The U.S. Giant Monster Movie: Size Does Matter

by David Simmons

Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative.

Given the U.S.A.'s long held "taste for the monstrous in all its forms" (Scott Poole 4) coupled with its love for "the colossal, the exaggerated and the brash" (Tsutsi 166) it is not surprising that the giant monster movie has long been a key part of the nation's cinematic landscape, yet up until recently the genre had been largely neglected by scholars...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1835537375
• ISBN13: 9781835537374
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press