Masks in Horror Cinema - Eyes Without Faces

About the author

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is an Australian film critic, speaker and consultant who specialises in horror, cult and exploitation cinema. She is a researcher at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne.

Summary

As the first critical book on the subject of masks in horror, this book explores the often-overlooked question of why have masks been such an enduring and popular aspect of the genre's history? Masks in Horror Cinema considers how masks, ritual and transformation intersect in horror movies.

Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781786834966
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-496-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Horror Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Horror, Cinema, FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, FICTION / Horror, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / General, Films, cinema, Horror & ghost stories, Horror and supernatural fiction, Film: styles & genres, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Film: styles and genres, Masks, FICTION / Performing Arts / Film, Television & Radio, Faces, Without, Eyes