Horror Noir : Where Cinema's Dark Sisters Meet
Paul. Meehan
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Jefferson : : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (311 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. Horror and Fantasy Elements in Classic Films Noir; 2. Horror Noir in the 1930s; 3. The Val Lewton/Jacques Tourneur Noir Legacy; 4. Horror Noir from Radioland; 5. Monster Noir; 6. Gothic and Costume Noir; 7. Horror Noir in the 1950s; 8. Hitchcock's Psychological Ghosts and Doppelgangers; 9. Modern Horror Noir in the 1960s; 10. Horror Noirs of the 1970s and 1980s; 11. The Noir Horrors of Hannibal the Cannibal; 12. The Mean Streets of Hell; Conclusion; Filmography; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index. - This critical survey examines the historical and thematic relationships between two of the cinema's most popular genres: horror and film noir. The influence of 1930s- and 1940s-era horror films on the development of noir is detailed, with analyses of more than 100 motion pictures in which noir criminality and mystery meld with supernatural and psychological horror. Included are the films based on popular horror/mystery radio shows (The Whistler, Inner Sanctum), the works of RKO producer Val Lewton (Cat People, The Seventh Victim), and Alfred Hitchcock's psychological ghost stories. Also discus
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| ISBN | 9780786445974
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