Sound In The American Horror Film
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Sound In The American Horror Film
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Author : Jeffrey Bullins
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2024-07-22
Sound In The American Horror Film written by Jeffrey Bullins and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-22 with Performing Arts categories.
The crack of thunder, a blood-curdling scream, creaking doors, or maybe complete silence. Sounds such as these have helped frighten and startle horror movie audiences for close to a century. Listen to a Universal classic like Dracula or Frankenstein and you will hear a very different soundtrack from contemporary horror films. So how did we get from there to here? What scared audiences then compared to now? This examination of the horror film's soundtrack builds on film sound and genre scholarship to demonstrate how horror, perhaps more than any other genre, utilizes sound to manipulate audience response. Beginning with the Universal pictures of the early 1930s and moving through the next nine decades, it explores connections and contrasts throughout the genre's technical and creative evolution. New enthusiasts or veteran fans of such varied films as The Mummy, Cat People, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Psycho, Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, The Conjuring, Paranormal Activity, and A Quiet Place will find plenty to explore, and perhaps a new sonic appreciation, within these pages.
The Turn To Gruesomeness In American Horror Films 1931 1936
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Author : Jon Towlson
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2016-09-27
The Turn To Gruesomeness In American Horror Films 1931 1936 written by Jon Towlson and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-27 with Performing Arts categories.
Critics have traditionally characterized classic horror by its use of shadow and suggestion. Yet the graphic nature of early 1930s films only came to light in the home video/DVD era. Along with gangster movies and "sex pictures," horror films drew audiences during the Great Depression with sensational content. Exploiting a loophole in the Hays Code, which made no provision for on-screen "gruesomeness," studios produced remarkably explicit films that were recut when the Code was more rigidly enforced from 1934. This led to a modern misperception that classic horror was intended to be safe and reassuring to audiences. The author examines the 1931 to 1936 "happy ending" horror in relation to industry practices and censorship. Early works like Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) and The Raven (1935) may be more akin to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and Hostel (2005) than many critics believe.
The Horror Film
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Author : Stephen Prince
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2004
The Horror Film written by Stephen Prince and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Art categories.
Focusing on recent postmodern examples, this is a collection of essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal.
American Horror Film
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Author : Steffen Hantke
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2010-09-30
American Horror Film written by Steffen Hantke and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-30 with Performing Arts categories.
Creatively spent and politically irrelevant, the American horror film is a mere ghost of its former self—or so goes the old saw from fans and scholars alike. Taking on this undeserved reputation, the contributors to this collection provide a comprehensive look at a decade of cinematic production, covering a wide variety of material from the last ten years with a clear critical eye. Individual essays profile the work of up-and-coming director Alexandre Aja and reassess William Malone’s much-maligned Feardotcom in the light of the torture debate at the end of President George W. Bush’s administration. Other essays look at the economic, social, and formal aspects of the genre; the globalization of the US film industry; the alleged escalation of cinematic violence; and the massive commercial popularity of the remake. Some essays examine specific subgenres—from the teenage horror flick to the serial killer film and the spiritual horror film—as well as the continuing relevance of classic directors such as George A. Romero, David Cronenberg, John Landis, and Stuart Gordon. Essays deliberate on the marketing of nostalgia and its concomitant aesthetic and on the curiously schizophrenic perspective of fans who happen to be scholars as well. Taken together, the contributors to this collection make a compelling case that American horror cinema is as vital, creative, and thought-provoking as it ever was.
