Uncanny Bodies: The Coming of Sound Film and the Origins of the Horror Genre

by Robert Spadoni

Book Overview

In 1931 Universal Pictures released Dracula and Frankenstein, two films that inaugurated the horror genre in Hollywood cinema. These films appeared directly on the heels of Hollywood's transition to sound film. Uncanny Bodies argues that the coming of sound inspired more in these massively influential horror movies than screams, creaking doors, and howling wolves. A close examination of the historical reception of films of the transition period reveals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520251229
• ISBN13: 9780520251229
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"