Blaxploitation Horror Film - Adaptation, Appropriation and the Gothic

This book, the first on Blaxploitation horror films such as Blacula, compares them with both mainstream horror movies and canonical Gothic stories. While conventional horror movies adapt the classic monsters of Gothic fiction, Blaxploitation horror films radically transform them.

About the author

Jamil Mustafa is a professor in the Department of English Studies at Lewis University.

Summary

This book, the first on Blaxploitation horror films such as Blacula, compares them with both mainstream horror movies and canonical Gothic stories. While conventional horror movies adapt the classic monsters of Gothic fiction, Blaxploitation horror films radically transform them.

Product details

• Authors: Jamil Mustafa
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2023
• EAN: 9781786839978
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-997-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Horror Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Film, Horror, Ethnic Studies, Gothic, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Horror, Adaptation, Film, TV & radio, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film: styles & genres, Film Theory & Criticism, Film: styles and genres, Film history, theory or criticism, Appropriation, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Jamil, Blaxploitation, Mustafa