Italian Gothic Horror Films (1980-1989)

Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989

📁 Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989

✍ Roberto Curti 📂 Library 📅 2019 🏛 McFarland 🌐 English

The Italian Gothic horror genre underwent many changes in the 1980s, with masters such as Mario Bava and Riccardo Freda dying or retiring and young filmmakers such as Lamberto Bava (Macabro, Demons) and Michele Soavi (The Church) surfacing. Horror films proved commercially s

Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979

📁 Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979

✍ Roberto Curti 📂 Library 📅 2017 🏛 McFarland & Company 🌐 English

Italian Gothic horror films of the 1970s were influenced by the violent giallo movies and adults-only comics of the era, resulting in a graphic approach to the genre. Stories often featured over-the-top violence and nudity and pushed the limits of what could be shown on the screen. The decade

Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969

📁 Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969

✍ Roberto Curti, Foreword by Ernesto Gastaldi 📂 Library 📅 2015 🏛 McFarland 🌐 English

The "Gothic" style was a key trend in Italian cinema of the 1950s and 1960s because of its peculiar, often strikingly original approach to the horror genre. These films portrayed Gothic staples in a stylish and idiosyncratic way, and took a daring approach to the supernatural and to eroticism, with

Italian gothic horror films, 1957/1969

📁 Italian gothic horror films, 1957/1969

✍ Roberto Curti & Foreword By Ernesto Gastaldi 📂 Library 📅 2015 🏛 McFarland & Company 🌐 English

"The book examines the Italian Gothic horror of the period, with previously unpublished production information drawn from official papers and original scripts. Entries include a complete cast and crew list, home video releases, plot summary and the author's analysis. Excerpts from interviews with fi

Body Gothic: Corporeal Transgression in

📁 Body Gothic: Corporeal Transgression in Contemporary Literature and Horror Film

✍ Xavier Aldana Reyes 📂 Library 📅 2014 🏛 University of Wales Press 🌐 English

<div>Ever since horror became wildly popular in the 1970s, journalists have warned against the dangers of increasingly explicit forms of violent entertainment. Xavier Aldana Reyes takes a different stance in Body Gothic, celebrating the transgressive qualities of this genre. Reyes considers r

Horror Films of the 1980s

📁 Horror Films of the 1980s

✍ John Kenneth Muir 📂 Library 📅 2010 🏛 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 🌐 English

John Kenneth Muir is back! This time, the author of the acclaimed Horror Films of the 1970s turns his attention to 300 films from the 1980s. From horror franchises like Friday the 13th and Hellraiser to obscurities like The Children and The Boogens, Muir is our inf