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HORROR, THE FILM READER
Horror, The Film Reader
brings together key articles to provide a comprehensive resource for stu-
dents of horror cinema. Mark Jancovichs introduction traces the development of horror from
The
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
to
The Blair Witch Project
, and outlines the main critical debates. Combining
classic and recent articles, each section explores a central issue of horror film, and features an edi-
tors introduction outlining the context of debates. Sections include:
.
Theorizing horror
traces attempts to identify the defining features of the genre and
account for the enduring appeal of horror films
.
Gender, sexuality and the horror film
debates masculinity and femininity in horror films,
focusing on female victims and heroes, issues of the gaze and the monstrous, and queer rea-
dings
.
Producing horrors
looks at the contexts in which films are made, from James Whales
Frankenstein
to the Hammer studio, tracing horrors relationship to both low culture and avant-
garde cinema
.
Consuming fears
considers the reception of horror, studying the marketing of classic hor-
ror, noting the critical reception of
The Silence of the Lambs
, the exhibition of
Psycho
and the
ethnography of female horror fans
Contributors
Harry M. Benshoff, Rhona Berenstein, Noël Carroll, Brigid Cherry, Carol J. Clover,
Barbara Creed, Paul OFlinn, Joan Hawkins, Peter Hutchings, Mark Jancovich, Andrew Tudor, Linda
Williams, and Robin Wood.
Mark Jancovich
is Reader in Film Studies at the University of Nottingham.
In Focus: Routledge Film Readers
Series Editors: Steven Cohan (Syracuse University) and Ina Rae Hark (University of South
Carolina)
The
In Focus
series of readers is a comprehensive resource for students on film and cinema stud-
ies courses. The series explores the innovations of film studies while highlighting the vital connec-
tion of debates to other academic fields and to studies of other media. The readers bring together
key articles on a major topic in film studies, from marketing to Hollywood comedy, identifying the
central issues, exploring how and why scholars have approached it in specific ways, and tracing
continuities of thought among scholars. Each reader opens with an introductory essay setting the
debates in their academic context, explaining the topics historical and theoretical importance, and
surveying and critiquing its development in film studies.
Exhibition, The Film Reader
Edited by Ina Rae Hark
Hollywood Musicals, The Film Reader
Edited by Steven Cohan
Horror, The Film Reader
Edited by Mark Jancovich
Marketing, The Film Reader
Edited by Justin Wyatt
Forthcoming titles:
Experimental Cinema, The Film Reader
Edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
Hollywood Comedians, The Film Reader
Edited by Frank Krutnik
Music, The Film Reader
Edited by Kay Dickinson
Reception, The Film Reader
Edited by Barbara Klinger
Stars, The Film Reader
Edited by Marcia Landy and Lucy Fischer
HORROR, THE FILM READER
Edited by Mark Jancovich
London and New York
First published 2002
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.
© 2002 Mark Jancovich for selection and editorial matter; individual chapters © their authors
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or
by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photo-
copying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in
writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Horror, the film reader/edited by Mark Jancovich.
p. cm. (In focusRoutledge film readers)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Horror filmsHistory and criticism. I. Jancovich, Mark. II. Series.
PN1995.9.H6 H75 2002
791.4326164dc21 2001048569
ISBN 0-203-20484-0 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-24494-X (OEB Format)
ISBN 0415235618 (hbk)
ISBN 0415235626 (pbk)
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