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Planks of reason:

essays on the horror film
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Barry Keith Grant, Cristopher Sharrett
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Scarecrow Press, 2004 - Performing Arts - 416 pages
The original edition of Planks of Reason was the first academic critical anthology on horror. In retrospect, it appeared as a kind of homage to the "golden age" of the American horror film, as this genre played an increasing role in film culture and American life. The original material represented the history of the genre through the early 1980s and is a crucial part of the book's value, then and now. The first edition helped legitimize academic writing on the horror genre by addressing breakthrough works of such directors as John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, George Romero, David Cronenberg, and Wes Craven. This revised edition retains the spirit of the original, but also offers new takes on rediscovered classics and recent developments in the genre. In addition to reprinting 17 essays, including Robin Wood's "An Introduction to the American Horror Film," this revised edition features a new essay on the yuppie horror film by editor Barry Keith Grant, as well as an updated analysis of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre by co-editor Christopher Sharrett. Other new essays focus on William Castle's The Tingler and Roger Corman's Pit and the Pendulum, and the recent wave of Japanese horror films. Contains more than 60 photos.
  

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Selected pages

Contents

The Mummys Pool
3
Faith and Idolatry in the Horror Film
20
Conditions of Pleasure in Horror Cinema
36
The Aesthetics of Fright
50
The Witch in Film Myth and Reality
63
Daughters of Darkness The Lesbian Vampire on Film
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An Introduction to the American Horror Film
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Film Society and Ideas Nosferatu and Horror of Dracula
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Ritual Tension and Relief The Terror of The Tingler
265
AIPs Pit and the Pendulum Poe as Drivein Gothic
283
The Idea of Apocalypse in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
300
Archetypal Landscapes and Jaws
321
Biological Alchemy and the Films of David Cronenberg
333
The Enemy Within The Economy of Violence in The Hills Have Eyes
346
Halloween Suspense Aggression and the Look
356

Eros and Syphilization The Contemporary Horror Film
142
Rich and Strange The Yuppie Horror Film
153
Films and Filmmakers
171
Enunciation and the Production of Horror in White Zombie
173
King Kong Ape and Essence
212
The Comic and the Grotesque in James Whales Frankenstein Films
240
Demons in the Family Tracking the Japanese Uncanny Mother Film from A Page of Madness to Ringu
370
Select Bibliography
387
Index
397
About the Editors and Contributors
411
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Planks of reason: essays on the horror film
Planks of reason: essays on the horror film
Barry Keith Grant
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Planks of reason: essays on the horror film
Planks of reason: essays on the horror film
Barry Keith Grant
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Barry Keith Grant
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About the author (2004)

\Barry Keith Grant is professor of film studies and popular culture at Brock University in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of Voyages of Discovery: The Cinema of Frederick Wiseman, and editor of several books on film.

Christopher Sharrett is Professor of Communication at Seton Hall University. His work has appeared in Cineaste, Kino Eye, Journal of Popular Film and Television, Film Quarterly, Persistence of Vision, and numerous anthologies.

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TitlePlanks of reason: essays on the horror film
EditorsBarry Keith Grant, Cristopher Sharrett
ContributorBarry Keith Grant
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherScarecrow Press, 2004
ISBN0810850133, 9780810850132
Length416 pages
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