ABSTRACT
Horror, The Film Reader brings together key articles to provide a comprehensive resource for students of horror cinema. Mark Jancovich's introduction traces the development of horror film from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to The Blair Witch Project, and outlines the main critical debates. Combining classic and recent articles, each section explores a central issue of horror film, and features an editor's introduction outlining the context of debates.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 6|14 pages
Carol J. Clover, Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film
Gender in the slasher film The Body
part |2 pages
PART THREE: PRODUCING HORRORS
chapter 10|10 pages
Joan Hawkins, Sleaze Mania, Euro-trash, and High Art: The Place of European Art Films in American Low Culture
The place of European art films in American low culture
part |2 pages
PART FOUR: CONSUMING FEARS
chapter 11|14 pages
Rhona Berenstein, Horror for Sale
The marketing and reception of classic horror cinema
chapter 12|12 pages
Mark Jancovich, Genre and the Audience: Genre Classifications and Cultural Distinctions in the Mediation of
Genre classifications and cultural distinctions in the mediation of
chapter 14|10 pages
Brigid Cherry, Refusing to Refuse to Look: Female Viewers of the Horror Film
Female viewers of the horror film
