Hong Kong Horror Cinema / / Gary Bettinson, Daniel Martin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Bettinson, Gary,; Martin, Daniel,
• MitwirkendeR: Ajuria Ibarra, Enrique,; Bettinson, Gary,; Chan, Felicia,; Chan, Kenneth,; Diffrient, David Scott,; Grossman, Andrew,; Lee, Vivian,; Luo, Liang,; Martin, Daniel,; Odham Stokes, Lisa,; Tsang, Raymond,; Willis, Andy,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 12 B/W illustrations

The first book-length English-language study of Hong Kong horror filmsDumplings stuffed with diabolical fillings. Sword-wielding zombies. Hopping cadavers. Big-head babies. For decades, Hong Kong cinema has served up images of horror quite unlike those found in other parts of the world. In seminal films such as A Chinese Ghost Story, Rouge, The Eye, Dumplings, and Rigor Mortis, the region’s filmmakers have pushed the boundaries of genre, cinematic style, and bad taste. But what makes Hong Kong horror cinema so utterly unique? Why does it hold such fascination for “serious” cinephiles and cult fans alike? Hong Kong Horror Cinema is the first English-language study of this delirious and captivating cinematic tradition, offering new insights into the history of Hong Kong horror through case studies of classic films and through a detailed consideration of their aesthetic power, economic significance, and cultural impact in both the global and domestic market.ContributorsGary Bettinson, Lancaster UniversityFelicia Chan, University of ManchesterKenneth Chan, University of Northern ColoradoDavid Scott Diffrient, Colorado State UniversityAndrew Grossman, Independent ScholarEnrique Ajuria Ibarra, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, MexicoVivian Lee, City University of Hong KongLiang Luo, University of KentuckyDaniel Martin, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)Lisa Odham Stokes, Seminole State College, Central FloridaRaymond Tsang, New York UniversityAndy Willis, University of Salford

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I Formations and Fragmentations: the Development of Hong Kong Horror -- 1 What Can a Neoi Gwei Teach Us? Adaptation as Reincarnation in Hong Kong Horror of the 1950s -- 2 The White Snake in Hong Kong Horror Cinema: from Horrific Tales to Crowd Pleasers -- 3 From Killer Snakes to Taxi Hunters: Hong Kong Horror in an Exploitation Context -- 4 The Enduring Cult of The Bride with White Hair: Chivalry and the Monstrous Other in the Hong Kong Fantasy-Horror -- Part II Genre Hybridity: Comedy and Kung Fu in the Hong Kong Horror -- 5 Animated Pasts and Unseen Futures: on the Comic Element in Hong Kong Horror -- 6 Performing (Comic) Abjection in the Hong Kong Ghost Story -- 7 Hands, Fingers and Fists: ‘Grasping’ Hong Kong Horror Films -- 8 Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee Films: Police Procedural Colludes with Supernatural-Martial Arts Cinema -- Part III Transnational Trends: Globalisation and Politics in Contemporary Hong Kong Horror -- 9 Cross-border Implications: Transnational Haunting, Gender and the Persistent Look of The Eye -- 10 Food for Thought: Cannibalism in The Untold Story and Dumplings -- 11 Sympathy for the Slasher: Strategies of Character Engagement in Pang Ho-cheung’s Dream Home -- 12 Ghostly Returns: the Politics of Horror in Hong Kong Cinema -- Index