(Free download) The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror
❀ David J. Skal ❀
| #1022455 in Books | 1993-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.75 x6.50 x1.25l, | File Name: 0393034194 | 432 pages
||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Horror among the High Brows.|By Stephen Schicker|A very good introduction to Horror films and their evolution in American Cinema with a special nod to German Expressionism. He does a good job of registering Tod Browning's importance as Horror auteur. He explains quite well, within the context of Depression Era America, the attraction to the Horror Film and Bela Lugosi's succe|.com |This study of the visual horror genre from Dr. Caligari to Dr. Hannibal Lecter starts with a discussion of Diane Arbus's photographs of freaks. David Skal then suggests that he will seek to "explain why the images resonated in the culture ... [and] why s
America is in love with horror, with demon children, gender-bending vampires, and the battlefield aesthetic of post-Vietnam movies. Illuminating the dark side of the American century, this provocative book uncovers the links between horror entertainment and the crises of our time, as well as horror's function as a pop analogue to surrealism. 100 illustrations.
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror | David J. Skal. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
