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The anatomy of the slasher film : a theoretical analysis
- Title
- The anatomy of the slasher film : a theoretical analysis / Sotiris Petridis.
- Author
- Petridis, Sotiris, 1990-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
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- Description
- viii, 170 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Examining 74 movies--from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) to Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)--the author identifies the characteristic elements of the subgenre while tracing changes in narrative patterns over the decades. The slasher canon is divided into three eras: the classical (1974-1993), the self-referential (1994-2000) and the neoslasher cycle (2000-2013)"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-165), filmography (pages 155-157), and index.
- Contents
- A theoretical and historical approach to slasher films -- Slasher films : a horror subgenre -- The semantic/syntactic elements of slasher films -- The cycles of slasher film subgenre -- An epilog to the theoretical and historical approach -- The classical cycle of the slasher film -- The normality of the classical cycle -- The other of the classical cycle -- The final survivors of the classical cycle -- The victims of the classical cycle -- An epilog on the classical cycle -- The self-referential cycle of slasher films -- The normality of the self-referential cycle -- The other of the self-referential cycle -- The final survivors of the self-referential cycle -- The victims of the self-referential cycle -- An epilog on the self-referential cycle -- The neoslasher cycle of the slasher film -- The normality of the neoslasher cycle -- The other of the neoslasher cycle -- The final survivors of the neoslasher cycle -- The victims of the neoslasher cycle -- An epilog on the neoslasher cycle.
- Call Number
- MFL 19-3368
- ISBN
- 9781476674315
- 1476674310
- LCCN
- 2019017078
- OCLC
- 1081434970
- Author
- Petridis, Sotiris, 1990- author.
- Title
- The anatomy of the slasher film : a theoretical analysis / Sotiris Petridis.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-165), filmography (pages 155-157), and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 19-3368