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Serie: Horror studies
GebondenEngels9781837723256
15-1-2026
Blending folklore studies, media theory, horror criticism and cultural geography, this collection charts an unprecedented map of urbanlegend storytelling, from haunted cemeteries to pixelated backrooms. Meer
GebondenEngels9781837722556
15-4-2025
This collection investigates the evolution of comics and horror by analysing a range of approaches and traditions. Meer
GebondenEngels9781837722587
15-5-2025
This is a historical and structural study of the Stalker Film. As a subcategory of the more general Slasher Film, the Stalker Film is often characterised by an off-screen presence that dominates the visual field, and by a recuring combination of character and plot functions. Meer
GebondenEngels9781837720125
15-6-2023
This volume demonstrates how contemporary American horror by women writers (and those whose output has been identified as women’s fiction) is not limited to sparkling vampires, but is in fact a pulsating field bursting with genre-defying works spanning the last three decades. Meer
GebondenEngels9781837723577
15-2-2026
GebondenEngels9781837723607
15-5-2026
The Baltic region arguably saw the birth of horror cinema when Germany produced its cycle of silent horror films. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781786838575
15-5-2022
Theorising the Contemporary Zombie marks a new and exciting study into why zombies are popular today and what lessons can be learned from the undead. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781786834409
15-7-2019
Horror and Religion is an edited collection of essays offering structured discussions of spiritual and theological conflicts in Horror, from the late-sixteenth to the twenty-first century. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781786838636
15-5-2022
Blumhouse Productions is the first academic book to examine one of the film industry’s most successful producers of horror cinema. Individual chapters offer readers a deeper appreciation of how Blumhouse makes its films with an unusual, but successful, business model. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781786839794
15-4-2023
The essays in Folk Horror: New Global Pathways explore the cultural and political significance of the darker and more violent manifestations of folkloric stories, from Britain to Ukraine and Italy, and from Thailand to Mexico and the Appalachian US. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781786833358
14-11-2018
Focusing on twenty-one key films, this book involves an inclusive and sensitive approach. It reveals an awareness of the heterogeneity of horror production with the discussion spanning the period of the invention of movies, the expansion from single-reelers to longer and continuous productions, and the advent of talkies. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781786836984
15-3-2021
This book takes British horror films of the 2000s as a case study to theorise transnational genre hybridity, which combines genres from different national cinemas. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781786836465
15-1-2021
Stephen King and American Politics examines the complicated political character of King's fiction. From the 1960s to Donald Trump, these works force us question how America got into its current political crisis - and where it might go from here. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781786834362
1-10-2019
This book explores the presence, role and function of horror in videogames, showing how they enter discussions of horror and how videogames offer a unique, radical space that horror is particularly suited to fill. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781786836342
15-1-2021
This book includes academic studies from established scholars and early career researchers, as well as fans of horror cinema. It is written for its own constituency, as well as for journalists, critics, industry specialists and students. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781786836908
15-4-2021
Contemporary contagion narratives can tell us a lot about how a society will respond in a crisis. Embodying Contagion helps us understand these narratives, exploring how we can make more ethical decisions in today's networked world. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781786836946
1-3-2021
In an era fascinated by horror, this book examines some of the most significant global TV horror, from children’s television and classic series to contemporary shows taking advantage of streaming and on-demand to reach audiences around the world. Meer