TY - BOOK ID - 77889619 TI - The Horror Film AU - Beth Oliver, Mary AU - Brottman, Mikita AU - Cantor, Joanne AU - Clarens, Carlos AU - Conrich, Ian AU - Crane, Jonathan AU - Frank, David A AU - Freeland, Cynthia AU - Picart, Caroline J S AU - Prince, Stephen AU - Sanders, Meghan AU - Schneider, Steven Jay AU - Skal, David J AU - Tybjerg, Casper AU - Pinedo, Isabel Cristina PY - 2004 SN - 1283592096 9786613904546 081354257X 9780813542577 9781283592093 6613904546 0813533627 9780813533629 0813533635 9780813533636 PB - New Brunswick, NJ DB - UniCat KW - Horror films -- History and criticism. KW - Horror films KW - Film KW - Music, Dance, Drama & Film KW - History and criticism KW - Horror films. KW - Film. KW - Horror. KW - Emotions KW - Fear KW - Spookfests (Motion pictures) KW - Motion pictures KW - Haunted house films KW - Monster films KW - Film criticism. KW - Motion picture criticism KW - Moving-picture criticism KW - Criticism KW - Evaluation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77889619 AB - In this volume, Stephen Prince has collected essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal, as well as discussions of the developmental responses of young adult viewers and children to the genre. The book focuses on recent postmodern examples such as The Blair Witch Project. In a daring move, the volume also examines Holocaust films in relation to horror. Part One features essays on the silent and classical Hollywood eras. Part Two covers the postWorld War II era and discusses the historical, aesthetic, and psychological characteristics of contemporary horror films. In contrast to horror during the classical Hollywood period, contemporary horror features more graphic and prolonged visualizations of disturbing and horrific imagery, as well as other distinguishing characteristics. Princes introduction provides an overview of the genre, contextualizing the readings that follow. Stephen Prince is professor of communications at Virginia Tech. He has written many film books, including Classical Film Violence: Designing and Regulating Brutality in Hollywood Cinema, 19301968, and has edited Screening Violence, also in the Depth of Field Series. ER -