The Uncanny In Japanese And American Horror Film Hideo Nakata S Ringu And Gore Verbinski S Ring
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Uncanny In Japanese And American Horror Film Hideo Nakata S Ringu And Gore Verbinski S Ring written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
In the last few decades, interest in the uncanny in the body of literary theory has surged. The uncanny is a ubiquitous presence 21st century American and abroad, and it provides a useful metaphor for understanding the implications of some of the conventions of post-modernism. This thesis explores a contemporary definition of the uncanny as manifested through two film interpretations (Ringu and Ring) of the same source material, a novel titled Ringu by Koji Suzuki. Through a brief exploration of the historical evolution of the idea of the uncanny and the various critical cruxes surrounding it, I have developed six working characteristics of the uncanny as a base for my analysis of Ringu and Ring. Furthermore, I have explored the social, historical, and cultural underpinnings of Suzuki's original novel and its path to Japanese and eventually American theatres. Within the narrative of both films, the uncanny is manifested through extended use of the doppelganger and repetition. There is no significant difference in the films' rendering of the uncanny through narrative. The films differ slightly in their presentation of uncanny sound and visual elements: Ringu relies primarily on sound and characters' internal experience to produce the uncanny, whereas Ring focuses on the visual and characters' external experience. The films unify their internal rendering of the uncanny with their metatextual (and commercial) behavior with the gaze, an aspect of both films that implicates the viewer in their propagation of the uncanny and the film franchise. Overall, there is not a significant difference in the rendering of the uncanny in Ring and Ringu. An analysis of both films, however, does illuminate the pervasive, yet complex, presence of the uncanny in contemporary pop culture.
Sound Effects
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Author : Anh Quynh Bui
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Sound Effects written by Anh Quynh Bui and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with categories.
Uncanny Bodies
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Author : Robert Spadoni
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2007-09-04
Uncanny Bodies written by Robert Spadoni and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-04 with Performing Arts categories.
“Through meticulous historical research, Spadoni in Uncanny Bodies provides a fine understanding of the aesthetic and cultural context in which the original Universal film version of Dracula appeared. Through analyses of films that came before and after, he successfully restores Dracula's strangeness for a contemporary audience, a strangeness that reflects the rapidly evolving conventions of the early sound film. A significant contribution to reception studies, Uncanny Bodies makes us see why Dracula, while holding little terror for subsequent audiences, is nevertheless both a foundational work for the horror film, and also, paradoxically, an anomaly, one effectively overshadowed by Frankenstein.”—William Paul, author of Laughing Screaming: Modern Hollywood Horror and Comedy "Uncanny Bodies is a pleasure to read. I know of no other work that has looked as closely at early sound and horror films to make a persuasive argument about horror's relation to the beginnings of sound film. Given the voluminous literature on Universal horror films, Spadoni presents some very original ideas and frames his inquiry in an interesting way."—Jan-Christopher Horak, editor of Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant-Garde, 1919-1945
Sounds To Die For
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Sounds To Die For written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Horror films categories.
The Horror Film
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Author : Stephen Prince
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2004-02-09
The Horror Film written by Stephen Prince and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-09 with Performing Arts categories.
In this volume, Stephen Prince has collected essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal, as well as discussions of the developmental responses of young adult viewers and children to the genre. The book focuses on recent postmodern examples such as The Blair Witch Project. In a daring move, the volume also examines Holocaust films in relation to horror. Part One features essays on the silent and classical Hollywood eras. Part Two covers the postWorld War II era and discusses the historical, aesthetic, and psychological characteristics of contemporary horror films. In contrast to horror during the classical Hollywood period, contemporary horror features more graphic and prolonged visualizations of disturbing and horrific imagery, as well as other distinguishing characteristics. Princes introduction provides an overview of the genre, contextualizing the readings that follow. Stephen Prince is professor of communications at Virginia Tech. He has written many film books, including Classical Film Violence: Designing and Regulating Brutality in Hollywood Cinema, 19301968, and has edited Screening Violence, also in the Depth of Field Series.
Recreational Terror
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Author : Isabel Cristina Pinedo
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2016-02-24
Recreational Terror written by Isabel Cristina Pinedo and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-24 with Social Science categories.
In Recreational Terror, Isabel Cristina Pinedo analyzes how the contemporary horror film produces recreational terror as a pleasurable encounter with violence and danger for female spectators. She challenges the conventional wisdom that violent horror films can only degrade women and incite violence, and contends instead that the contemporary horror film speaks to the cultural need to express rage and terror in the midst of social upheaval.