Barry Forshaw - British Gothic Cinema

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232 pages, Hardcover

Published October 25, 2013 by Palgrave Macmillan

ISBN 9781137300300 (ISBN10: 1137300302)


Blurb:

From the films produced by the Hammer studios and their rivals in the 1940s and 1950s, to the films of the 21st century and their current popularity, Forshaw provides a definitive, wide-ranging study of British horror cinema. Beginning with a lively discussion of the great literary antecedents, British Gothic Cinema discusses the flowering of the genre in the middle of the 20th century and the headline-grabbing critical and establishment revulsion over the unprecedented levels of violence and sexuality

Introduction -- Gothic fiction: English terror and carnality -- Through American eyes: Stoker and Shelley in US cinema -- Undermining British cinema: Gothic horror in the 1930s and 1940s and censorship -- Bloody revolution: the worldwide impact of Hammer's cottage industry -- Beyond the aristocracy -- The sexual impulse -- The rivals: on Hammer's coat-tails -- Nights of the demon: the English supernatural story and film -- One-shots and short runs: the black sheep of Gothic cinema -- Fresh blood or exhaustion?: The 1970s to the turn of the century -- The legacy: Gothic influence on television -- The modern age: horror redux


Includes bibliographical references and index