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Zusatztext 'This collection deserves attention from anyone interested in the interrogation and enjoyment of the Hollywood Slasher film. Offering staunch! articulate! and passionate arguments for adopting formalist methodologies in the study and appreciation of the Hollywood Slasher genre! these essays make valuable contributions to existing horror film scholarship! extending the discussion beyond socio-ideological and theoretical perspectives.' Valerie Wee! National University of Singapore 'Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film is a welcome addition to critical works on the genre. Wickham Clayton brings together a very focused set of essays exploring the aesthetics and formal structures of the slasher film. The contributors explore a wide range of slasher films! both the typical examples and the unexpected! pushing at the boundaries of the form. This collection will provide interest and raise challenging questions for readers of all levels! shedding new light on formalist approaches to the genre.' Brigid Cherry! Research Fellow in Screen Media! St Mary's University! Twickenham 'With exciting essays on the slasher subgenre from classic to revisionist films! this timely collection offers a rich vein of enquiry and superb range of scholarship on slasher stylistics. Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film opens up the field of slasher studies for a new generation! challenging dominant theories and offering advanced and innovative perspectives.' Sorcha Ní Fhlainn! Lecturer in Film Studies and American Literature! Manchester Metropolitan University Informationen zum Autor Stacey Abbott, University of Roehampton, UKMark Richard Adams, Brunel University, UKJessica Balanzategui, University of Melbourne, AustraliaGary Bettinson, Lancaster University, UKWickham Clayton, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UKIan Conrich, University of South AustraliaDarren Elliott-Smith, University of Hertfordshire, UKMatthew Freeman, Birmingham City University, UKAndrew Patrick Nelson, Montana State University, USADana Och, University of Pittsburgh, USAFran Pheasant-Kelly, University of Wolverhampton, UKDavid Roche, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, FranceKarra Shimabukuro, University of New Mexico, USAJanet Staiger, University of Texas at Austin, USA Klappentext Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film fills a broad scholastic gap by analysing the elements of narrative and stylistic construction of films in the slasher subgenre of horror that have been produced and/or distributed in the Hollywood studio system from its initial boom in the late 1970s to the present. Zusammenfassung Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film fills a broad scholastic gap by analysing the elements of narrative and stylistic construction of films in the slasher subgenre of horror that have been produced and/or distributed in the Hollywood studio system from its initial boom in the late 1970s to the present. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgmentsintroduction: The Collection AwakesPART I: THE BIRTH, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION OF THE SLASHER FILM1. (In)Stability of Point of View in and ; David Roche2. Undermining the Moneygrubbers, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love ; Wickham Clayton3. I Framed Freddy: Functional Aesthetics in the Series; Karra Shimabukuro4. and : Re-imagining the Slasher Film Through Urban Gothic; Stacey AbbottPART II: OLDER, DARKER, AND SELF-AWARE5. Franchise Legacy and Neo-Slasher Conventions in ; Andrew Patrick Nelson6. Roses are Red, Violence is Too: Exploring Stylistic Excess in ; Mark Richard Adams7. Puzzles, Contraptions, and the Highly Elaborate Moment: The Inevitability of Death in the Grand Slasher Narratives of the and Series of Films; Ian Conrich8. The Killer Who Never Was: Complex Storytelling, the Series, and the Shifting Moral Alignment of Puzzle Film Horror; Matthew Fr...
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Stacey Abbott, University of Roehampton, UK
Mark Richard Adams, Brunel University, UK
Jessica Balanzategui, University of Melbourne, Australia
Gary Bettinson, Lancaster University, UK
Wickham Clayton, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK
Ian Conrich, University of South Australia
Darren Elliott-Smith, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Matthew Freeman, Birmingham City University, UK
Andrew Patrick Nelson, Montana State University, USA
Dana Och, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Fran Pheasant-Kelly, University of Wolverhampton, UK
David Roche, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France
Karra Shimabukuro, University of New Mexico, USA
Janet Staiger, University of Texas at Austin, USA
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'This collection deserves attention from anyone interested in the interrogation and enjoyment of the Hollywood Slasher film. Offering staunch, articulate, and passionate arguments for adopting formalist methodologies in the study and appreciation of the Hollywood Slasher genre, these essays make valuable contributions to existing horror film scholarship, extending the discussion beyond socio-ideological and theoretical perspectives.' Valerie Wee, National University of Singapore
'Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film is a welcome addition to critical works on the genre. Wickham Clayton brings together a very focused set of essays exploring the aesthetics and formal structures of the slasher film. The contributors explore a wide range of slasher films, both the typical examples and the unexpected, pushing at the boundaries of the form. This collection will provide interest and raise challenging questions for readers of all levels, shedding new light on formalist approaches to the genre.' Brigid Cherry, Research Fellow in Screen Media, St Mary's University, Twickenham
'With exciting essays on the slasher subgenre from classic to revisionist films, this timely collection offers a rich vein of enquiry and superb range of scholarship on slasher stylistics. Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film opens up the field of slasher studies for a new generation, challenging dominant theories and offering advanced and innovative perspectives.' Sorcha Ní Fhlainn, Lecturer in Film Studies and American Literature, Manchester Metropolitan University
