B-Movie Gothic : : International Perspectives / / Justin Edwards, Johan Höglund.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Edwards, Justin,; Höglund, Johan,
• MitwirkendeR: Ancuta, Katarzyna,; Browning, John Edgar,; Böhme, Claudia,; Edwards, Justin D.,; Fuchs, Michael,; Höglund, Johan,; Ibarra, Enrique Ajuria,; Khair, Tabish,; McRoy, Jay,; Reyes, Xavier Aldana,; Syed, Tuǧçe Bıçakçı,; Sá, Daniel Serravalle de,; Wester, Maisha,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Traditions in World Cinema : TWC
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 15 B/W illustrations

Explores the neglected subject of Gothic B-movies in the Americas, Europe, Asia and AfricaExamines the Gothic in B-movie narratives and techniques in different national cinemasCovers US, British, Spanish, Turkish and Japanese Gothic, as well as the influence of Gothic on Scandinavian, Chinese, Tanzanian and Indian low-budget cinemaIncludes chapters on the transnational tradition of B-movie Gothic from the 1950s to the presentExplores how modes and tropes from Gothic fiction have been integrated into B-moviesFollowing the Second World War, low-budget B-movies that explored and exploited Gothic narratives and aesthetics became a significant cinematic expression of social and cultural anxieties. Influencing new trends in European, Asian and African filmmaking, these films carried on the tradition established by the Gothic novel, and yet they remain part of a largely neglected subject. B-Movie Gothic: International Perspectives examines the influence of Gothic B-movies on the cinematic traditions of the United States, Britain, Scandinavia, Spain, Turkey, Japan, Hong Kong and India, highlighting their transgressive, transnational and provocative nature. It shows how B-movie Gothic is a relentlessly creative form, filled with political tensions and moving from shocking conservatism to profound social critique.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Traditions in World Cinema -- Introduction: International B-Movie Gothic -- PART I AMERICA -- 1. Its, Blobs and Things: Gothic Beings Out of Time -- 2. Re-scripting Blaxploitation Horror: Ganja and Hess and the Gothic Mode -- 3. Alucardas and Alucardos: Vampiric Obsessions, Gothic and Mexican Cult Horror Cinema -- 4. Gothic Forests and Mangroves: Ecological Disasters in Zombio and Mangue Negro -- PART II EUROPE -- 5. Mummies, Vampires and Doppelgängers: Hammer’s B-Movies and Classic Gothic Fiction -- 6. Fantaterror: Gothic Monsters in the Golden Age of Spanish B-Movie Horror, 1968–80 -- 7. Austro-trash, Class and the Urban Environment: The Politics of Das Ding aus der Mur and its Prequel -- 8. Wither the Present, Wither the Past: The Low-budget Gothic Horror of Stockholm Syndrome Films -- 9. Turkish B-Movie Gothic: Making the Undead Turkish in Ölüler Konuşmaz Ki -- PART III AFRICA AND ASIA -- 10. Filamu ya kutisha: Tanzanian Horror Films and B-Movie Gothic -- 11. Psychopaths and Gothic Lolitas: Japanese B-Movie Gothic in Gen Takahashi’s Goth: Love and Death and Go Ohara’s Gothic & Lolita Psycho -- 12. Hong Kong Gothic: Category III Films as Gothic Cinema -- 13. B is for Bhayanak: Past, Present and Pulp in Bollywood Gothic -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index