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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul Meehan |
ISBN: | 9780786445974 0786445971 |
OCLC Number: | 617425066 |
Description: | vi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents: | Introduction -- Horror and fantasy elements in classic films noir -- Horror noir in the 1930s -- The Val Lewton/Jacques Tourneur noir legacy -- Horror noir from radioland -- Monster noir -- Gothic and costume noir -- Horror noir in the 1950s -- Hitchcock's psychological ghosts and doppelgängers -- Modern horror noir in the 1960s -- Horror noirs of the 1970s and '80s -- The noir horrors of Hannibal the cannibal -- The mean streets of hell -- Conclusion : horror and film noir: the dark genres. |
Responsibility: | Paul Meehan. |
Abstract:
Examines the historical and thematic relationships between two of the cinema's most popular genres: horror and film noir. The influence of 1930s and 1940s-era horror films on the development of noir is traced and detailed.
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