Horror Cinema

Author:   Jürgen Müller ,  Paul Duncan ,  Paul Duncan ,  Jurgen Muller (Nur)
Publisher:   Taschen GmbH
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9783836561853


Pages:   640
Publication Date:   25 March 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Get ready to quake in fear with this revised and expanded edition of our history of horror cinema. This chilling volume packs 640 pages full with the finest slashers, ghosts, zombies, cannibals, and more, curating the very creepiest screen creations from the flickering spooks of the 1920s to the special-effect terrors of the 21st century. Across 10 illustrated chapters, the compendium gets under the skin of some of horror's favorite figures and themes, whether the vampire, the haunted house, the female killer, or the werewolf. Each classic device is explored in aesthetic and historical terms, probing horror's manipulation of archetypal human fears as much as socially and culturally specific anxieties. A subsequent Top 50 movies section brings readers up close and trembling with 50 horror showpieces, from black-and-white classics like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Godzilla to Rosemary's Baby, The Wicker Man, The Shining, The Blair Witch Project, and much, much more. Throughout, the book's featured images include movie posters, set designs, film stills, and on-set shots.

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Author:   Jürgen Müller ,  Paul Duncan ,  Paul Duncan ,  Jurgen Muller (Nur)
Publisher:   Taschen GmbH
Imprint:   Taschen GmbH
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 19.50cm
Weight:   0.972kg
ISBN:  

9783836561853


ISBN 10:   3836561859
Pages:   640
Publication Date:   25 March 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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The ideal volume for every movie buff's bookshelf. * Art Journal *


The ideal volume for every movie buff's bookshelf.


The ideal volume for every movie buff's bookshelf. * Art Journal, London *


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Jürgen Müller holds the chair of Early Modern and Modern Art History at the Technical University of Dresden. He studied Art History at the universities of Bochum, Mu¨nster, Pisa, Paris, and Amsterdam, and has worked as an art critic and curator of numerous exhibitions. He is also the editor of TASCHEN’s movies by decade series. Paul Duncan is a film historian whose TASCHEN books include The Star Wars Archives, The James Bond Archives, The Charlie Chaplin Archives, The Godfather Family Album, Taxi Driver, Film Noir, and Horror Cinema, as well as publications on film directors, film genres, and movie stars.

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