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Author Heffernan, Kevin.
Title Ghouls, gimmicks, and gold : horror films and the American movie business, 1953-1968 / Kevin Heffernan.
Publication Info Durham, N.C. : London : Duke University Press, 2004.


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Descript viii, 323 p. : ill, ports. ; 25 cm.
Note Science Fiction Foundation Collection.
Contents Horror in three dimensions: House of wax and Creature from the Black Lagoon -- 2. The color of blood: Hammer films and The curse of Frankenstein -- 3. "Look into the hypnotic eye!": exhibitor financing and distributor hype in fifties horror cinema -- 4. "A sissified Bela Lugosi": Vincent Price, William Castle, and AIP's Poe adaptations -- 5. Grind house, or, art house?: Astor Pictures and Peeping Tom -- 6. American international goes international: new markets, runaway productions, and Black Sabbath -- 7. Television syndication and the birth of the "orphans": horror films in the local TV market -- 8. Demon children and the birth of adult horror: William Castle, Roman Polanski, and Rosemary's baby -- 9. Family monsters and urban matinees: continental distributing and Night of the living dead -- Conclusion. The horror film in the new Hollywood.
ISBN 9780822332152
0822332159
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Author Heffernan, Kevin.
Subject Horror films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Descript viii, 323 p. : ill, ports. ; 25 cm.
Note Science Fiction Foundation Collection.
Contents Horror in three dimensions: House of wax and Creature from the Black Lagoon -- 2. The color of blood: Hammer films and The curse of Frankenstein -- 3. "Look into the hypnotic eye!": exhibitor financing and distributor hype in fifties horror cinema -- 4. "A sissified Bela Lugosi": Vincent Price, William Castle, and AIP's Poe adaptations -- 5. Grind house, or, art house?: Astor Pictures and Peeping Tom -- 6. American international goes international: new markets, runaway productions, and Black Sabbath -- 7. Television syndication and the birth of the "orphans": horror films in the local TV market -- 8. Demon children and the birth of adult horror: William Castle, Roman Polanski, and Rosemary's baby -- 9. Family monsters and urban matinees: continental distributing and Night of the living dead -- Conclusion. The horror film in the new Hollywood.
ISBN 9780822332152
0822332159
Author Heffernan, Kevin.
Subject Horror films -- United States -- History and criticism.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL Reading Room 1st floor HDC  PN 1995.9 H6 H4  4 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Horror films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Descript viii, 323 p. : ill, ports. ; 25 cm.
Note Science Fiction Foundation Collection.
Contents Horror in three dimensions: House of wax and Creature from the Black Lagoon -- 2. The color of blood: Hammer films and The curse of Frankenstein -- 3. "Look into the hypnotic eye!": exhibitor financing and distributor hype in fifties horror cinema -- 4. "A sissified Bela Lugosi": Vincent Price, William Castle, and AIP's Poe adaptations -- 5. Grind house, or, art house?: Astor Pictures and Peeping Tom -- 6. American international goes international: new markets, runaway productions, and Black Sabbath -- 7. Television syndication and the birth of the "orphans": horror films in the local TV market -- 8. Demon children and the birth of adult horror: William Castle, Roman Polanski, and Rosemary's baby -- 9. Family monsters and urban matinees: continental distributing and Night of the living dead -- Conclusion. The horror film in the new Hollywood.
ISBN 9780822332152
0822332159
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