The Monster Always Returns : : American Horror Films and Their Remakes / / Christian Knöppler.
The monsters of the horror genre never remain dead - they invariably return in new and terrifying shapes for another installment. In this study Christian Knöppler explores the phenomenon of horror film remakes. He argues that even though these derivative films typically earn little praise from criti...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Table of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I: Horror and its Remakes
- 1. Horror
- 2. Remakes and Remaking
- Part II: Horror Remake Complexes
- 3. Alien Invaders and Shifting Bodies
- 4. Conformity and Doppelgänger Horror
- 5. Contagion and Social Collapse
- 6. Consumer Zombie Apocalypse
- 7. Cannibal Hillbillies and Backwoods Horror
- 8. Suburban Stalkers and Final Girls
- Conclusion
- Works Cited