RRP: £64.00£54.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978807747Author Dahlia SchweitzerFormat HardbackPage Count 138Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams) 140g -
Transmedia Creatures: Frankenstein's Afterlives by Francesca Saggini 9781684480609
RRP: £26.99£22.85On the 200th anniversary of the first edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Transmedia Creatures: Frankenstein's Afterlives presents studies of Frankenstein by international scholars from converging disciplines such as humanities, musicology, film... -
Screening Stephen King: Adaptation and the Horror Genre in Film and Television by Simon Brown 9781477314913
RRP: £81.00£69.21Since the 1970s, the name Stephen King has been synonymous with horror. His vast number of books has spawned a similar number of feature films and TV shows, and together they offer a rich opportunity to consider how one writer's work has been adapted... -
Mummy Movies: A Comprehensive Guide by Bryan Senn 9781476687889
RRP: £53.99£45.95In 1932, The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff, introduced another icon to the classic monster pantheon, beginning a journey down the cinematic Nile that has yet to reach its end. Over the past century, movie mummies have met everyone from Abbott and... -
Infected Empires: Decolonizing Zombies by Patricia Saldarriaga 9781978826786
RRP: £26.99£23.66Given the current moment-polarized populations, increasing climate fears, and decline of supranational institutions in favor of a rising tide of nationalisms-it is easy to understand the proliferation of apocalyptic and dystopian elements in popular... -
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night by Farshid Kazemi 9781800859203
£84.11There is something weird and eerie going on in the oneiric Iranian ghost-town Bad City. A mysterious female vampire, clad in a long-black veil, imbued with occult and erotic power, has newly arrived in town and is summarily dispensing with its unsavory... -
Seeing the Apocalypse: Essays on Bird Box by Brandon R. Grafius 9781611462982
RRP: £77.00£73.63Seeing the Apocalypse: Essays on Bird Box is the first volume to explore Josh Malerman's best-selling novel and its recent film adaptation, which broke streaming records and became a cultural touchstone, emerging as a staple in the genre of contemporary... -
Aesthetic Deviations: A Critical View of American Shot-on-Video Horror, 1984-1994 by Vincent A. Albarano 9781915316233
RRP: £19.99£13.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915316233Author Vincent A. AlbaranoFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint HeadpressPublisher Headpress -
Snuff by Mark McKenna 9781800859388
£76.61Snuff (1976) occupies a unique place in cinematic history, as the first commercially successful film to capitalise upon the myth of the ‘snuff’ movie. By blending cinema verité styling with a media moral panic, savvy producer Allan Shackleton’s blending... -
The Omen by Adrian Schober 9781800857070
£84.11Directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer, The Omen (1976) is perhaps the best in the devil-child cycle of movies that followed in the wake of Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist. Released to a highly suggestible public, The Omen became a... -
Prevenge by Andrew Graves 9781800855939
£84.11Prevenge (2016) is an entertainingly dark 21st-century horror movie detailing the serial killing journey of heavily pregnant Ruth. It’s a cleverly crafted narrative full of stark social commentary, traversing the delicate line between comedy and tragedy...