Scott Drebit

A Cut Below

A Celebration of B Horror Movies, 1950s-1980s

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Horror films have been around for more than 100 years, and they continue to make a large impact on popular culture as they reflect their contemporary zeitgeist. Between the mid-1950s and mid-1980s, drive-in theaters were at their peak of popularity, and each decade brought forward new challenges and themes. This book explores 60 B horror films, divided into 12 fun and uniquely-themed categories. Chapters discuss how the Atomic Age, the Vietnam War, the women's liberation movement and other current events and social issues affected these films. Films covered include Willard, The Fly, Santa Sangre and many more"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781476691954
• ISBN-10: 1476691959
• Artikelnr.: 74173019

Autorenporträt

Scott Drebit is the senior columnist for the Daily Dead website, a leading publisher of online horror news and reviews. He lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments deleteix Preface Festival One: The Animal Killdom Willard (1971)
4
Ben (1972)
7
Grizzly (1976)
10
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
13
Piranha (1978)
17 Festival Two: Those Darn Kids! The Bad Seed (1956)
21
Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
24
Who Can Kill a Child? aka Island of the Damned (1976)
28
The Children (1980)
31
The Pit (1981)
33 Festival Three: The Blood on Satan's B-Roll The Devil Rides Out (1968)
38
Race with the Devil (1975)
41
The Devil's Rain (1975)
44
The Sentinel (1977)
47
Fear No Evil (1981)
50 Festival Four: Chop Chop Till You Drop Strait-Jacket (1964)
56
Popcorn (1991)
58
Just Before Dawn (1981)
62
10 to Midnight (1983)
65
Pieces (1982)
69 Festival Five: Any Portmanteau in a Storm The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
73
Vault of Horror (1973)
76
Asylum (1972)
79
From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)
82
Creepshow (1982)
86 Festival Six: Terror in Technotown The Fly (1958)
91
Westworld (1973)
94
Demon Seed (1977)
97
Evilspeak (1981)
101
Videodrome (1983)
104 Festival Seven: Back Bacon Bloodbath My Bloody Valentine (1981)
108
The Brood (1979)
112
Of Unknown Origin (1983)
115
Spasms (1983)
118
Curtains (1983)
121 Festival Eight: If You're Undead and You Know It, Clap Your Hand The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
126
Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)
129
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)
132
Zombie (1979)
135
Burial Ground (1981)
140 Festival Nine: What the Film The Baby (1973)
144
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
147
Eaten Alive (1976)
151
Hollywood Meatcleaver Massacre (1976)
154
The Manitou (1978)
158 Festival Ten: Duct Tape and Stardust Invaders from Mars (1953)
164
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)
167
Fiend Without a Face (1958)
170
Basket Case (1982)
173
Things (1989)
176 Festival Eleven: Potluck of Horror The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
181
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
184
Messiah of Evil (1973)
188
The Bees (1978)
191
Prince of Darkness (1987)
194 Festival Twelve: Around the Weird in a Day Blood and Black Lace (1964)
200
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
203
Viy (1967)
207
Evil Dead Trap (1988)
209
Santa Sangre (1989)
212 The Past, Present and Future of Horror: Or, How to Hit Your Word Count and Close Out the Book Index