Dark Dreams 2.0

A Psychological History of the Modern Horror Film from the 1950s to the 21st Century

Charles Derry (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

447 Seiten

2023
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9338-5 (ISBN)

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Greatly expanded and updated from the 1977 original, this new edition explores the evolution of the modern horror film, particularly as it reflects anxieties associated with the atomic bomb, the Cold War, 1960s violence, sexual liberation, the Reagan revolution, 9/11 and the Iraq War. It divides modern horror into three varieties (psychological, demonic and apocalyptic) and demonstrates how horror cinema represents the popular expression of everyday fears while revealing the forces that influence American ideological and political values. Directors given a close reading include Alfred Hitchcock, Brian De Palma, David Cronenberg, Guillermo Del Toro, Michael Haneke, Robert Aldrich, Mel Gibson and George A. Romero. Additional material discusses postmodern remakes, horror franchises and Asian millennial horror. This book also contains more than 950 frame grabs and a very extensive filmography.

Charles Derry is professor emeritus of motion picture studies at Wright State University. He has written widely on a variety of popular culture topics, including film, television and ideology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction to Dark Dreams 2.0

PART ONE: DARK DREAMS (1977)

Foreword to the Original Edition, by John Russell Taylor

Introduction

1—The Horror of Personality

2—The Horror of Armageddon

3—The Horror of the Demonic

PART TWO: MILLENNIAL NIGHTMARES (2009)

4—A Context; and Why What’s Not Happening in American Horror Isn’t

5—The Horror of Personality, Revisited

6—Sequels and Insincerity

7—The Horror of the Demonic, Revisited

8—The Horror of Armageddon, Revisited

9—Asian Millennial Horror

10—Postmodern Remakes, the Averted Gaze, and Some Glimmerings of the New

11—Guillermo Del Toro

12—David Cronenberg

13—9/11 and Beyond

Appendix I: A Proposed Canon of Modern Horror

Appendix II: Interviews with Horror Directors: Aldrich, Castle, Harrington, Romero, Friedkin (1977)

Appendix III: Filmographies (Compiled by Thomas G. Kohn)

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	22.03.2023
Zusatzinfo	988 photos, notes, appendices, filmography, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	753 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
ISBN-10	1-4766-9338-2 / 1476693382
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-9338-5 / 9781476693385
Zustand	Neuware