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Author:   Alexandra West
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9781476670645

ISBN 10:   1476670641
Pages:   195
Publication Date:   08 June 2018
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 Foreword by Stacie Ponder Introduction  1. They Never Had It So Good: America in the 1990s  2. Imitate Us: America’s Youth Culture  3. Co-Deads: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) and My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)  4. First Blood: The Crush (1993) and Fear (1996)  5. Generation Hex: The Craft (1996)  6. Bowling for Woodsboro: Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997) and Scream 3 (2000)  7. Hit and Run: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)  8. Circulate Widely: Urban Legend (1998) and Urban Legends: Final Cut (1998)  9. Cutting Class: Disturbing Behavior (1998), The Faculty (1998) and Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999) 10. Re-Generation: Halloween H20 (1998) and The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) 11. Lust for Life: Wicked (1998) and Idle Hands (1999) 12. The Millennium Approaches: Cherry Falls (2000), Final Destination (2000) and Scary Movie (2000) 13. It’s All Coming Back to Me Now: Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005), I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006) and Scream 4 (2011) Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

West's invaluable insight is educational but rarely dry. Even if you're familiar with every movie profiled in the book, you're likely to look at them in a new light - in addition to learning a few interesting facts --Broke Horror Fan.

“A fun and readily accessible look at the philosophical themes (and commercial considerations) that tie these movies together… West’s writing is lucid and appealing… Hews to a conversational style that brings these films and their intellectual considerations to life with flair, on a subgenre all too often ignored in horror… West is a solid writer with fascinating things to say.”—The AV Club.

West may not have intended to write a feminist book about horror films, but in many ways that's exactly what she did.... West is a self-professed devotee of the genre...well-researched... An interesting read for horror fans and cinephiles alike. --Booklist; West's invaluable insight is educational but rarely dry. Even if you're familiar with every movie profiled in the book, you're likely to look at them in a new light - in addition to learning a few interesting facts --Broke Horror Fan; [West] makes a very convincing argument for the re-evaluation of these [films], particularly through a fiminist lens. West shows herself to be an incredibly talented and gifted writer, able to deftly analyze films that were otherwise disrespected and actually make the case stick.... a very, very good, very effective book that should be placed in the pantheon of must own books about horror movies --Daily Grindhouse; an interesting chronicle of one of the most overlooked decades of horror cinema.... The book reads like a trip down memory lane, and West never condescends or trash-talks the quality of the lesser entries of the decade.... Fans of this unique period in horror films will surely find a lot to reminisce over and think about from a new perspective in this text --Horror News Network.

Author Information

Alexandra West has written about genre films for The Toronto Star, Rue Morgue Magazine and Offscreen Film Journal. In 2012, she co-founded the Faculty of Horror podcast, exploring the films’ analytical side. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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