Schermi, 2021 The article deals with a form of film censorship enacted from the late 1910s to the mid- 1970s by the Italian state: the so-called “preventive censorship”, i. e. the pre-shooting check of the screenplays that Italian producers wanted to turn into movies.
Michael Guarneri
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Review: Horror Film: A Critical Introduction by Murray Leeder
Open Screens, 2018 This is a book review of Horror Film: A Critical Introduction by Murray Leeder, a comprehensive yet concise introductory guide to horror cinema.
John Lynskey
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'From grade B thrillers to deluxe chillers': prestige horror, female audiences, and allegories of spectatorship in The Spiral Staircase (1946) [PDF]
, 2009 This paper examines the prestige ‘shocker’ The Spiral Staircase (1946), suggesting that it challenges the perception of the decline in quality in the horror genre in the 1940s, as well as assumptions in scholarship that the genre has historically been ...
Snelson, Tim
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MYSTERY IN TECHNO-HORROR. ON THE EXAMPLE OF KAIRO (2001) BY KIYOSHI KUROSAWA
Litteraria Copernicana, 2014 In my paper I focused on the concept of horror cinema, and on how Japanese horror films functions in reception by a modern viewer. I also try to analyse interrelations between American and Japanese horror movies. I refer to the Kairo as the evidence of a
Małgorzata Major
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Da cintilância à explosão: a intermitência luminosa como forma horrífica espetacular
Rebeca, 2016 Este artigo tem o objetivo de analisar a intermitência luminosa no cinema de horror. Busca-se ponderar acerca de suas funções narrativas e estéticas e de sua recorrência, e espera-se localizar suas raízes e desdobramentos no âmbito da história do cinema.
João Vitor Resende Leal
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Horror in mainstream- en cult cinema: is het genre extremer geworden? [PDF]
, 2015 Ever since the creation of silent movies, directors aim to shock the audience with explicit scenes of violence. Yet, little attention has been given to the evolution of horror movies.
Pashley, Veerle
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Patricia Allmer, Emily Brick y David Huxley (eds.) European Nightmares. Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945. Columbia University Press/WallFlower. Nueva York, 2012 [PDF]
, 2014 Obra ressenyada: Patricia ALLMER, Emily BRICK y David HUXLEY (eds.) European Nightmares. Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945.
Sánchez Trigos, Rubén
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Creeping decay: cult soundtracks, residual media, and digital technologies [PDF]
, 2015 This paper explores the recent resurgence in the collecting of cult film soundtracks, in particular films stemming from the late 1960s to the early 1980s and often linked to horror and other modes of exploitation cinema.
Sexton, Jamie
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“A malignant, seething hatework”: an introduction to U.S. 21st century hardcore horror [PDF]
, 2016 The proliferation of U.S. horror films in the 21 st century has engendered an increase in critical and academic response which has almost exclusively focused on the conventions of mainstream horror cinema.
Aston, James
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Come to Daddy? Claiming Chris Cunningham for British Art Cinema [PDF]
, 2016 Twenty years after he came to prominence via a series of provocative, ground-breaking music videos, Chris Cunningham remains a troubling, elusive figure within British visual culture.
Adams R. +23 more
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