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Critical readings on Hammer horror films
Title
Critical readings on Hammer horror films / edited by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and Matthew Edwards.
ISBN
1003458602
1040089984
9781003458609
9781040089989
9781032603155
9781032603162
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
Copyright Notice Date
©2025
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) : illustrations.
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Summary
"This collection offers close readings on Hammer's cycle of horror films, analysing key films and placing particular emphasis on the narratives and themes present in the works discussed. Ranging from the studio's first horror outing, The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935) to Hammer's last contemporary film, The Lodge (2019), the collection celebrates cult-favorites such as The Quatermass Experiment, the films of Terence Fisher, to overlooked classics such as Captain Clegg or The Mummy franchise. The volume also delves into Hammer's psychological thrillers, the studio's venture into TV with Hammer's House of Horrors, with theoretical frameworks varying from queer studies to postcolonial readings. This volume will appeal to scholars and students of film studies, international cinema, film history and horror studies"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Print version: Critical readings on Hammer horror films Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Series
Routledge advances in horror
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The mystery of the Mary Celeste : Hammer's first horror / Matthew Banks
The Quatermass anxiety and the evil within : re-emerging Victorian ethos in post-war science-fiction narratives / César Guarde-Paz
Hammer Studio's Captain Clegg and the genre legacy of swashbuckling gothic horror / Garret Castleberry
I Bette you I'm a great mother : middle-aged women and grotesque maternity / Canela Ailén Rodríguez Fontao and Mariana Zárate
'A sickness partly spiritual, partly physical' : monster, savant, gender and class in The Brides of Dracula (1960) / TD Velasquez
Give me a skin for dancing in : female grotesquery and desire in The witches (1966) / Nicole Hamilton
Children of the night : vampiric blood lines, reproduction, and queer futurity in Hammer Horror's Karnstein trilogy / Katie Duggan
Let horror speak : theodicy, eschatology, and rebellion in Hammer's Dracula and Frankenstein films / Andrew Grossman
House of horror : domestic architecture and eco-gothic slippage in The reptile (1966) and Children of the full moon (1980) / Brenda S. Gardenour Walter
Sinking masculinity in Hammer's cycle of mummies / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns
The sun has finally set : Hammer House of Horror as postimperial provincial horror / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
The kick and/or the crucifix : the legend of the 7 golden vampires and the kung fu craze of 1970s / Diganta Roy
Postmodernity and elevated horror in The lodge (2019) / Sony Jalarajan Raj and Adith Suresh
The Satanist : an interview with David Wickes
Visitor from the grave : an interview with actor Kathryn Scott
Revenge of the runners : an interview with Brian Reynolds
Run like hell : an interview with Hammer Film production runner Phil Campbell
Doctor Jekyll : an interview with Joe Stephenson.
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