American Horror: In Film and Television

By Elayne Chaplin

As well as providing popular entertainment, the horror genre has become the subject of vibrant academic debate. American Horror: In Film and Television is a lively and accessible examination of American horror films and television series produced during the last fifteen years. Each chapter explores a particular motif, including the representations of domestic space in contemporary American horror and the relationship between teen-movies and questions of gender and marginality. This leads into areas of discussion that include contemporary Hollywood movies (The Sixth Sense, What Lies Beneath, The Gift and Hannibal), the realm of straight-to-video and exploitation films, and the horror genre on television (The X-Files and Millinnium). Providing both an introduction to critical and theoretical approaches to the horror genre and examples of specific textual readings, American Horror: In Film and Television will offer the reader a deeper understanding of contemporary developments within the genre.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340807725
• ISBN13: 9780340807729
• Release Date: November 2099
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.