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LEADER: 01923cam a22002414a 4500
001 2009025183
003 DLC
005 20100216135903.0
008 090629s2009 ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009025183
020 $a9780786433971 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aPN1995.9.H6$bD38 2009
082 00 $a791.43/6164$222
100 1 $aDerry, Charles,$d1951-
245 10 $aDark dreams 2.0 :$ba psychological history of the modern horror film from the 1950s to the 21st century /$cCharles Derry ; foreword by John Russell Taylor.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$cc2009.
300 $aix, 437 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm.
520 $a"This revised edition of Dark Dreams explores the evolution of the modern horror film. It divides horror into three varieties (psychological, demonic and apocalyptic) and demonstrates how horror cinema represents popular expression of everyday fears while revealing the forces that influence American values. Directors given a close reading include Hitchcock, De Palma, Cronenberg, Del Toro, Haneke, and Polanski"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 413) and index.
505 0 $aDark dreams (1977). Foreword to the original edition / by John Russell Taylor -- Introduction -- The horror of personality -- The horror of Armageddon -- The horror of the demonic -- Millennial nightmares (2009). A context; and why what's not happening in American horror isn't -- The horror of personality, revisited -- Sequels and insincerity -- The horror of the demonic, revisited -- The horror of Armageddon, revisited -- Asian millennial horror -- Postmodern remakes, the averted gaze, and some glimmerings of the new -- Guillermo Del Toro -- David Cronenberg -- 9/11 and beyond.
650 0 $aHorror films$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aMotion pictures$xPsychological aspects.