Contemporary British Horror Cinema : : Industry, Genre and Society / / Johnny Walker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Walker, Johnny,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)

A scholarly and critical overview of UK horror film production since the year 2000Read Chapter 1: Long Time Dead online for free (pdf)Combining industrial research and primary interview material with detailed textual analysis, Contemporary British Horror Cinema looks beyond the dominant paradigms which have explained away British horror in the past, and sheds light on one of the most dynamic and distinctive - yet scarcely talked about - areas of contemporary British film production. Considering high-profile theatrical releases, including The Descent, Shaun of the Dead and The Woman in Black, as well as more obscure films such as The Devil's Chair, Resurrecting the Street Walker and Cherry Tree Lane, Contemporary British Horror Cinema provides a thorough examination of British horror film production in the twenty-first century.Key FeaturesThe first academic monograph exclusively dedicated to recent British horror productionDraws upon the various international factors at work within the increasingly complex British film industry, and the impact this has on popular genre productionLocates British horror amid trends in international horror cinema"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Long time dead -- 2. British film production and the horror genre -- 3. Nasty resurrections -- 4. In the doghouse -- 5. Heartless hoodies -- 6. Let the quiet ones in -- 7. A kingdom of horror -- Bibliography -- Films and television programmes -- Index