Overview
Blumhouse Productions is the first book that systematically examines the corpus of Blumhouse's cinematic output. Individual chapters written by emerging and established scholars consider thematic trends across Blumhouse films, such as the use of found footage, haunted bodies/haunted houses, and toxic masculinity. Blumhouse's business strategies and funding model are considered including the company's high-profile franchises Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, Happy Death Day, and Halloween alongside such key standalone films as Get Out and Black Christmasand nonhorror films like BlackKklansman. Taken together, the chapters provide a thorough primer for one of the most significant drivers behind the contemporary resurgence of horror cinema.
Full Product Details
Author: Todd K. Platts ,
Victoria McCollum ,
Mathias Clasen
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Imprint: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 9781786838636
ISBN 10: 178683863
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 May 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""As the first book to focus exclusively on the company, Blumhouse Productions: The New House of Horror (University of Wales Press, part of their Horror Studies series) has a lot of ground to cover. Editors Todd K. Platts, Victoria McCollum, and Mathias Clasen cleverly do so by grouping the chapters into one of three categories: 'the economic influences on Blumhouse's productions; content themes that span across individual films and franchises; and key films and franchises.' This approach is doubly effective in that it both looks far beyond the close formalist readings that tend to dominate such publications and highlights the shared economic preoccupations between the company itself and the financial anxieties central to its unique brand of 'recessionary horror.'""-- ""Film International"" ""An impressively meticulous collection of essays written by established and emerging scholars, this book deepens our understanding of the role that Blumhouse has played in reshaping the contours of mainstream horror entertainment since the theatrical release of Paranormal Activity in 2009. Encompassing a broad array of approaches, topics, and texts, Blumhouse Productions: The New House of Horror will prove to be essential reading for film, media, and cultural studies scholars alike. A must read!"" --William Proctor, Associate Professor in Popular Culture, Bournemouth University, UK"
An impressively meticulous collection of essays written by established and emerging scholars, this book deepens our understanding of the role that Blumhouse has played in reshaping the contours of mainstream horror entertainment since the theatrical release of Paranormal Activity in 2009. Encompassing a broad array of approaches, topics, and texts, Blumhouse Productions: The New House of Horror will prove to be essential reading for film, media, and cultural studies scholars alike. A must read! --William Proctor, Associate Professor in Popular Culture, Bournemouth University, UK
Author Information
Todd K. Platts is Professor of Sociology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has published extensively on horror cinema. Victoria McCollum is Course Director of BSc Cinematic Arts at Ulster University, Magee. Victoria has published a number of cutting-edge books on film, media and TV. Mathias Clasen is Associate Professor of Literature and Media in the English Department at Aarhus University, Denmark, and director of the Recreational Fear Lab.
