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110613s2012 ilua bq s001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780809330959 |
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0809330954 |
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9780809330973 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0809330970 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
SDU |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
PN1995 |
| Item number |
P556 D 2012 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Phillips, Kendall R. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Dark directions : |
| Remainder of title |
Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the modern horror film / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Kendall R. Phillips. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Carbondale : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Southern Illinois University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
215 p. : |
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ill. |
| 505 0# - Formatted Contents Note |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction: auteur, genre, and the rhetorics of horror -- Unconstrained bodies in the films of George Romero. The body as contrast: Romero's Living dead -- The body as site of struggle: The crazies, Monkey shines, The dark half, Bruiser -- Romero's mythic bodies: Martin and Knightriders -- Gothic dimensions in the films of Wes Craven. Craven's gothic form: nightmares, screams, and monsters -- Gothic technologies: Serpent and the rainbow, Deadly friend, Swamp thing, Red eye, Shocker -- Gothic families: The people under the stairs, The hills have eyes, Last house on the left -- Desolate frontiers in the films of John Carpenter. Sites under siege: Dark star, Assault on Precinct 13, The thing, Village of the damned -- Forbidden thresholds: The fog, Ghosts of Mars, Halloween, Prince of darkness, In the mouth of madness -- Drifters in desolation: Big trouble in Little China, Vampires, They live, Escape from New York, Escape from L.A. -- Conclusion. |
| 505 0# - Formatted Contents Note |
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HKBU library |
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YT2025 M08 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
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. |
| 600 10 - Subject Added Entry |
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| Personal name |
Romero, George A. |
| General subdivision |
Criticism and interpretation. |
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Craven, Wes |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
| 600 10 - Subject Added Entry |
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| Personal name |
Carpenter, John, |
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1948- |
| General subdivision |
Criticism and interpretation. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT |
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| Topical term |
Horror films |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
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History and criticism. |
| 900 ## - Accession Number |
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= C.1 SDU |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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English Books |
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Library of Congress Classification |
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196887 |
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196888 |
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196889 |
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196890 |
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196891 |
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