Horror Films by Subgenre

A Viewer's Guide

Chris Vander Kaay, Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

252 Seiten

2016
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9837-6 (ISBN)

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This primer and reference guide defines and explores 75 alphabetically listed subgenres of horror film, from Abduction to Witchcraft. Each chapter provides a critical survey of the subgenre, a detailed examination of its characteristic elements and themes, and a discussion of 3-4 exemplary titles as well as other titles of interest.

More horror movies are produced and released each year than any other film genre. While horror enjoys broad popularity, many hardcore fans voraciously consume films from their favorite subgenres while avoiding others entirely. This says something interesting about the films and their audiences.

This primer and reference guide defines and explores 75 alphabetically listed subgenres of horror film, from Abduction to Witchcraft and two Zombie subgenres. Each sizeable entry provides a critical survey of the subgenre, a detailed examination of its characteristic elements and themes, and a discussion of three or four exemplary titles as well as other titles of interest.

Chris Vander Kaay is an author and screenwriter. His most recent film, The Redemption of Henry Myers, premiered on the Hallmark Movie Channel. He has written articles for Bloody Good Horror and Creative Screenwriting Magazine. Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay co-wrote the script for the award-winning short film Freund, based on the life of cinematographer and director Karl Freund The Mummy and was a contributing writer for the Deseret News.

Table of Contents

Preface

Abduction Horror

Alien Horror

Animal Attack Horror

Anthology Horror

Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse Horror

Asylum Horror

Back from the Dead—Revenant Horror

Basement Horror

Battle with the Devil Horror

Body-Snatching Horror

Buried Alive Horror

Campground Horror

Cannibal Horror

Carnival-Circus Horror

Children in Danger Horror

Church-Convent-Monastery Horror

Comedy-Horror

Crazy Family Horror

Creepy Kid Horror

Crime Horror

Cult Horror

Demon-Possession Horror

Doll-Puppet-Ventriloquist-Dummy Horror

Doppelganger–Evil Twin Horror

Dream Horror

Ecological Horror

Filmmaking Horror

Found Footage Horror

Ghost Horror

Giallo Horror

Holiday Horror

Humans Hunting Humans Horror

Infection Horror

Invisible Being Horror

Literary Horror

Modern Zombie Horror

Mummy Horror

Nazi Horror

Old People Horror

Out-of-Control Machines Horror

Pregnancy Horror

Prison Horror

Psychic–Mental Powers Horror

Redneck Horror

Repressed Sexuality Horror

Road-Travel Horror

School Horror

Serial Killer Horror

Shape-Shifter Horror

Siege Horror

Single Location Horror

Single Person Horror

Slasher Horror

Split Personality Horror

Spooky Old House Horror

Stalking Horror

Subway Horror

Surgical-Medical Horror

Swamp Horror

Terror in Suburbia Horror

Theatrical Performance Horror

Tool Horror

Underwater Horror

Urban Legend Horror

Vampire Horror

Voodoo Zombie Horror

War Horror

Werewolf Horror

Western Horror

Witchcraft Horror

(Zombie see Modern Zombie Horror; Voodoo Zombie Horror)

Further Resources

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.2.2016
Zusatzinfo	43 photos, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
ISBN-10	0-7864-9837-4 / 0786498374
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-9837-6 / 9780786498376
Zustand	Neuware