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Horror franchise cinema
Title
Horror franchise cinema / edited by Mark McKenna and William Proctor.
ISBN
0429060831
0429593848
9780429060830
9780429593840
9780367183271
9781032105871
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 231 pages) : illustrations.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 01, 2021).
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Summary
"This book explores horror film franchising from a broad range of interdisciplinary perspectives and considers the horror film's role in the history of franchising and serial fiction. Comprising twelve chapters written by established and emerging scholars in the field, Horror Franchise Cinema redresses critical neglect towards horror film franchising by discussing the forces and factors governing its development across historical and contemporary terrain while also examining text and reception practices. Offering an introduction to the history of horror franchising, the chapters also examine key texts including Universal Studio monster films, Blumhouse production films, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Alien, I Spit on Your Grave, Let the Right One In, Italian zombie films, anthology films, and virtual reality. A significant contribution to studies of horror cinema and film/media franchising from the 1930s to present day, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of film studies, media and cultural studies, franchise studies, political economy, audience/reception studies, horror studies, fan studies, genre studies, production cultures, and film histories"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Print version: Horror franchise cinema Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2021
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Routledge advances in film studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The death and resurrection show: horror franchise cinema and the romanticization of cult / William Proctor and Marc McKenna
Building imaginary horror worlds: transfictional storytelling and the Universal monster franchise cycle / William Proctor
Section I: Slasher and post-slashers
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: a 'peculiar, erratic' franchise / Mark Bernard
If I were a Carpenter: prestige and authorship in the Halloween franchise / Murray Leeder
If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming: the Elm Street series as recurring nightmare / Steve Jones
Allowing 'Us just to LIVE there': atmosphere and audience evaluation of the Alien film series / Kate Egan
Section II: Millennial franchises
Cut-price creeps: the Blumhouse model of horror franchise management / Todd Platts
When the subtext becomes text: the Purge takes on the American nightmare / Stacey Abbott
Section III: Cult franchises
What film is your film like? negotiating authenticity in the distributive seriality of the Zombi Franchise / Mark McKenna
Horror heroine or symbolic sacrifice: defining the I spit on your grave franchise as horror / Sarah Cleary
Section IV: Complicating franchising
Seriality between the horror franchise and the horror anthology film
When is a franchise not a franchise: the case of let the right one in / Simon Bacon
'A match made in heaven (or hell)': franchise experiments between the horror film genre and virtual reality media (2014-2020) / Sara Thomas.
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