Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978 to 1986: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978-1986 - Rilegato

Rockoff, Adam

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ISBN 10: 0786412275 ISBN 13: 9780786412273

Casa editrice: McFarland Publishing, 2002

Riassunto

This work traces the evolution of the slasher film from 1978 when it was a fledgling genre, through the early 1980s when it was one of the most profitable and prolific genres in Hollywood, on to its decline in popularity around 1986. An introduction provides a brief history of the Grand Guignol, the pre-cinema forerunner of the slasher film, films such as Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and cinematic trends that gave rise to the slasher film. Also explained are the slasher film's characteristics, conventions, and cinematic devices, such as the "final girl," the omnipotent killer, the relationship between sex and death, the significant date or setting, and the point-of-view of the killer.

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• Editore: McFarland Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0786412275
• ISBN 13: 9780786412273
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 214