Reanimated
The Contemporary American Horror Remake
Seiten
2024
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-4065-3 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-4065-3 (ISBN)
Explores American horror remakes produced since 2000 within key cultural, industry and reception contexts
Reanimated offers a new perspective on twenty-first century American horror film remakes. Counter to the critical dismissal of genre remakes as derivative rip-offs, Mee approaches the films as intertextual adaptations which have both drawn from and helped to shape horror since 2000. Covering films from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) to Candyman (2021), and identifying distinct cycles, production strategies and patterns of reception, this book illustrates the importance of the remake to contemporary horror cinema and addresses key cultural, industry and reception contexts. Rather than representing the death of horror, Reanimated argues that remaking instead demonstrates the genre’s capacity for creative recycling, adaptation and evolution.
Reanimated offers a new perspective on twenty-first century American horror film remakes. Counter to the critical dismissal of genre remakes as derivative rip-offs, Mee approaches the films as intertextual adaptations which have both drawn from and helped to shape horror since 2000. Covering films from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) to Candyman (2021), and identifying distinct cycles, production strategies and patterns of reception, this book illustrates the importance of the remake to contemporary horror cinema and addresses key cultural, industry and reception contexts. Rather than representing the death of horror, Reanimated argues that remaking instead demonstrates the genre’s capacity for creative recycling, adaptation and evolution.
Dr Laura Mee is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at the University of Hertfordshire. She is the author of The Shining (Devil’s Advocates) (2017).
Chapter 1. Horror Reanimated: The Rise of the RemakeChapter 2.Defining and Defending the Horror Remake
Chapter 3. Re-writing Horror Mythology in the Platinum Dunes RebootChapter 4. Distinction and Difference in the Slasher RemakeChapter 5. Cultural anxieties and ambiguities in post-9/11 remakesChapter 6. Gender and Genre in the Rape-revenge Remake
Conclusion: ‘The Devil Never Dies’: Recent Horror Remakes
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.05.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Screen Serialities |
| Zusatzinfo | 20 black and white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-4065-7 / 1474440657 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-4065-3 / 9781474440653 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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