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Historical Dictionary of Horror Cinema by Peter Hutchings

By Peter Hutchings

This old Dictionary of Horror movies lines the improvement of horror cinema from the start of the 20 th century to the current day. this can be performed via a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and 1000's of cross-referenced dictionary entries. Entries conceal the entire significant motion picture villains, together with Frankenstein and his monster, the vampire, the werewolf, the mum, the zombie, the ghost, and the serial killer; the movie administrators, manufacturers, writers, actors, cinematographers, makeup artists, lighting tricks technicians, and composers who've helped to form horror heritage; major creation businesses and the key movies that experience come to face as milestones within the improvement of the horror style; and different nationwide traditions in horror cinema in addition to horror's hottest topics, codecs, conventions, and cycles.

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Hush . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte was an overheated example of Southern Gothic that offered yet another histrionic, scene-stealing turn from Davis. Both films displayed a fascination with the decay of classic Hollywood, its conventions and its performers. qxd 2/5/08 9:43 AM Page 3 ALIEN • 3 look not just into the American horror film but into mainstream cinema in general. ALIEN (1979). Dan O’Bannon’s screenplay for a science fiction/horror hybrid called Star Beast was originally intended as a low-budget production.

A razor-wielding chimpanzee showed up in Dario Argento’s Phenomena (1985) and homicidal monkeys also starred in Richard Franklin’s Link (1986) and George Romero’s Monkey Shines (1988). APOCALYPTIC HORROR. In 1930s and 1940s horror films, the monster was invariably defeated in the end, and there was little or no sense that the threat posed by the monster could escalate to a point where it became unstoppable. qxd 2/5/08 9:43 AM Page 17 ARGENTO, ASIA • 17 have become more prevalent in the horror genre, with this reflecting a greater willingness to question the effectiveness of social authority and to depict the collapse of social institutions.

The anthology television horror show Tales from the Crypt begins; it runs until 1996. 1990 Great Britain: Nightbreed, Clive Barker’s ambitious follow-up to Hellraiser, is not a success. Italy: Dario Argento and George Romero collaborate on the Poe project Due occhi diabolici (Two Evil Eyes). United States: William Peter Blatty directs The Exorcist III, Tom Savini remakes Night of the Living Dead, and Roger Corman returns to direction after a long absence with Frankenstein Unbound. 1991 United States: The Silence of the Lambs is a box-office smash and wins several Academy Awards, including for Jodie Foster, director Jonathan Demme, and for Anthony Hopkins as the cannibalistic psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter.

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