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Author:   Filipa Antunes
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9781476671338

ISBN 10:   1476671338
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   07 February 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Read If You Dare: The Problem of Children and Horror • Pre-Adolescence, a Millennial “Discovery” • Horror and the Childhood/Adulthood Frontier • PG-13: A Critical Milestone • Eye of the Storm: The Children’s Horror Trend • A Map for the Road Ahead Part I: Rupture 1. “This could be our Exorcist!” Disney, Horror and the New Rules of Childhood • Learning New Rules: Ron Miller’s Disney, 1978–1983 • A Ghastly Landmark: The Watcher in the Woods • Conclusion: Miller’s Last Effort 2. Parents Strongly Cautioned: PG-13, a Cultural Turning Point • Discussing Classification: A History of Not Asking All the Questions • The Poltergeist Before the Storm • Temple of Doom: The Children Will Scream with Delighted Horror! • Gremlins Against America • Conclusion 3. Horror vs. Children: Confronting Young Audiences After PG-13 • Establishing an Identity: PG-13 from 1984 to 1989 • Quintessential Children’s Horror: The Gate • Whose Genre Is It? The Gate, The Lost Boys, The Monster Squad • Conclusion Part II: Negotiation 4. Backlash: The ­R-Rated 1990s • Restoring Horror’s Maturity: Back to the 1970s? • So What of Children’s Horror? • Conclusion: The End of a Film Cycle, the Start of a New Era 5. The Final Conflict: Children’s Horror Meets Family Entertainment • Family Values: A New Hollywood for New Cultural Attitudes • A ­Short-Lived Truce: The Witches • Closing the Cycle: Casper • Conclusion 6. “Viewer beware … you’re in for a scare”: The Horror delete deletePuberty, Televised and Serialized • Meanwhile, in Other Media: The Children’s Market Welcomes delete deleteHorror • Building an Empire: The Goosebumps Franchise • Monstrous Puberty or, When Is a Formula Something Else? • Conclusion Conclusion: Sometimes It Comes Back: Children’s Horror Today • Summary: The Insights of Children’s Horror • The (Il)Legitimacy of Children in Horror • PG-13 and the End of Children’s Cinema? • The Millennial Twist (or, the Generation Who Came of Age Twice) Appendix: A Selection of Children’s Horror • A. Before the Trend: Early Wave • B. The Children’s Horror Film Cycle, 1980–1995 • C. The Children’s Horror Trend, 1980–1997 • D. After the Trend: Children’s Horror Today Chapter Notes Works Cited Index

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Filipa Antunes is a lecturer in humanities at the University of East Anglia (Norwich, United Kingdom), where she teaches media and culture from an interdisciplinary perspective. She researches childhood and popular culture, with a special interest in media classification, and has published in the Journal of Film and Video and the Journal of Children and Media.

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