Recreational Terror by Isabel Cristina Pinedo

Superstition and the Shock of Attraction: Horrific Elements in Early Cinema List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Cinema, Genre, Nation.Caligari', and Murnau's 'Nosferatu' 70s horror favorites such as 'Daughters of Darkness', 'The Beast', and 'Suspiria' and, notable recent releases such as 'The Devil's Backbone', 'Malefique', and 'The Vanishing'. Films covered in the book include early classics such as Paul Wegener's 'The Golem', Robert Wiene's 'The Cabinet of Dr. The book features entries representing key horror subgenres such as the Italian 'giallo' thrillers of the late 60s and 70s, psychological thrillers, and zombie, cannibal, and vampire movies.Each entry includes a plot synopsis, major credits, and a commentary on the film's significance, together with its production and exhibition history. Alongside films from countries particularly associated with horror production - notably Germany, Italy, and Spain - and movies by key horror filmmakers such as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, and Lucio Fulci, '100 European Horror Films' also includes films from countries as diverse as Denmark, Belgium, and the Soviet Union, and filmmakers such as Bergman, Polanski and Claire Denis, more commonly associated with art cinema. EBSCO Academic Comprehensive Collectionįrom bloodsucking schoolgirls to flesh-eating zombies, and from psychopathic killers to beasts from hell, '100 European Horror Films' provides a lively and illuminating guide to a hundred key horror movies from the 1920s to the present day.In this volume, Olney explores some of the most popular genres of Euro Horror cinema-including giallo films, named for the yellow covers of Italian pulp fiction, the S&M horror film, and cannibal and zombie films-and develops a theory that explains their renewed appeal to audiences today. Gorier, sexier, and stranger than most American horror films of the time, they were embraced by hardcore fans and denounced by critics as the worst kind of cinematic trash. Cannibal Apocalypse: Cannibal and Zombie Films Conclusion: From the Grindhouse to the Arthouse: The Legacy of Euro Horror Cinema Works Cited Index.īeginning in the 1950s, 'Euro Horror' movies materialized in astonishing numbers from Italy, Spain, and France and popped up in the US at rural drive-ins and urban grindhouse theaters such as those that once dotted New York's Times Square. The Whip and the Body: The S&M Horror Film 8. Return of the Repressed: Euro Horror Cinema in Contemporary American Culture Playing Dead, Take Two: Euro Horror Film Reception 5. Playing Dead, Take One: Euro Horror Film Production 4. Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control: The Academic Case against Euro Horror Cinema 3.

Academic Hot Spots and Blind Spots: Horror Film Studies and Euro Horror Cinema 2. Toward a Performative Theory of Euro Horror Cinema 1. Preface Acknowledgments Note on Film Titles.

Recreational Terror by Isabel Cristina Pinedo