Dark Directions

Dark Directions
Author :
Publisher : SIU Press
Total Pages : 232
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780809330973
ISBN-13 : 0809330970
Rating : 4/5 (970 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Dark Directions by : Kendall R. Phillips

Download or read book Dark Directions written by Kendall R. Phillips and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Nightmare on Elm Street. Halloween. Night of the Living Dead. These films have been indelibly stamped on moviegoers’ psyches and are now considered seminal works of horror. Guiding readers along the twisted paths between audience, auteur, and cultural history, author Kendall R. Phillips reveals the macabre visions of these films’ directors in Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film. Phillips begins by analyzing the works of George Romero, focusing on how the body is used cinematically to reflect the duality between society and chaos, concluding that the unconstrained bodies of the Living Dead films act as a critical intervention into social norms. Phillips then explores the shadowy worlds of director Wes Craven. In his study of the films The Serpent and the Rainbow, Deadly Friend, Swamp Thing, Red Eye, and Shocker, Phillips reveals Craven’s vision of technology as inherently dangerous in its ability to cross the gossamer thresholds of the gothic. Finally, the volume traverses the desolate frontiers of iconic director John Carpenter. Through an exploration of such works as Halloween, The Fog, and In the Mouth of Madness, Phillips delves into the director’s representations of boundaries—and the haunting consequences for those who cross them. The first volume ever to address these three artists together, Dark Directions is a spine-tingling and thought-provoking study of the horror genre. In analyzing the individual works of Romero, Craven, and Carpenter, Phillips illuminates some of the darkest minds in horror cinema.


Dark Directions Related Books

Dark Directions
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Kendall R. Phillips
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-28 - Publisher: SIU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A Nightmare on Elm Street. Halloween. Night of the Living Dead. These films have been indelibly stamped on moviegoers’ psyches and are now considered seminal
Dark Back of Time
Language: en
Pages: 342
Authors: Javier Marías
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: New Directions Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A book by Spain's greatest living writer weaves fiction and fact into a completely original and unforgettable hybrid. Called by its author a "false novel," Dark
Night Vision: Current Research and Future Directions, Symposium Proceedings
Language: en
Pages: 351
Authors: Working Group on Night Vision
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987-01-01 - Publisher: National Academies Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Knut Hamsun
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Monika Žagar
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-07-01 - Publisher: University of Washington Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and support
A New Science Strategy for Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
Language: en
Pages: 89
Authors: National Research Council
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-07-06 - Publisher: National Academies Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK