Smirk, Sneer and Scream: Great Acting in Horror Cinema

by Mark Clark

Book Overview

While you may think the old adage about oil and water being unable to mix applies perfectly to the cinema of terror and the craft of great acting, many a grease-painted scare and fluid performance have been combined in the strange alchemy that is the horror film. From the silent mastery of Lon Chaney's The Phantom of the Opera to the cultured cannibalism of Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs, the genre has seen an impressive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786464194
• ISBN13: 9780786464197
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher