{"product_id":"100-american-horror-films-paperback","title":"100 American Horror Films - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Keith Grant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e[A] well-plotted survey.\u003ci\u003e Total Film\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e 100 American Horror Films\u003c\/i\u003e, Barry Keith Grant presents entries on 100 films from one of American cinema's longest-standing, most diverse and most popular genres, representing its rich history from the silent era - D.W. Griffith's\u003ci\u003e The Avenging Conscience\u003c\/i\u003e of 1915 - to contemporary productions - Jordan Peele's 2017 \u003ci\u003eGet Out.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his introduction, Grant provides an overview of the genre's history, a context for the films addressed in the individual entries, and discusses the specific relations between American culture and horror. All of the entries are informed by the question of what makes the specific film being discussed a horror film, the importance of its place within the history of the genre, and, where relevant, the film is also contextualized within specifically American culture and history. Each entry also considers the film's most salient textual features, provides important insight into its production, and offers both established and original critical insight and interpretation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 100 films selected for inclusion represent the broadest historical range, and are drawn from every decade of American film-making, movies from major and minor studios, examples of the different types or subgenres of horror, such as psychological thriller, monster terror, gothic horror, home invasion, torture porn, and parody, as well as the different types of horror monsters, including werewolves, vampires, zombies, mummies, mutants, ghosts, and serial killers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarry Keith Grant\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Film Studies and Popular Culture at Brock University, Canada. He is the author of \u003ci\u003e100 Science Fiction Films \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) in the \u003ci\u003eBFI Screen Guides\u003c\/i\u003e series and co-author of \u003ci\u003e100 Documentary Films \u003c\/i\u003e(2009), author of \u003ci\u003eInvasion of the Body Snatchers\u003c\/i\u003e (BFI Film Classics, 2010), \u003ci\u003eMonster Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), and two influential anthologies, \u003ci\u003ePlanks of Reason: Essays on the Horror Film\u003c\/i\u003e (second edition 2004), the first scholarly anthology on the horror film, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film\u003c\/i\u003e (second edition 2015). He recently edited \u003ci\u003eRobin Wood on the Horror Film: Collected Essays and Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.71 x 8.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42161920245895,"sku":"9781839021466","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/01b2f5e0c6c50f30aa180af083b59906.webp?v=1733285091","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/100-american-horror-films-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}